Mystery Box
FailBuyers convert on only 0.1% of searches, so Mystery Box is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 44 / 100Ranks 1,531 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −3 vs the category median of 4744
- Market size
- £10K/yr771K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -29.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 54%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 28 sellers
Flapen Score
Mystery Box against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Mystery Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Mystery Box market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mystery Box 771K times last year and spent an estimated £10K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 771K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £10K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 771K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -29.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.1%
- Market size, estimated
- £10Ka year
- Peak month
- December2.7× the quietest month
- Top search term
- mystery box526K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £12.83.
Listings sell for £12.83 on average, from £2.40 to £31.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £12.83 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £12.83under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £2.40–£31.56
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 6K–8K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- £1K–£3K
- Returns
- 0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 59% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #667 within Make-up. It carries 835 reviews at 3.78 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 59%
- Prime listings
- 59%
- Out of stock, average day
- 12.9%
- Average rank
- #667in Make-up
- Average rating
- 3.78 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 835per listing
- Listings tracked
- 22
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 24 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 7
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 24 months
Products
Top Mystery Box 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
13 falling
Sellers
28
Top-5 brand share
73%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
54%
Top 20: 97%
Open market
22%
- Brand 128%
- Brand 222%
- Brand 39%
- Brand 48%
- Brand 57%
- Brand 65%
Demand
Mystery Box search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×
Search terms
Top Mystery Box search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- mystery box526K/yr
- mystery boxes75K/yr
- amazon mystery boxes uk48K/yr
- mystery box electronics24K/yr
- amazon mystery box38K/yr
- mystery box amazon29K/yr
- amazon mystery boxes6K/yr
- amazon mystery box uk13K/yr
- mistery box3K/yr
- mystery box uk3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mystery Box
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Tiny box”
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.
18 topics
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FAQ
Common Mystery Box questions
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