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Lead Paint Testing Kit

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Lead Paint Testing Kit is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 638 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£95K/yr79K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 3 sellers

Flapen Score

Lead Paint Testing Kit against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Lead Paint Testing Kit is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lead Paint Testing Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lead Paint Testing Kit 79K times last year and spent an estimated £95K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 79K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £95K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
79K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.9%
Conversion, latest week
14.5%
Market size, estimated
£95Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
lead paint testing kit33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.32.

Listings sell for £8.32 on average, from £5.11 to £11.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £8.32 that is £12K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.11–£11.02
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£17K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #471 within Test & Measurement. It carries 145 reviews at 4.26 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
14.3%
Average rank
#471in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.26 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
145per listing
Listings tracked
5

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Lead Paint Testing Kit products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£9K£19K£28K£38K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

3

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Pawfly77%
  • Alevial23%

Demand

Lead Paint Testing Kit search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Lead Paint Testing Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • lead paint testing kit33K/yr
  • lead testing kit28K/yr
  • lead paint test kit7K/yr
  • lead test kit5K/yr
  • lead test3K/yr
  • lead paint test3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lead Paint Testing Kit

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Color43%−0.51

the orange looks red

Assume darker = bad so will err on side of caution just in case

I didn't get any colour change along a flatter

Value For Money10%+0.44

it's considerably more costly than a little packet of swabs would cost

Bit pricey

Paint Quality7%−0.07

two tests showed purple patches on some of the paints layers in the the sills

Quality-Overall3%0.00

I wasn't really holding up for high quality here when I've researched into lead testing

Water Resistance3%−0.05

not water out of the tap

Love

Ease Of Use39%+3.48

Easy to use

They are straightforward to use

easy to interpret

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%−0.04

Works as advertised

Does what it says

Worked as expected

Value For Money10%+0.44

affordable

EASY TO USE AND VALUE FOR MONEY

definitely worth the money spent

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%+0.43

The instructions are clear

I was pleasantly surprised by how straightforward it was to use

The swabs arrived exactly as described, with very clear and straightforward instructions

Paint Quality6%−0.07

Tested positive on sample of paintwork

I ordered these lead test swabs because I own a very beautiful carved wooden chest with flaky white paint

Return

0.6% Return rate 22% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall26%▁▄▁▆▇█
Advertised Vs Actual Product17%█▄▁▁▁▅

- on the packet it says false positives can occur

Product Condition15%▁▅█▁▁▅
Certifications13%▁▅▁█▅▁
Paint Quality4%▁▁▁▁█▁

two tests showed purple patches on some of the paints layers in the the sills

FAQ

Common Lead Paint Testing Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.