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Tinted Lip Balm

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Tinted Lip Balm doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Ranks 2,047 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −8 vs the category median of 47

Market size 36Growth 23Conversion 23Competition 62Returns 99Price range 36Avg price 21Brand share 0Review moat 23Quality gap 48
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Tinted Lip Balm profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Tinted Lip Balm is a £176K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Tinted 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 -3.4% over the last 90 days and 1.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£176K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-3.4%1.3M
Conversion rate1.8%
Avg price£7.63

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 146
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market0%
Avg brand age40 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 · 38 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews7,930

Top Tinted 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 take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

146

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

0%

  • Kiko Milano76%
  • Burt's Bees17%
  • NIVEA4%
  • Maybelline2%
  • MUA1%

Tinted Lip Balm demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.3MCVR1.8%Products38Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate1.9%Rating4.5★Reviews7,930Avg BSR#43
30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Tinted Lip Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • kiko milano383K/yr
  • kiko223K/yr
  • tinted lip balm180K/yr
  • kiko lipgloss161K/yr
  • burts bees tinted lip balm85K/yr
  • kiko milano lip gloss39K/yr
  • lip balm tinted24K/yr
  • kiko lip gloss30K/yr
  • burts bees lip shimmer27K/yr
  • kiko lip balm20K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tinted Lip Balm

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Color29%

Pretty natural colour

Moist/Dry15%

Nice and hydrating

Value For Money9%

Good value

Quality-Overall9%

the quality is perfect

Soft Feel8%

Nice and smooth

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Color19%

bland colour

Moist/Dry8%

Very dry

Smell7%

Bad smell

Value For Money6%

Waste of money

Adhesion/Stickiness5%

becomes sticky

Tinted Lip Balm return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

64%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
43%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
11%
3Product Condition
8%
4Value For Money
5%
5Leak-Proof
5%

Common Tinted Lip Balm questions

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

Flapen scores Tinted Lip Balm 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £176K/yr across 38 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Tinted Lip Balm on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jun–Jul–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.