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Mint Chapstick

Fail

The products selling today already average 4.7★, so Mint Chapstick is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 6,013 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$237K/yr277K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 681 sellers

Flapen Score

Mint Chapstick against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mint Chapstick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mint Chapstick 277K times last year and spent an estimated $237K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 277K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $237K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
277K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
$237Ka year
Peak month
April9.4× the quietest month
Top search term
mint lip balm62K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.49.

Listings sell for $9.49 on average, from $1.82 to $27.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $9.49 that is $9K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.82–$27.11
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$9K–$12K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #220 within Lip Care. It carries 8,994 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#220in Lip Care
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,994per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Mint Chapstick products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$24K$47K$71K$95K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

681

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

15%

  • eos35%
  • ChapStick30%
  • Blistex9%
  • Vitamasques4%
  • 365 by Whole Foods Market4%
  • Mario Badescu3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 15%)

Demand

Mint Chapstick search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.4×

Search terms

Top Mint Chapstick search terms shoppers use

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

  • mint lip balm62K/yr
  • mint chapstick48K/yr
  • chapstick mint24K/yr
  • lip balm mint15K/yr
  • spearmint chapstick18K/yr
  • eos mint lip balm14K/yr
  • vanilla mint chapstick14K/yr
  • chapstick spearmint12K/yr
  • spearmint lip balm6K/yr
  • eos mint9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mint Chapstick

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
14%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.4%of orders come back
“Not all that moisturizing”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”14% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mint Chapstick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data