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Foundation

Maybe

An estimated 0.9% of orders come back. But the average product has 50,634 reviews to catch up to, so Foundation is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 38% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.8M/yr5.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 129 sellers

Flapen Score

Foundation against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Foundation market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Foundation 5.3M times last year and spent an estimated $1.8M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 5.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
$1.8Ma year
Peak month
July1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
maybelline foundation1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.35.

Listings sell for $12.35 on average, from $7.33 to $33.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $12.35 that is $49K to $62K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.33–$33.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$49K–$62K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Face. It carries 50,634 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#18in Face
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
50,634per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Foundation 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 147%
  • Brand 243%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Foundation search demand

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

300K200KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Foundation search terms shoppers use

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

  • maybelline foundation1.0M/yr
  • loreal foundation550K/yr
  • loreal true match liquid foundation424K/yr
  • foundation for mature skin299K/yr
  • full coverage foundation513K/yr
  • loreal infallible foundation319K/yr
  • fit me foundation301K/yr
  • maybelline fit me foundation214K/yr
  • foundation full coverage219K/yr
  • liquid foundation190K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Foundation

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Coverage”
14%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.9%of orders come back
“Too dark”
A buyer, on “Color”14% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Foundation questions

Answered from the same tracked data.