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Lip Treatment

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.39–$8.81) — Lip Treatment doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Ranks 2,131 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −9 vs the category median of 47

Market size 51Growth 3Conversion 96Competition 26Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 4Review moat 23Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Lip Treatment profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lip Treatment is a £296K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (382K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Lip Treatment: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -45.0% over the last 90 days and 13.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£296K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-45.0%382K
Conversion rate13.4%
Avg price£5.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 172
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market1%
Avg brand age41 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 · 16 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews7,453

Top Lip Treatment 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 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£30K£59K£89K£119K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

172

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Aquaphor42%
  • O'Keeffe's40%
  • BigyQiu7%
  • Eucerin5%
  • E454%
  • La Roche-Posay1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Lip Treatment demand & seasonality

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

Volume382KCVR13.4%Products16Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews7,453Avg BSR#73
30K20KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3×

Top Lip Treatment search terms shoppers use

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

  • aquaphor lip balm108K/yr
  • okeefe lip balm38K/yr
  • lip repair37K/yr
  • okeeffes lip repair23K/yr
  • aquaphor lip repair20K/yr
  • lip repair balm11K/yr
  • o keefe lip balm19K/yr
  • aquaphor lip13K/yr
  • lip balm for dry cracked lips21K/yr
  • e45 lip balm13K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Treatment

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Moist/Dry28%

Very hydrating

Quality-Overall22%

Decent enough lip balm

Value For Money8%

Excellent value

Efficiency6%

It is a very effective product

Soft Feel5%

SOFT AND COMFORTABLE

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Moist/Dry30%

No moisture

Value For Money7%

Waste of money

Allergies6%

Even sensitive skin products can irritate my skin

Size-Overall5%

Very small tube

Functionality-Overall4%

they've just not worked; however, this product pretty much sorted out the crack in my bottom lip within a couple of days

Lip Treatment return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

30%

Fixable by listing

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

1Advertised Vs Actual Product
23%
2Functionality-Overall
18%
3Moist/Dry
16%
4Product Condition
5%
5Adhesion/Stickiness
5%

Common Lip Treatment questions

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

Flapen scores Lip Treatment 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £296K/yr across 16 tracked products. Search demand moved -45.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lip Treatment on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.3× the quietest.