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Red Nail Polish

Fail

Prices span $2.10–$9.58, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Red Nail Polish is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,175 of 2,481 Beauty niches · on the category median
Market size
£109K/yr193K searches / yr
90-day growth
+27.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Red Nail Polish against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red Nail Polish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Red Nail Polish 193K times last year and spent an estimated £109K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 12.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 193K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 12.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +27.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £109K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
193K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+27.0%
Conversion, latest week
12.4%
Market size, estimated
£109Ka year
Peak month
December3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
red nail polish118K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.55.

Listings sell for £4.55 on average, from £2.10 to £9.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £4.55 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.10–£9.58
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

53% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #59 within Manicure & Pedicure. It carries 17,443 reviews at 4.21 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
53%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#59in Manicure & Pedicure
Average rating
4.21 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
17,443per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 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 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Red Nail Polish products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Brand 152%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Demand

Red Nail Polish search demand

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

10K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Red Nail Polish search terms shoppers use

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

  • red nail polish118K/yr
  • red nail varnish38K/yr
  • nail polish red11K/yr
  • red nail varnish quick dry10K/yr
  • bright red nail polish7K/yr
  • red nail polish quick dry6K/yr
  • nail varnish red3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Nail Polish

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

44%of positive reviews mention “Color”
18%of negative reviews mention “Thickness”
0.2%of orders come back
“2 coats is needed otherwise its too sheer”
A buyer, on “Thickness”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 Red Nail Polish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.