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Mineral Makeup Foundation

Maybe

Shoppers spend $2.3M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Mineral Makeup Foundation is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$2.3M/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Mineral Makeup Foundation against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mineral Makeup Foundation market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mineral Makeup Foundation 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated $2.3M. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
$2.3Ma year
Top search term
bare minerals861K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $31.51.

Listings sell for $31.51 on average, from $5.60 to $46.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $31.51 that is $63K to $79K a year per listing.

Average price
$31.51inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.60–$46.44
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$63K–$79K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #50 within Face. It carries 4,321 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.7%
Average rank
#50in Face
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,321per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Mineral Makeup Foundation 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$117K$233K$350K$467K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

0%

  • bareMinerals83%
  • Neutrogena11%
  • LAURA GELLER NEW YORK2%
  • COVERGIRL1%
  • Sweet Face Minerals1%
  • Lure Minerals1%

Search terms

Top Mineral Makeup Foundation search terms shoppers use

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

  • bare minerals861K/yr
  • bare minerals powder foundation557K/yr
  • bareminerals155K/yr
  • bare minerals foundation125K/yr
  • neutrogena mineral sheers powder foundation44K/yr
  • neutrogena powder foundation38K/yr
  • neutrogena powder37K/yr
  • bareminerals original loose powder foundation13K/yr
  • bare minerals powder28K/yr
  • neutrogena pressed powder19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mineral Makeup Foundation

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

Complain

Color18%−0.19

Color too light

Bad color match

Color difference

Coverage17%−0.02

Not full coverage

does not cover

Coverage is awful

Value For Money5%

Overpriced

Not worth the price

Over priced

Moist/Dry4%−0.03

Very dry

It does NOT moisturize at all

Not as moisturizing

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%−0.02

Not as described

Not as advertised

Did not work as advertised

Love

Coverage17%−0.02

Smooth coverage

Great for flawless coverage

Covers well

Quality-Overall16%+1.61

Excellent product

Same quality as the store

Great product as usual

Suitability Combination Skin10%+0.70

Great for sensitive skin

perfect match to my skin

Feels great on my skin

Color9%−0.19

Perfect shade

True color

Color was nice

Weight Light6%+0.62

It feels incredibly lightweight on the skin

Lightweight on face

Great Lightweight Everyday

Return

2.2% Return rate 75% Fixable by listing

Color57%▇▇████

Color too light

Bad color match

Color difference

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▇██▇▆▅

Not as described

Not as advertised

Did not work as advertised

Coverage9%██▆▆▆▅

Not full coverage

does not cover

Coverage is awful

Functionality-Overall3%▇██▆█▇
Weight Light3%█▆▅▆▇▅

FAQ

Common Mineral Makeup Foundation questions

Answered from the same tracked data.