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Korean Foundation

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $3.9M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Korean Foundation is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 19% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$3.9M/yr4.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+51.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
96%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 7 sellers

Flapen Score

Korean Foundation against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Korean Foundation market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Korean Foundation 4.0M times last year and spent an estimated $3.9M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 4.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +51.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+51.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.3%
Market size, estimated
$3.9Ma year
Peak month
July7.9× the quietest month
Top search term
smooche color changing foundation471K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.91.

Listings sell for $22.91 on average, from $13.39 to $43.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $22.91 that is $137K to $183K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.91inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$13.39–$43.13
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$137K–$183K
Returns
3.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #273 within Face. It carries 3,230 reviews at 3.95 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#273in Face
Average rating
3.95 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,230per listing
Listings tracked
6

04 · Newcomers

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

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Korean 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 96% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

7

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 161%
  • Brand 229%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 45%

Demand

Korean Foundation search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.9×

Search terms

Top Korean Foundation search terms shoppers use

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

  • smooche color changing foundation471K/yr
  • smooche foundation615K/yr
  • smooche273K/yr
  • missha bb cream804K/yr
  • korean foundation309K/yr
  • smooche korean foundation118K/yr
  • missha221K/yr
  • japanese makeup187K/yr
  • smoochie foundation korean44K/yr
  • missha m perfect cover bb cream129K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Korean Foundation

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Coverage”
16%of negative reviews mention “Color”
3.8%of orders come back
“Color is way off”
A buyer, on “Color”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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Korean Foundation questions

Answered from the same tracked data.