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Ulta Mascara

Fail

The average product has 33,203 reviews to catch up to, so Ulta Mascara is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 6,474 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$80K/yr142K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 73 sellers

Flapen Score

Ulta Mascara against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ulta Mascara market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ulta Mascara 142K times last year and spent an estimated $80K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 142K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $80K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
142K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.1%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
$80Ka year
Peak month
July2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
pink mascara78K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.88.

Listings sell for $8.88 on average, from $4.51 to $27.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $8.88 that is $4K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.51–$27.84
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$7K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #111 within Eyes. It carries 33,203 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#111in Eyes
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
33,203per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

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

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Ulta 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

73

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 146%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Demand

Ulta Mascara search demand

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

15K10KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Ulta Mascara search terms shoppers use

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

  • pink mascara78K/yr
  • i love extreme mascara10K/yr
  • essence i love extreme crazy volume mascara4K/yr
  • i heart extreme mascara10K/yr
  • extreme mascara7K/yr
  • hot pink mascara5K/yr
  • mascara pink5K/yr
  • essence extreme mascara3K/yr
  • pink mascara for eyelashes5K/yr
  • essence i love extreme volume mascara6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ulta Mascara

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

47%of positive reviews mention “Eyelash Quality”
18%of negative reviews mention “Eyelash Quality”
0.5%of orders come back
“Eyelashes immediately clumped together”
A buyer, on “Eyelash Quality”18% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ulta Mascara questions

Answered from the same tracked data.