Foundation
MaybeAn estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -12.3% this quarter, so Foundation is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 53 / 100Top 22% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +6 vs the category median of 4753
- Market size
- £955K/yr3.5M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -12.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 34%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 384 sellers
Flapen Score
Foundation against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Foundation is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Foundation market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Foundation 3.5M times last year and spent an estimated £955K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 3.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £955K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 3.5M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -12.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.4%
- Market size, estimated
- £955Ka year
- Peak month
- November1.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- foundation1.5M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £7.99.
Listings sell for £7.99 on average, from £4.20 to £26.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £7.99 that is £12K to £16K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £7.99under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £4.20–£26.79
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 125K–150K
- Units per listing a year
- 1,500–2,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £12K–£16K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Make-up. It carries 13,005 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 73%
- Prime listings
- 98%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #23in Make-up
- Average rating
- 4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 13,005per listing
- Listings tracked
- 60
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 47 months
Products
Top Foundation 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
13 falling
Sellers
384
Top-5 brand share
91%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
34%
Top 20: 67%
Open market
7%
- Brand 132%
- Brand 227%
- Brand 319%
- Brand 49%
- Brand 53%
- Brand 62%
- Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 7%)
Demand
Foundation search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Search terms
Top Foundation search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- foundation1.5M/yr
- maybelline foundation380K/yr
- rimmel foundation272K/yr
- foundation for mature skin216K/yr
- loreal true match foundation172K/yr
- max factor foundation147K/yr
- foundation full coverage204K/yr
- loreal foundation124K/yr
- full coverage foundation119K/yr
- face foundations104K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Foundation
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“I got the wrong shade”
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 Foundation questions
Answered from the same tracked data.









