Sephora
FailThe top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Sephora is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 35 / 100Ranks 2,315 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −12 vs the category median of 4735
- Market size
- £103K/yr442K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -22.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 65%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 50 sellers
Flapen Score
Sephora against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Sephora is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Sephora market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sephora 442K times last year and spent an estimated £103K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 442K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £103K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 442K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -22.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 4.1%
- Market size, estimated
- £103Ka year
- Peak month
- December12.0× the quietest month
- Top search term
- elf lip balm202K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £5.61.
Listings sell for £5.61 on average, from £3.79 to £7.36. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £5.61 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £5.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £3.79–£7.36
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 15K–20K
- Units per listing a year
- 750–1,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £4K–£6K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #114 within Make-up. It carries 4,413 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 100%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 10.5%
- Average rank
- #114in Make-up
- Average rating
- 4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 4,413per listing
- Listings tracked
- 16
04 · Newcomers
4 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 6
- Successful launches
- 4Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 28 months
Products
Top Sephora 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
4 falling
Sellers
50
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
65%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Brand 188%
- Brand 29%
- Brand 32%
- Brand 41%
Demand
Sephora search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.0×
Search terms
Top Sephora search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- elf lip balm202K/yr
- rhode lip balm88K/yr
- rhode lip gloss43K/yr
- elf squeeze me lip balm17K/yr
- rhode peptide lip treatment14K/yr
- lip balm elf9K/yr
- rhode lip13K/yr
- elf lip gloss set8K/yr
- rhode lip tint6K/yr
- elf lip balm set9K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sephora
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“A small tube”
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.
17 topics
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