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Ulta Makeup

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $29K a year here, so Ulta Makeup 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
$29K/yr102K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 151 sellers

Flapen Score

Ulta Makeup against its category

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

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

Market

The Ulta Makeup market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ulta Makeup 102K times last year and spent an estimated $29K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 102K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $29K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
102K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.3%
Market size, estimated
$29Ka year
Peak month
December8.8× the quietest month
Top search term
ulta makeup25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.94.

Listings sell for $21.94 on average, from $3.39 to $53.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $21.94 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.94inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.39–$53.46
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
0.8%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, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #290 within Makeup Sets. It carries 21,684 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
3.7%
Average rank
#290in Makeup Sets
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
21,684per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 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 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Ulta Makeup 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

151

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

38%

  • Brand 134%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Ulta Makeup search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.8×

Search terms

Top Ulta Makeup search terms shoppers use

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

  • ulta makeup25K/yr
  • ulta beauty products26K/yr
  • ulta gift set24K/yr
  • ulta makeup kit14K/yr
  • ulta beauty makeup5K/yr
  • ulta makeup set5K/yr
  • ulta beauty box2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ulta Makeup

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Eyelash Quality”
7%of negative reviews mention “Eyelash Quality”
0.8%of orders come back
“It does make eyelashes look false”
A buyer, on “Eyelash Quality”7% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ulta Makeup questions

Answered from the same tracked data.