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Lip Balm

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $0.86–$10.09, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Lip Balm is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 19% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£999K/yr3.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 364 sellers

Flapen Score

Lip Balm against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lip Balm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lip Balm 3.4M times last year and spent an estimated £999K. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £999K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.0%
Market size, estimated
£999Ka year
Peak month
December3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
lip balm2.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.24.

Listings sell for £4.24 on average, from £0.86 to £10.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £4.24 that is £17K to £21K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.24under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.86–£10.09
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£21K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% 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 #31 within Lips. It carries 4,255 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#31in Lips
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,255per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Lip Balm 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 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

21 flat

Sellers

364

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

30%

  • Brand 141%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Lip Balm search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Lip Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • lip balm2.3M/yr
  • nivea lip balm289K/yr
  • lip balm multipack103K/yr
  • lip balms114K/yr
  • lip balm set215K/yr
  • lip care93K/yr
  • lipbalm29K/yr
  • lip balm nivea34K/yr
  • mini lip balm28K/yr
  • lip butter23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Balm

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
20%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.1%of orders come back
“not moisturising”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”20% 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 Lip Balm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.