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Primer Serum

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Primer Serum is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 42% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$779K/yr703K searches / yr
90-day growth
+13.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
88%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

Primer Serum against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Primer Serum market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Primer Serum 703K times last year and spent an estimated $779K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 703K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +13.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $779K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
703K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+13.0%
Conversion, latest week
7.7%
Market size, estimated
$779Ka year
Peak month
March4.1× the quietest month
Top search term
milk primer137K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.48.

Listings sell for $14.48 on average, from $5.61 to $33.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $14.48 that is $87K to $116K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.48under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.61–$33.44
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$87K–$116K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% 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 #26 within Face. It carries 8,522 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#26in Face
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,522per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Primer Serum 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 15, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 88% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$117K$234K$351K$468K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

56

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • MAYBELLINE55%
  • Milk Makeup31%
  • e.l.f.7%
  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP4%
  • Essence Cosmetics3%

Demand

Primer Serum search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.1×

Search terms

Top Primer Serum search terms shoppers use

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

  • milk primer137K/yr
  • maybelline primer102K/yr
  • maybelline grippy serum primer81K/yr
  • milk hydro grip primer73K/yr
  • grippy primer47K/yr
  • grip primer45K/yr
  • milk makeup hydro grip primer45K/yr
  • gripping primer26K/yr
  • maybelline grippy primer15K/yr
  • milk primer hydro grip25K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Primer Serum

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.7%of orders come back
“this is sooo sticky”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”24% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Primer Serum 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