flow aid for acrylic paint
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.8%return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great10.0%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Avg price
Good$12.74avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Bad4,011.13avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Price range
Bad$8.34–$16.99cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-13.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$69K$69K/yr · 54K searches
Competition
Bad90%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Competition
The top 5 products capture 90% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
5 falling
Sellers
18
Top-5 brand share
100%
Open market
0%
- Liquitex72%
- Mont Marte16%
- Artecho5%
- Nicpro5%
- Winsor & Newton3%
Product shelf
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 8 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Liquitex Professional Effects Medium 118ml (4-oz) Flow Aid
Liquitex$12.264.8★3,717 rev
MONT MARTE Premium Acrylic Flow Medium 250ml
Mont Marte$8.804.6★2,811 rev
Liquitex Professional Matte Medium 237ml (8-oz)
Liquitex$15.134.8★2,091 rev
Liquitex Professional Fluid Medium 237ml (8-oz) Gloss
Liquitex$15.074.8★4,160 rev
Artecho Pouring Effects Medium 8oz / 236ml Acrylic Medium for Acrylic Paint
Artecho$8.344.5★1,072 rev
Newest
by launch date
Nicpro Pouring Medium for Acrylic Paint 8.45oz / 250ml Acrylic Paint Thinner Acrylics Flow Medium Improve Flow Consistency
Nicpro$9.68751 rev
Artecho Pouring Effects Medium 8oz / 236ml Acrylic Medium for Acrylic Paint
Artecho$8.341,072 rev
MONT MARTE Premium Acrylic Flow Medium 250ml
Mont Marte$8.802,811 rev
Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylic Medium Flow Improver 250ml (8.5-oz)
Winsor & Newton$16.992,338 rev
Liquitex Professional Effects Medium 118ml (4-oz) Flow Aid
Liquitex$12.263,717 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumLiquitex Professional Fluid Medium 237ml (8-oz) Gloss
Liquitex$15.074.8★
Liquitex Professional Matte Medium 237ml (8-oz)
Liquitex$15.134.8★
Nicpro Pouring Medium for Acrylic Paint 8.45oz / 250ml Acrylic Paint Thinner Acrylics Flow Medium Improve Flow Consistency
Nicpro$9.684.5★
Liquitex Professional Effects Medium 118ml (4-oz) Flow Aid
Liquitex$12.264.8★
Liquitex Professional Gloss Gel Medium 237ml (8-oz)
Liquitex$15.624.7★
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 62 weeks — -13.3% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Great medium”
“Excellent product, easy to use and mix with the paint”
“Made paint easier to apply”
“Better than hoped”
“Great value for money”
“Easy to use”
“Especially good if you are blending colors”
“Works”
“It does a good job of thinning the paint so it goes on more smoothly”
“It lasts a long time as well so I do not purchase it very often”
What buyers complain about
“Unable to use”
“at least half my bottle was a dried mass of product”
“I'm not going to test other colors”
“Bad Quality, Old”
“Deceptive business practices”
“This came as one huge glob”
“The pouring is a bit deficient so you will waste some each use”
“The bottle appears to have been opened, returned, or spilled”
“Leaked”