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# **gel medium**

**Skip it**

Soft demand (-6.1% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 26Growth 22Conversion 81Competition 53Returns 96Price range 76Avg price 75Brand share 31Review moat 25Quality gap 23

**Returns**

**Incredible****0.9%**

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

**Conversion**

**Great****8.6%**

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

**Price range**

**Great****$8.80–$34.49**

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

**Avg price**

**Great****$15.07**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Competition**

**Good****53%**

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

**Brand share**

**Okay****86%**

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

**Market size**

**Okay****$108K**

$108K/yr · 84K searches

**Review moat**

**Bad****4,565.52**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Quality gap**

**Bad****4.6★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Growth**

**Bad****-6.1%**

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

## **Demand & seasonality**

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -6.1% search growth over the last 90 days.

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

## **Reviews**

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

### **What buyers love **

**Quality-Overall**18%

*“Excellent product”*

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**9%

*“Works like it should”*

**Paint Quality**8%

*“It blended well with the paint”*

**Texture/Consistency-Overall**8%

*“Smooth textures and easy to use”*

**Ease Of Use**7%

*“Easy to use”*

**Color**6%

*“Dries clear so works with all colors”*

**Moist/Dry**6%

*“Goes on smooth with plenty of drying time”*

**Soft Feel**5%

*“Well it is creamy”*

**Value For Money**4%

*“Worthwhile product”*

**Thickness**3%

*“It does a good job of thinning the paint so it goes on more smoothly”*

### **What buyers complain about **

**Moist/Dry**15%

*“Does NOT dry clear as it claims to”*

**Paint Quality**14%

*“Paint thinner”*

**Ease Of Use**9%

*“Unable to use”*

**Color**6%

*“I'm not going to test other colors”*

**Value For Money**6%

*“A little $$$”*

**Thickness**5%

*“The paste itself is extremely thick”*

**Brightness/Shine/Glow**5%

*“Overall, it didn't create the glossy effect I was looking for”*

**Leak-Proof**3%

*“medium spilling”*

**Adhesion/Stickiness**3%

*“Its not sticks”*

**Quality-Overall**3%

*“not the best in the land”*

### **Top return reasons **

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**16%

**Functionality-Overall**12%

**Leak-Proof**12%

**Value For Money**8%

**Paint Quality**7%

**Moist/Dry**6%

**Size-Overall**5%

**Thin**5%

**Color**4%

**Material Quality**4%