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Nail Tips

Nail Tips shows low returns (0.4%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look

Top 13% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +9 vs the category median of 47

Market size 50Growth 20Conversion 64Competition 76Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 17Brand share 88Review moat 31Quality gap 70
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Nail Tips profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Nail Tips is a £280K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (824K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 47% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Nail Tips: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -9.5% over the last 90 days and 5.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£280K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-9.5%824K
Conversion rate5.6%
Avg price£6.03

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 47% of demand, so 53% of the market is open.

53%

open market share

Brands · sellers26 · 29
Top-5 product click share39%
Open market53%
Avg brand age30 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 45 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews3,377

Top Nail Tips products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (39% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£11K£22K£34K£45K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

47%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

47%

  • Beainfir12%
  • UNA GELLA10%
  • WJIASI9%
  • BUTBU8%
  • Deciniee7%
  • Makartt6%

Nail Tips demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume824KCVR5.6%Products45Brands26Top 5 Brands47%OOS Rate0.9%Rating4.3★Reviews3,377Avg BSR#96
18K13KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Nail Tips search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • nail tips405K/yr
  • nail tips for gel extensions73K/yr
  • nail extensions70K/yr
  • nail tips for acrylic extensions34K/yr
  • acrylic nail tips32K/yr
  • gel nail tips26K/yr
  • nail extension tips21K/yr
  • soft gel nail tips23K/yr
  • clear nail tips22K/yr
  • nails tips17K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nail Tips

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness18%

Really sticks well

Quality-Overall17%

Decent quality though, nice shape and easy to apply

Size-Overall9%

Fit nice

Ease Of Use8%

Easy to put on

Value For Money8%

Great value for money

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Size-Overall16%

slightly smaller than usual

Adhesion/Stickiness15%

The glue is rubbish

Strength11%

Extremely flimsy

Quality-Overall10%

poorer quality nails

Durability9%

Not very durable

Nail Tips return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.4%

Return rate

58%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
34%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
13%
3Quality-Overall
12%
4Shape/Style
8%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%

Common Nail Tips questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Nail Tips 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £280K/yr across 45 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Nail Tips on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.