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acrylic paint

Worth a look

Shows a $7.9M/yr market, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 100Growth 25Conversion 53Competition 56Returns 92Price range 66Avg price 83Brand share 39Review moat 21Quality gap 22

Market size

Incredible$7.9M

$7.9M/yr · 10.1M searches

Returns

Great1.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$18.02

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Good$0.61–$42.75

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Competition

Good51%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Conversion

Good4.3%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Brand share

Okay81%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Growth

Bad-0.0%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Bad4.7★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Bad11,874.29

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

The top 5 products take 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

77

Top-5 brand share

81%

Open market

16%

  • Shuttle Art38%
  • Apple Barrel26%
  • TMOL9%
  • Artkey6%
  • Amazon Basics3%
  • Nicpro3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 16%)

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%4%$316K8%$632K12%$947K16%$1.3M1001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 28 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -0.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
300K200KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Color30%

“Beautiful color”

Quality-Overall12%

“Great quality for $”

Value For Money11%

“Excellent value”

Paint Quality11%

“Its nice paint”

Ease Of Use3%

“easy to open as well”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“As advertised”

Pen/Pencil Quality3%

“Great Set of Markers”

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation2%

“still great paint and beautiful colors”

Ease Of Cleaning2%

“Fast clean up”

Coverage1%

“The coverage is pretty consistent”

What buyers complain about

Paint Quality20%

“poor quality paint”

Color12%

“not very colorful”

Quality-Overall7%

“Poor quality control”

Thickness7%

“the paint itself was kind of thick”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“False advertisement”

Size-Overall3%

“the bottle is kinda small”

Dry/Empty Ink3%

“dry up very quickly”

Leak-Proof2%

“Three bottles leaked”

Drying Time2%

“takes forever to dry”

Moist/Dry2%

“some were more dried out”

Top return reasons

Paint Quality32%
Value For Money14%
Color12%
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%
Size-Overall7%
Quality-Overall3%
Functionality-Overall3%
Product Condition3%
Display Colors2%
Ink Refill2%