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Pore

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.5% of orders. But demand is soft, at -8.3% this quarter, so Pore 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
$534K/yr952K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 146 sellers

Flapen Score

Pore against its category

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

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

Market

The Pore market on Amazon at a glance

Pore is a $534K a year market on Amazon United States, with 952K searches a year. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

Demand comes close.

Shoppers search 952K times a year and 3.6% buy. Search demand moved -8.3% in 90 days, so the $534K a year market is softening.

Search volume
952K
Search growth, 90 days
-8.3%
Conversion
3.6%
Market size
$534K

02 · Money

The money is there.

Shoppers bought 40K to 50K units at $15.67 on average, 500 to 750 per product. Units times price is $627K to $784K a year.

Units sold
40K–50K
Units per product
500–750
Average price
$15.67
Units × price
$627K–$784K

03 · Shelf

Brands here are settling in.

The average listing ranks #72. 100% of listings ship Prime. 73% of the shelf is sponsored, so budget for ads. The average listing is out of stock 0.4% of the time. The average brand has sold here for 55 months.

Average BSR
#72
Prime
100%
Sponsored
73%
Out of stock
0.4%
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Pore 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$16K$32K$48K$64K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

146

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

17%

  • Neutrogena45%
  • wet n wild16%
  • L'Oreal Paris9%
  • MAYBELLINE6%
  • DRMTLGY4%
  • bareMinerals4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (14 brands, 17%)

Demand

Pore search demand

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

18K13KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Pore search terms shoppers use

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

  • tinted moisturizer for mature skin205K/yr
  • neutrogena makeup127K/yr
  • skin tint foundation93K/yr
  • neutrogena foundation89K/yr
  • wet n wild tinted hydrator63K/yr
  • tinted serum65K/yr
  • neutrogena tinted moisturizer61K/yr
  • neutrogena healthy skin anti aging perfector38K/yr
  • tinted foundation21K/yr
  • tinted serum for face28K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pore

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

Complain

Smell16%−0.19

AWFUL smell

It smells rancid

Smells like fish

Color11%−0.05

Darker than expected

color not as described

Color too light

Coverage6%+0.44

Not full coverage

Not full coverage

Little coverage

Moist/Dry4%+0.14

No hydration

kind of dry

Not very moisturizing

Allergies4%−0.04

Skin reaction

Allergic reaction

Caused a rash

Love

Suitability Combination Skin12%+1.15

Great for sensitive skin

Matched my skin perfectly

Good for skin

Coverage11%+0.44

full coverage

Beautiful coverage

Nice natural coverage

Color8%−0.05

Color is accurate

Color match

Beautiful colors

Quality-Overall8%+0.57

Great quality product with lotion based

Great price for a quality product

Excellent Product

Brightness/Shine/Glow7%+0.66

with a shine

Really gives a beautiful natural glow

Gives a glow

Return

1.5% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Color44%███▇█▇

Darker than expected

color not as described

Color too light

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%████▇▇
Smell8%▇▇██▇▆

AWFUL smell

It smells rancid

Smells like fish

Coverage6%▆▆▇█▇▇

Not full coverage

Not full coverage

Little coverage

Moist/Dry3%█▇▆▇▆▆

No hydration

kind of dry

Not very moisturizing

FAQ

Common Pore questions

Answered from the same tracked data.