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Black Lipstick

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But prices span $2.34–$15.48, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Lipstick is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 31% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£88K/yr151K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Lipstick against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Black Lipstick is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Lipstick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Lipstick 151K times last year and spent an estimated £88K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 151K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £88K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
151K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.4%
Conversion, latest week
10.9%
Market size, estimated
£88Ka year
Peak month
October9.3× the quietest month
Top search term
black lipstick129K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.35.

Listings sell for £5.35 on average, from £2.34 to £15.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.35 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.34–£15.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #306 within Make-up. It carries 3,665 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
15.4%
Average rank
#306in Make-up
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,665per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Black Lipstick products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

31%

  • Brand 115%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 510%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Black Lipstick search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

25K15KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.3×

Search terms

Top Black Lipstick search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • black lipstick129K/yr
  • black lip stain7K/yr
  • black lipstick matte5K/yr
  • black liquid lipstick5K/yr
  • black lipstick long lasting5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Lipstick

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

30%of positive reviews mention “Color”
14%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.4%of orders come back
“barely any colour”
A buyer, on “Color”14% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Lipstick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.