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Lip Applicator

Fail

Prices span $3.08–$10.18, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Lip Applicator is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 5,544 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$98K/yr149K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Lip Applicator against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lip Applicator market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lip Applicator 149K times last year and spent an estimated $98K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 149K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $98K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
149K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.3%
Conversion, latest week
10.3%
Market size, estimated
$98Ka year
Peak month
January2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
lip applicators32K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $6.38.

Listings sell for $6.38 on average, from $3.08 to $10.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $6.38 that is $3K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$6.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.08–$10.18
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$5K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% 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 #101 within Makeup Brushes & Tools. It carries 1,049 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#101in Makeup Brushes & Tools
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,049per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 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 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Lip Applicator 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

34%

  • Brand 118%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 315%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Lip Applicator search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Lip Applicator search terms shoppers use

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

  • lip applicators32K/yr
  • lip balm applicator24K/yr
  • lip mask applicator35K/yr
  • lip gloss applicator16K/yr
  • lip applicator16K/yr
  • lip spatula9K/yr
  • lint free applicators5K/yr
  • lip mask spatula4K/yr
  • laneige lip mask applicator3K/yr
  • lint free applicators for lash extensions2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lip Applicator

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
21%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“while the other too tight”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”21% 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 Lip Applicator questions

Answered from the same tracked data.