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Grip Primer

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Grip Primer doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 1,867 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 19Growth 21Conversion 82Competition 25Returns 100Price range 56Avg price 26Brand share 0Review moat 21Quality gap 76
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Grip Primer profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Grip Primer is a £74K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (94K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Grip Primer: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.4% over the last 90 days and 8.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£74K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-8.4%94K
Conversion rate8.8%
Avg price£9.06

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 124
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market0%
Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Sponsored placement47%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews11,463

Top Grip Primer products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£15K£22K£30K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

124

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP54%
  • e.l.f.18%
  • Milk Makeup13%
  • Maybelline9%
  • Essence Cosmetics5%

Grip Primer demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume94KCVR8.8%Products15Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate2.7%Rating4.3★Reviews11,463Avg BSR#159
3K2KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Grip Primer search terms shoppers use

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

  • nyx primer39K/yr
  • milk primer16K/yr
  • grip primer10K/yr
  • milk hydro grip primer10K/yr
  • milk makeup hydro grip primer7K/yr
  • gripping primer5K/yr
  • primer nyx3K/yr
  • milk primer hydro grip3K/yr
  • primee2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grip Primer

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Quality-Overall14%

Excellent primer

Value For Money13%

Great value for money

Suitability Combination Skin12%

Love it also makes my skin look amazing

Adhesion/Stickiness6%

Sticky

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

does everything that its advertised to do

What buyers complain about

55% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness13%

The product was less sticky than I anticipated

Functionality-Overall7%

Didn't work

Grip7%

Doesn't grip a thing

Thickness5%

Its very thick

Texture/Consistency-Overall4%

I also wasnt too keen on the texture

Grip Primer return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Leak-Proof
50%
2Oily/Greasy
50%

Common Grip Primer questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Grip Primer 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £74K/yr across 15 tracked products. Search demand moved -8.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Grip Primer on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.