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Cosmetic Sponges

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But prices span $2.10–$16.63, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cosmetic Sponges is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 26% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$206K/yr339K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 40 brands · 98 sellers

Flapen Score

Cosmetic Sponges against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cosmetic Sponges market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cosmetic Sponges 339K times last year and spent an estimated $206K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 339K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $206K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
339K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.2%
Market size, estimated
$206Ka year
Peak month
April2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
makeup applicators222K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.44.

Listings sell for $7.44 on average, from $2.10 to $16.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $7.44 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.10–$16.63
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #64 within Makeup Brushes & Tools. It carries 11,426 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#64in Makeup Brushes & Tools
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
11,426per listing
Listings tracked
52

04 · Newcomers

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

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Cosmetic Sponges 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 only 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

40 falling

Sellers

98

Top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 82%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

52%

  • Brand 113%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Cosmetic Sponges search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Cosmetic Sponges search terms shoppers use

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

  • makeup applicators222K/yr
  • foundation applicator28K/yr
  • cosmetic sponges21K/yr
  • makeup applicator14K/yr
  • make up applicators14K/yr
  • make up applicator7K/yr
  • concealer sponge under eye7K/yr
  • liquid foundation applicator7K/yr
  • concealer blender5K/yr
  • foundation applicator for liquid makeup6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cosmetic Sponges

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Too short”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”16% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Cosmetic Sponges questions

Answered from the same tracked data.