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Nail Varnish

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But prices span $2.76–$15.05, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Nail Varnish is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 26% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£533K/yr3.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+36.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 116 sellers

Flapen Score

Nail Varnish against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Nail Varnish is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Nail Varnish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Nail Varnish 3.9M times last year and spent an estimated £533K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +36.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £533K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+36.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
£533Ka year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
nail polish1.9M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.43.

Listings sell for £5.43 on average, from £2.76 to £15.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £5.43 that is £8K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.43under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.76–£15.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£11K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Manicure & Pedicure. It carries 27,705 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#29in Manicure & Pedicure
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
27,705per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Nail Varnish products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 21, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£27K£53K£80K£107K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

116

Est. top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

8%

  • Rimmel64%
  • JODSONE10%
  • Sally Hansen7%
  • Maybelline7%
  • Max Factor3%
  • VANREESA2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Demand

Nail Varnish search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

120K80KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Nail Varnish search terms shoppers use

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

  • nail polish1.9M/yr
  • nail varnish661K/yr
  • rimmel 60 seconds nail polish253K/yr
  • nail polish set165K/yr
  • rimmel nail polish134K/yr
  • quick dry nail polish98K/yr
  • nail polish quick dry59K/yr
  • nail varnish quick dry52K/yr
  • nail varnish sets122K/yr
  • long lasting nail polish33K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nail Varnish

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

31%of positive reviews mention “Color”
18%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.2%of orders come back
“two wrong colours”
A buyer, on “Color”18% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Nail Varnish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data