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Lip Balm Tin

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.87–$12.43) — Lip Balm Tin doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Ranks 1,399 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 55Growth 11Conversion 96Competition 57Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 15Review moat 40Quality gap 33
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Lip Balm Tin profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lip Balm Tin is a £382K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (634K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Lip Balm Tin: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -28.1% over the last 90 days and 13.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£382K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-28.1%634K
Conversion rate13.1%
Avg price£4.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 224
Top-5 product click share51%
Open market6%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 26 products

Sponsored placement46%
New entrants (1y)4· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,525

Top Lip Balm Tin 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 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£19K£38K£57K£76K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

224

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

4%

  • Vaseline60%
  • Brylcreem18%
  • Generic7%
  • TRESemmé7%
  • Haiyox2%
  • SALROAL2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 4%)

Lip Balm Tin demand & seasonality

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

Volume634KCVR13.1%Products26Brands10Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate2.1%Rating4.5★Reviews2,525Avg BSR#187
30K20KSpike '25Holiday '25Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26May '26

Top Lip Balm Tin search terms shoppers use

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

  • vaseline lip balm357K/yr
  • vaseline lip62K/yr
  • vaseline lip therapy63K/yr
  • lip balm vaseline32K/yr
  • vaseline tin21K/yr
  • vaseline lips therapy16K/yr
  • vaseline tube12K/yr
  • lip vaseline9K/yr
  • vaseline lips7K/yr
  • original vaseline lip balm6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Balm Tin

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Value For Money20%

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall15%

Great products as you'd expect

Moist/Dry14%

Great moisturizer

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

As described

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Moist/Dry12%

Not moisturising enough

Color10%

not pink at all

Value For Money9%

not worth the cost

Size-Overall5%

Wrong size

Smell4%

has chemical smell

Lip Balm Tin return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

19%

Fixable by listing

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

1Value For Money
31%
2Size-Overall
13%
3Quality-Overall
13%
4Ingredients-Overall
11%
5Leak-Proof
6%

Common Lip Balm Tin questions

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

Flapen scores Lip Balm Tin 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £382K/yr across 26 tracked products. 2 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -28.1% over the last 90 days.
Lip Balm Tin buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Moist/Dry, Color, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.