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Black Lipstick

Maybe

An estimated 1.0% of orders come back. But prices span $1.77–$15.57, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Lipstick is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 34% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$529K/yr774K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 80 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Lipstick against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Black Lipstick is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Lipstick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Lipstick 774K times last year and spent an estimated $529K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 774K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $529K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
774K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.7%
Conversion, latest week
8.4%
Market size, estimated
$529Ka year
Peak month
October7.6× the quietest month
Top search term
black lipstick556K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.14.

Listings sell for $8.14 on average, from $1.77 to $15.57. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $8.14 that is $12K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.14under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.77–$15.57
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$12K–$16K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #149 within Lips. It carries 22,733 reviews at 4.26 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#149in Lips
Average rating
4.26 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
22,733per listing
Listings tracked
24

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 53 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
53 months

Products

Top Black 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

80

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 132%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Black Lipstick search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.6×

Search terms

Top Black Lipstick search terms shoppers use

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

  • black lipstick556K/yr
  • nyx lingerie xxl matte lipstick39K/yr
  • black lipstick matte33K/yr
  • black matte lipstick23K/yr
  • black liquid lipstick18K/yr
  • nyx xxl lingerie liquid lipstick9K/yr
  • matte black lipstick17K/yr
  • black lipstick long lasting14K/yr
  • black lip stick14K/yr
  • black lipstick goth13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Lipstick

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

36%of positive reviews mention “Color”
23%of negative reviews mention “Color”
1.0%of orders come back
“NOT BLACK”
A buyer, on “Color”23% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Lipstick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.