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Mac Red Lipstick

Maybe

Products sell for $22.77 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Mac Red Lipstick 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
$1.1M/yr1.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 322 sellers

Flapen Score

Mac Red Lipstick against its category

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

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

Market

The Mac Red Lipstick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mac Red Lipstick 1.9M times last year and spent an estimated $1.1M. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
$1.1Ma year
Peak month
December3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
mac lipstick929K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.77.

Listings sell for $22.77 on average, from $1.34 to $34.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $22.77 that is $11K to $17K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.77inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.34–$34.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$17K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #257 within Lips. It carries 7,082 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#257in Lips
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
7,082per listing
Listings tracked
49

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 9 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 9 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Mac Red Lipstick products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$33K$66K$99K$132K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

322

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

2%

  • MAC51%
  • Charlotte Tilbury30%
  • L'Oreal Paris11%
  • REVLON3%
  • Merit2%
  • MAYBELLINE1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Mac Red Lipstick search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Mac Red Lipstick search terms shoppers use

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

  • mac lipstick929K/yr
  • charlotte tilbury pillow talk289K/yr
  • mac lipsticks for women105K/yr
  • pillow talk lipstick charlotte tilbury62K/yr
  • loreal lip59K/yr
  • mac lipstick matte64K/yr
  • loreal color riche lipstick62K/yr
  • loreal paris lipstick55K/yr
  • pillow talk55K/yr
  • merit lipstick45K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mac Red Lipstick

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Color20%+3.21

Terrible color

Too dark

Color is off

Durability11%−0.11

Breaks extremely easy

Does not last

Breaking

Value For Money8%−0.04

Kind of expensive

Not worth the cost

Not worth the price

Moist/Dry7%−0.02

No moisture

A little dry

Not enough moisturizing

Smell7%−0.10

has strong unpleasant odor

Smells weird

Bad smell

Love

Color46%+3.21

Color match

Color is pretty

Beautiful colors

Soft Feel9%

Goes on smooth

Its a soft

Smooth and creamy

Moist/Dry6%−0.02

very hydrating

Very moisturizing

Great for moisturizing

Quality-Overall5%

High quality lipstick

This lipstick is such great quality

Excellent product

Value For Money4%−0.04

GREAT PRICE

Fair price

Amazing value

Return

1.4% Return rate 81% Fixable by listing

Color65%██████

Terrible color

Too dark

Color is off

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▇███▇▇

Nothing Like the Picture

Darker than advertised

NOT AS ADVERTISED

Product Condition5%▆▇███▇

PRODUCT WAS USED

It came used

Received a USED product

Moist/Dry4%█▆▆▅▅▆

No moisture

A little dry

Not enough moisturizing

Smell3%██▇▆▅▅

has strong unpleasant odor

Smells weird

Bad smell

FAQ

Common Mac Red Lipstick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.