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Mens Lip Balm

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.17–$15.09) — Mens Lip Balm doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

35
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Ranks 2,315 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −12 vs the category median of 47

Market size 19Growth 7Conversion 94Competition 22Returns 100Price range 1Avg price 14Brand share 29Review moat 23Quality gap 35
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Mens Lip Balm profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mens Lip Balm is a £75K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (127K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.

Mens Lip Balm: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -36.1% over the last 90 days and 11.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£75K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-36.1%127K
Conversion rate11.7%
Avg price£5.03

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 189
Top-5 product click share73%
Open market12%
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 · 14 products

Sponsored placement79%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews8,126

Top Mens Lip Balm 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 capture 73% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£11K£22K£34K£45K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

189

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Neutrogena50%
  • Burt's Bees12%
  • NIVEA10%
  • O'Keeffe's8%
  • Bulldog8%
  • Brickell Men's Products4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)

Mens Lip Balm demand & seasonality

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

Volume127KCVR11.7%Products14Brands9Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews8,126Avg BSR#241
9K7KSpike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Oct '25Nov '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26May '26Jun '26

Top Mens Lip Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • beeswax lip balm24K/yr
  • mens lip balm31K/yr
  • neutrogena lip balm21K/yr
  • lip balm men22K/yr
  • lip balm for men13K/yr
  • bee lip balm6K/yr
  • neutrogena lip balm stick2K/yr
  • men lip balm6K/yr
  • neutrogena lip2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Lip Balm

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Good quality lip balm

Value For Money19%

worth the money

Moist/Dry18%

Good moisturiser

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Did exactly what I needed

Soft Feel4%

Now they stay smooth all the time

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Moist/Dry25%

No moisture

Size-Overall10%

Tiny pot

Quality-Overall10%

Lower quality

Value For Money8%

Very expensive

Smell5%

It doesn't smell at all

Mens Lip Balm return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

42%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
25%
2Smell
17%
3Durability
17%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
17%
5Moist/Dry
8%

Common Mens Lip Balm questions

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

Flapen scores Mens Lip Balm 35/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £75K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -36.1% over the last 90 days.
Mens Lip Balm buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Moist/Dry, Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.