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Medicated Lip Balm

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $52K a year here, so Medicated Lip Balm is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 7,421 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$52K/yr59K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 692 sellers

Flapen Score

Medicated Lip Balm against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Medicated Lip Balm market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Medicated Lip Balm 59K times last year and spent an estimated $52K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 59K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
59K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.6%
Conversion, latest week
9.5%
Market size, estimated
$52Ka year
Peak month
December50.1× the quietest month
Top search term
lip balm medicated17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.19.

Listings sell for $9.19 on average, from $1.83 to $28.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $9.19 that is $919 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.83–$28.71
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$919–$2K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

66% 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 #146 within Lip Care. It carries 13,603 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
66%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#146in Lip Care
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
13,603per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 75 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
75 months

Products

Top Medicated Lip Balm 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

18 flat

Sellers

692

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 142%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Medicated Lip Balm search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 50.1×

Search terms

Top Medicated Lip Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • lip balm medicated17K/yr
  • medicated lip treatment17K/yr
  • lip medicine6K/yr
  • medicated lip balm for severe chapped lips8K/yr
  • medicated lip ointment5K/yr
  • cheilitis lip balm2K/yr
  • extremely dry lip treatment4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Medicated Lip Balm

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
19%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.2%of orders come back
“Not moisturizing”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”19% 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 Medicated Lip Balm questions

Answered from the same tracked data.