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Top Coat

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But prices span $2.21–$8.40, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Top Coat is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 26% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£186K/yr570K searches / yr
90-day growth
+28.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 108 sellers

Flapen Score

Top Coat against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Top Coat is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Top Coat market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Top Coat 570K times last year and spent an estimated £186K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 570K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +28.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £186K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
570K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+28.1%
Conversion, latest week
7.9%
Market size, estimated
£186Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
barry m nail polish186K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.14.

Listings sell for £4.14 on average, from £2.21 to £8.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £4.14 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.14under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.21–£8.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

42% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #108 within Manicure & Pedicure. It carries 8,465 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
42%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.4%
Average rank
#108in Manicure & Pedicure
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
8,465per listing
Listings tracked
38

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 51 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
51 months

Products

Top Top Coat 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

108

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 148%
  • Brand 223%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 8%)

Demand

Top Coat search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Top Coat search terms shoppers use

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

  • barry m nail polish186K/yr
  • top coat nail polish152K/yr
  • sally hansen insta dri nail polish42K/yr
  • barry m gelly nail polish33K/yr
  • nail top coat25K/yr
  • nail polish top coat18K/yr
  • clear top coat nail polish14K/yr
  • quick dry top coat nail polish11K/yr
  • nail varnish top coat10K/yr
  • gelly nail polish10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Top Coat

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
0.1%of orders come back
“it doesnt last”
A buyer, on “Durability”13% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Top Coat questions

Answered from the same tracked data.