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Makeup Bag

Maybe

Shoppers spend $8.5M a year here. But buyers convert on only 1.6% of searches, so Makeup Bag is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 12% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$8.5M/yr35.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 40 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Makeup Bag against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Makeup Bag market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Makeup Bag 35.1M times last year and spent an estimated $8.5M. The top 5 brands take 51% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 35.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $8.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
35.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
$8.5Ma year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
makeup bag13.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.69.

Listings sell for $14.69 on average, from $4.40 to $29.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $14.69 that is $118K to $147K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.40–$29.65
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
600K–800K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$118K–$147K
Returns
3.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% 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 #43 within Bags & Cases. It carries 6,876 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#43in Bags & Cases
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,876per listing
Listings tracked
74

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Makeup Bag 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 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$169K$338K$508K$677K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

40 falling

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

44%

  • BAGSMART24%
  • EACHY8%
  • OCHEAL7%
  • HBselect6%
  • HOTOR6%
  • Relavel5%

Demand

Makeup Bag search demand

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

1.2M800KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Makeup Bag search terms shoppers use

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

  • makeup bag13.6M/yr
  • toiletry bag3.3M/yr
  • travel toiletry bag2.1M/yr
  • make up bag2.4M/yr
  • toiletry bag for women1.7M/yr
  • travel makeup bag1.6M/yr
  • cosmetic bag1.5M/yr
  • small makeup bag1.2M/yr
  • pouch890K/yr
  • makeup bags940K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Makeup Bag

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%−0.02

Bigger than expected

Kind of small

doesnt fit as much as i had hoped

Quality-Overall8%+0.20

Not well made

extremely poor quality control

Bad quality

Durability6%−0.03

is already coming apart

Doesnt last

Broke pretty quickly

Strength4%−0.02

Not sturdy

Flimsy material

Very flimsy

Color3%

not a good color

Color not as advertised

Color not accurately described

Love

Size-Overall19%−0.02

Fits all

Comfy fit

Love the size

Quality-Overall15%+0.20

high quality bags

Amazing Quality

High quality for price

Storage Capacity13%+1.77

Good capacity

plenty of room

Convenient storage

Value For Money7%+0.33

Fair price

not expensive

Affordable price

Portability6%+0.65

its easy to carry

Great for carry-on

it will come in handy

Return

3.6% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall60%██████

Bigger than expected

Kind of small

doesnt fit as much as i had hoped

Material Quality6%▇█▇█▇█

Cheap Material

Flimsy material

Material stiff

Color5%█▇▇▇▇▇

not a good color

Color not as advertised

Color not accurately described

Quality-Overall5%▆▇████

Not well made

extremely poor quality control

Bad quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%██▇██▇

Not as described

Not as shown

False advertisement

FAQ

Common Makeup Bag questions

Answered from the same tracked data.