Primer
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $5.7M a year here. But the average product has 20,094 reviews to catch up to, so Primer is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 52 / 100Top 29% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +4 vs the category median of 4852
- Market size
- $5.7M/yr6.5M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -3.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 68%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 76 sellers
Flapen Score
Primer against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Primer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Primer market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Primer 6.5M times last year and spent an estimated $5.7M. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 6.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.7M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 6.5M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -3.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 8.4%
- Market size, estimated
- $5.7Ma year
- Peak month
- April2.1× the quietest month
- Top search term
- primer1.9M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $10.47.
Listings sell for $10.47 on average, from $5.61 to $23.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500K to 600K a year. The average listing sells 30,000 to 40,000 of them. At $10.47 that is $314K to $419K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $10.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $5.61–$23.90
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 500K–600K
- Units per listing a year
- 30,000–40,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $314K–$419K
- Returns
- 0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
93% 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 #10 within Face. It carries 20,094 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 93%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #10in Face
- Average rating
- 4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 20,094per listing
- Listings tracked
- 15
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are established.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 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
- 65 months
Products
Top Primer 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
8 rising
Sellers
76
Top-5 brand share
91%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
68%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
5%
- Brand 170%
- Brand 27%
- Brand 35%
- Brand 44%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)
Demand
Primer search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×
Search terms
Top Primer search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- primer1.9M/yr
- elf primer1.5M/yr
- primer for face before makeup651K/yr
- makeup primer541K/yr
- elf power grip primer299K/yr
- face primer319K/yr
- primer face makeup253K/yr
- face primer for makeup142K/yr
- blurring primer122K/yr
- elf primer power grip119K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Primer
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“did the test run it didnt stick”
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.
19 topics
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FAQ
Common Primer questions
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