Ulta Beauty
FailThe average product has 38,987 reviews to catch up to, so Ulta Beauty is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 38 / 100Ranks 9,296 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −10 vs the category median of 4838
- Market size
- $78K/yr252K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -20.0%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 63%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 92 sellers
Flapen Score
Ulta Beauty against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Ulta Beauty is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Ulta Beauty market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ulta Beauty 252K times last year and spent an estimated $78K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 252K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $78K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 252K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -20.0%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.1%
- Market size, estimated
- $78Ka year
- Top search term
- ulta beauty184K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $27.67.
Listings sell for $27.67 on average, from $4.67 to $73.73. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $27.67 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $27.67inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $4.67–$73.73
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 5K–6K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- $3K–$7K
- Returns
- 0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #342 within Makeup Brushes & Tools. It carries 38,987 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 100%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 8.1%
- Average rank
- #342in Makeup Brushes & Tools
- Average rating
- 4.47 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 38,987per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
4 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 4
- Successful launches
- 4Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 57 months
Products
Top Ulta Beauty 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
10 falling
Sellers
92
Top-5 brand share
89%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
63%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
8%
- Brand 131%
- Brand 230%
- Brand 314%
- Brand 49%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)
Demand
Ulta Beauty search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.2× · 8 of 12 months tracked
Search terms
Top Ulta Beauty search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- ulta beauty184K/yr
- ulta beauty store15K/yr
- sol de janeiro 62 set19K/yr
- ulta products8K/yr
- real perfection makeup brush set6K/yr
- ulta beauty makeup5K/yr
- sol de janeiro 62 gift set6K/yr
- ulta beauty sale5K/yr
- sol de janeiro set 623K/yr
- real perfection makeup brush set 16 pcs2K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ulta Beauty
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“weird chemical smell”
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.
18 topics
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FAQ
Common Ulta Beauty questions
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