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Soft demand (-53.9% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 10Growth 0Conversion 34Competition 60Returns 71Price range 28Avg price 32Brand share 6Review moat 89Quality gap 77

Review moat

Great228.3

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Great4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Returns

Good2.2%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Competition

Good49%

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

Conversion

Okay2.7%

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

Avg price

Okay$9.86

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Okay$4.55–$18.99

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

Market size

Bad$40K

$40K/yr · 149K searches

Brand share

Bad97%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Growth

Bad-53.9%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

97%

Open market

2%

  • imPRESS48%
  • KISS42%
  • Allvounail4%
  • CJDLTS2%
  • GUjianzhi1%
  • xo, Fetti1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 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%4%$2K8%$3K12%$5K16%$6K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 33 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 33 weeks — -53.9% search growth over the last 90 days.
20K15KNov '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Durability16%

“this brand stays on”

Color15%

“Long lasting color”

Brightness/Shine/Glow10%

“The cat eye has an amazing shimmer to it”

Design-Overall9%

“The design is cute”

Adhesion/Stickiness7%

“Kiss's jelly tab adhesives are the best”

Quality-Overall7%

“Great nails”

Ease Of Use7%

“great for beginners”

Size-Overall4%

“they fit well”

Ease Of Application3%

“Easy to apply”

Value For Money3%

“They were cheap enough though so Im not mad”

What buyers complain about

Durability26%

“broke within 3 days”

Adhesion/Stickiness12%

“The adhesive was very poor compared to other designs”

Quality-Overall10%

“very cheaply made”

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

“Some of the nails look nothing like the pictures do”

Size-Overall6%

“some decals run big”

Strength4%

“Fragile”

Color3%

“the color has almost chipped off every nail”

Design-Overall3%

“Cheap designs”

Thickness2%

“Thicker nail”

Stitch/Finish/Polish2%

“the polish already chipped”

Top return reasons

Adhesion/Stickiness26%
Size-Overall25%
Advertised Vs Actual Product14%
Color12%
Shape/Style4%
Quality-Overall3%
Durability2%
Functionality-Overall2%
Value For Money2%
Defective Material/Parts2%