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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 15Growth 25Conversion 45Competition 77Returns 81Price range 53Avg price 75Brand share 3Review moat 28Quality gap 38

Returns

Great1.7%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Competition

Great38%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Avg price

Great$15.02

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Good$6.00–$25.33

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

Conversion

Okay3.6%

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

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Okay3,717.97

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Bad-0.2%

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

Market size

Bad$61K

$61K/yr · 114K searches

Brand share

Bad99%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

99%

Open market

0%

  • APRÉS55%
  • UNA GELLA22%
  • beetles Gel Polish9%
  • ranrose8%
  • Cycullinyt5%
  • NOVO OVO1%

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%5%$3K10%$6K15%$9K20%$12K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 34 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 36 weeks — -0.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
3K2KSpike '26Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall23%

“Good quality and thick”

Size-Overall16%

“Fits as described”

Durability13%

“did not break at all”

Value For Money8%

“Great price”

Shape/Style7%

“Amazing shape”

Ease Of Use6%

“Easy to use”

Ease Of Application5%

“ease of application”

Thickness5%

“Best nail tips thick and good quality”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“As advertised”

Adhesion/Stickiness2%

“The glue is also good”

What buyers complain about

Size-Overall21%

“Very long”

Thickness9%

“These nails are a little thicker than others”

Durability9%

“break easily too”

Strength8%

“kind of flimsy”

Shape/Style5%

“Hard to find this shape in my local shops”

Quality-Overall5%

“Quality control is awful”

Ease Of Use3%

“Not easy to use at all”

Value For Money3%

“I wish they were a bit more affordable”

Adhesion/Stickiness2%

“Had to use more glue than what I usually would use”

Natural Ingredients2%

“Im still unsure about the natural ones”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall47%
Shape/Style14%
Advertised Vs Actual Product14%
Quality-Overall3%
Strength2%
Functionality-Overall2%
Defective Material/Parts2%
Adhesion/Stickiness2%
Value For Money2%
Product Condition2%