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Eyeliner

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $1.67–$11.75, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Eyeliner is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 22% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£988K/yr1.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 264 sellers

Flapen Score

Eyeliner against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Eyeliner market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Eyeliner 1.7M times last year and spent an estimated £988K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £988K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.5%
Conversion, latest week
13.7%
Market size, estimated
£988Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
eyeliner506K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.15.

Listings sell for £4.15 on average, from £1.67 to £11.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £4.15 that is £25K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.15under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.67–£11.75
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£25K–£33K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #11 within Make-up. It carries 15,716 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#11in Make-up
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
15,716per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Eyeliner products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 21, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

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

£0£49K£99K£148K£198K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 flat

Sellers

264

Est. top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

7%

  • Rimmel55%
  • e.l.f.16%
  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP9%
  • Maybelline7%
  • Makeup Revolution4%
  • Wonderskin3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 7%)

Demand

Eyeliner search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Eyeliner search terms shoppers use

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

  • eyeliner506K/yr
  • liquid eyeliner167K/yr
  • eyeliner pencil175K/yr
  • eye liner129K/yr
  • waterproof eyeliner81K/yr
  • black eyeliner pencil89K/yr
  • eye liner pencils78K/yr
  • black eyeliner93K/yr
  • rimmel eyeliner64K/yr
  • eyeliner pen61K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Eyeliner

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Eyeliner Quality”
15%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
0.1%of orders come back
“Short lived”
A buyer, on “Durability”15% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Eyeliner questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data