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Black Furniture Paint

Fail

Shoppers spend only $61K a year here, so Black Furniture Paint is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 1,615 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£61K/yr97K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Furniture Paint against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Black Furniture Paint is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Furniture Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Furniture Paint 97K times last year and spent an estimated £61K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 97K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £61K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
97K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£61Ka year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
black furniture paint30K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.04.

Listings sell for £14.04 on average, from £5.81 to £37.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.04 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.04under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.81–£37.27
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£4K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #121 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 12,165 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
8.2%
Average rank
#121in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
12,165per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Black Furniture Paint 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£5K£7K£10K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

4%

  • THE ONE61%
  • Frenchic16%
  • Johnstone's7%
  • Rust-Oleum6%
  • RUSTINS5%
  • Shabby Chic Furniture Paint2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 4%)

Demand

Black Furniture Paint search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Black Furniture Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • black furniture paint30K/yr
  • the one paint21K/yr
  • frenchic blackjack11K/yr
  • all in one paint7K/yr
  • one paint6K/yr
  • frenchic paint black5K/yr
  • the one paint and primer4K/yr
  • behr paint4K/yr
  • furniture paint black3K/yr
  • black frenchic paint3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Furniture Paint

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

Complain

Paint Quality27%−0.23

Poor quality paint

Absolutely rubbish paint

Paint also leaks heavily

Size-Overall13%−0.05

Small

It is only a small tin

It's a small pot

Value For Money12%−0.08

it a fraction of the price

A wee bit pricey

Overpriced for such a tiny amount

Coverage7%+0.11

Didnt cover in one coat

Coverage poor

Wouldnt cover anything

Quality-Overall6%+0.62

Absolute rubbish

Water based rubbish

Poor quality not as advertised

Love

Paint Quality25%−0.23

The paint goes on extremely well

Excellent paint done the job, great service

Excellent paint

Coverage11%+0.11

Perfect one-coat coverage

Brilliant coverage

Great coverage and really black

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation11%+1.50

Really nice paint to use on copper pipe, went on smoothly and dried quickly, gave a lovely finish

Excellent paint

Brilliant Matt Paint

Quality-Overall11%+0.62

Excellent coverage

Excellent product

Great quality

Ease Of Use7%+0.64

Easy to use

It was easy to apply

easy to use goes on smoothly

Return

1.2% Return rate 69% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall53%██▇▇▇▇

Small

It is only a small tin

It's a small pot

Paint Quality21%▅█▇███

Poor quality paint

Absolutely rubbish paint

Paint also leaks heavily

Color13%▆▅███▇

the black is awful

Unfortunately colour is different shade as advertised

White version of this not so good

Value For Money3%█▃▅▂▂▄

it a fraction of the price

A wee bit pricey

Overpriced for such a tiny amount

Leak-Proof2%▃▇▇▃▅█

it drips a lot

Leaked during transport

Paint also leaks heavily

FAQ

Common Black Furniture Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.