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Sephora Mascara

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Sephora Mascara is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 5,544 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$200K/yr107K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
91%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Sephora Mascara against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sephora Mascara market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sephora Mascara 107K times last year and spent an estimated $200K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 107K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $200K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
107K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.3%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
$200Ka year
Peak month
December3.8× the quietest month
Top search term
urban decay mascara55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.00.

Listings sell for $20.00 on average, from $14.08 to $26.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $20.00 that is $30K to $40K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.00inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$14.08–$26.00
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$30K–$40K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #200 within Eyes. It carries 577 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
12.3%
Average rank
#200in Eyes
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
577per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 79 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
79 months

Products

Top Sephora Mascara 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 91% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 195%
  • Brand 25%

Demand

Sephora Mascara search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.8×

Search terms

Top Sephora Mascara search terms shoppers use

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

  • urban decay mascara55K/yr
  • perversion mascara urban decay16K/yr
  • nars mascara11K/yr
  • urban decay perversion mascara10K/yr
  • nars climax mascara4K/yr
  • perversion mascara4K/yr
  • urban decay waterproof mascara2K/yr
  • nars mascara climax565/yr
  • urban decay mascara perversion black3K/yr
  • nars climax mascara black1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sephora Mascara

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

11%of positive reviews mention “Smudge Resistance”
16%of negative reviews mention “Smudge Resistance”
0.9%of orders come back
“Smudges terribly”
A buyer, on “Smudge Resistance”16% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Sephora Mascara questions

Answered from the same tracked data.