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Maybelline Nail Polish

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But the average product has 16,341 reviews to catch up to, so Maybelline Nail Polish is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 26% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$156K/yr827K searches / yr
90-day growth
+43.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 131 sellers

Flapen Score

Maybelline Nail Polish against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Maybelline Nail Polish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Maybelline Nail Polish 827K times last year and spent an estimated $156K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 827K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +43.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $156K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
827K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+43.8%
Conversion, latest week
2.3%
Market size, estimated
$156Ka year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
fast drying nail polish208K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.18.

Listings sell for $8.18 on average, from $1.29 to $21.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $8.18 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.18under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.29–$21.69
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

72% 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 #42 within Nail Polish. It carries 16,341 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#42in Nail Polish
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
16,341per listing
Listings tracked
64

04 · Newcomers

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

4 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 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Maybelline Nail Polish 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$5K$9K$14K$19K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 flat

Sellers

131

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

9%

  • Sally Hansen51%
  • OPI20%
  • essie8%
  • SAVILAND4%
  • Morovan4%
  • OpenLive4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 9%)

Demand

Maybelline Nail Polish search demand

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

60K40KHoliday '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Maybelline Nail Polish search terms shoppers use

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

  • fast drying nail polish208K/yr
  • summer nail polish78K/yr
  • long lasting nail polish117K/yr
  • toe nail polish66K/yr
  • fast dry nail polish87K/yr
  • toenail polish41K/yr
  • spring nail polish38K/yr
  • summer nail polish colors15K/yr
  • nail polish fast drying26K/yr
  • quick drying nail polish23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Maybelline Nail Polish

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

Complain

Color14%+2.83

Color not as described

didn't like the color

Color inaccurate

Quality-Overall8%

Seems low quality

Cheap quality

Bad quality

Durability8%−0.06

Doesn't last

Horrible durability

chipped instantly

Thickness7%−0.09

3 layers is too thick for my taste

Comes out too thick

Too thick

Moist/Dry7%−0.01

Terrible Dry Time

Doesnt dry

didn't dry well

Love

Color40%+2.83

Beautiful Colors

Colors are bright

Color is pretty

Quality-Overall8%

Excellent Product

very good variety for the price

Good quality and goes on smooth

Moist/Dry6%−0.01

It is in fact fast dry

Dries fast

Dries quickly

Value For Money5%

value for money

Excellent value

Good for the price

Stitch/Finish/Polish4%+0.67

The finish is glossy

Perfect finish

Smooth finish

Return

0.7% Return rate 67% Fixable by listing

Color35%▇▇▇▇██

Color not as described

didn't like the color

Color inaccurate

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%████▇▇

Not as Described

False advertising

Misleading pictures

Size-Overall8%█▆█▆▆█

Bottles are too small

Smaller than expected

this one is a big nope

Functionality-Overall7%█▇▇▇██
Quality-Overall5%█▇▇▇▇▆

Seems low quality

Cheap quality

Bad quality

FAQ

Common Maybelline Nail Polish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.