Black Lipstick
MaybeAn 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 / 100Top 31% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +4 vs the category median of 4751
- 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.
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.
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.
“barely any colour”
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
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FAQ
Common Black Lipstick questions
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