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Red Lipstick

Fail

Prices span $2.59–$7.79, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Red Lipstick is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,283 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −1 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£126K/yr270K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 206 sellers

Flapen Score

Red Lipstick against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Red Lipstick is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red Lipstick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Red Lipstick 270K times last year and spent an estimated £126K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 270K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £126K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
270K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.0%
Conversion, latest week
11.5%
Market size, estimated
£126Ka year
Peak month
October3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
red lipstick198K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.09.

Listings sell for £4.09 on average, from £2.59 to £7.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £4.09 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.59–£7.79
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

44% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #98 within Make-up. It carries 6,094 reviews at 4.26 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
44%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#98in Make-up
Average rating
4.26 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,094per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Red Lipstick 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

206

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

11%

  • Brand 163%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 11%)

Demand

Red Lipstick search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Search terms

Top Red Lipstick search terms shoppers use

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

  • red lipstick198K/yr
  • red lipstick long lasting26K/yr
  • bright red lipstick9K/yr
  • lipstick red6K/yr
  • red lipstick matte7K/yr
  • red matte lipstick7K/yr
  • red lip6K/yr
  • matte red lipstick6K/yr
  • red lip stick4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Lipstick

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

43%of positive reviews mention “Color”
30%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.4%of orders come back
“NOT BRIGHT RED”
A buyer, on “Color”30% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Red Lipstick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.