Primer
FailPrices span $3.34–$8.55, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Primer is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 46 / 100Ranks 1,283 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 4746
- Market size
- £1.2M/yr1.8M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -5.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 76%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 196 sellers
Flapen Score
Primer against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Primer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Primer market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Primer 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 11.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 1.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 1.8M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -5.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 11.1%
- Market size, estimated
- £1.2Ma year
- Peak month
- November3.0× the quietest month
- Top search term
- primer518K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £6.02.
Listings sell for £6.02 on average, from £3.34 to £8.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £6.02 that is £60K to £75K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £6.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £3.34–£8.55
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 150K–200K
- Units per listing a year
- 10,000–12,500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £60K–£75K
- Returns
- 0.0%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, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #8 within Make-up. It carries 17,965 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 79%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #8in Make-up
- Average rating
- 4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 17,965per listing
- Listings tracked
- 14
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are settling in.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 55 months
Products
Top Primer 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 flat
Sellers
196
Top-5 brand share
96%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
76%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
2%
- Brand 150%
- Brand 228%
- Brand 38%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 62%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)
Demand
Primer search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×
Search terms
Top Primer search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- primer518K/yr
- elf primer305K/yr
- maybelline240K/yr
- primer makeup221K/yr
- grippy primer40K/yr
- elf power grip primer58K/yr
- face primer55K/yr
- maybelline grippy serum primer34K/yr
- makeup primer51K/yr
- maybelline primer35K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Primer
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Didnt work as promised”
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.
19 topics
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FAQ
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