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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 17Growth 29Conversion 55Competition 15Returns 85Price range 37Avg price 85Brand share 0Review moat 63Quality gap 24

Returns

Great1.5%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$71.33

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Good992

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Good4.6%

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

Price range

Okay$14.62–$242.79

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

Growth

Okay+3.0%

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

Quality gap

Bad4.6★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Bad$68K

$68K/yr · 21K searches

Competition

Bad82%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products capture 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • Smooth-On71%
  • Dragon Skin23%
  • LET'S RESIN3%
  • SHORE RESIN2%
  • Smooth-On, Inc.2%

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%10%$7K20%$14K30%$20K40%$27K1001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +3.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K600Spike '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Ease Of Use28%

“Easy to use”

Quality-Overall16%

“Good quality”

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

“Gets the job done”

Material Quality9%

“Overall, a solid silicone mold making kit for resin, crafts, and DIY projects”

Value For Money7%

“Great price”

Efficiency4%

“Works well”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%

“The instructions are clear”

Strength3%

“Holds together well”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“Produces a very clean result”

Color2%

“takes silc-pig pigments nicely”

What buyers complain about

Assembly/Installation23%

“Did not set properly”

Adhesion/Stickiness18%

“i wasn't loving the stickiness so I covered the top with acetate to protect my surfaces”

Value For Money9%

“Wasted money”

Hard Feel9%

“Hard results, not squishy”

Quality-Overall9%

“Absolute garbage in a bottle”

Functionality-Overall9%

“Didnt work for what was using it for”

Leak-Proof5%

“the cap breaks very easy making it leak”

Color5%

“it turns yellow on the bottle”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“Clean up can be a little sticky”

Top return reasons

Leak-Proof24%
Material Quality18%
Functionality-Overall11%
Advertised Vs Actual Product11%
Size-Overall7%
Value For Money7%
Defective Material/Parts4%
Hard Feel3%
Adhesion/Stickiness3%
Quality-Overall2%