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Blue Paint

Fail

The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Blue Paint is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 1,956 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£68K/yr204K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Blue Paint against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blue Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Blue Paint 204K times last year and spent an estimated £68K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 204K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £68K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
204K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.3%
Market size, estimated
£68Ka year
Peak month
February1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
blue paint69K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.79.

Listings sell for £14.79 on average, from £1.78 to £23.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £14.79 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.79under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.78–£23.34
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

48% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #143 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 4,668 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
48%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#143in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,668per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 52 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
52 months

Products

Top Blue 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

4%

  • Johnstone's66%
  • Dulux13%
  • Crown9%
  • Landlords Paint3%
  • THE ONE3%
  • Zieler2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 4%)

Demand

Blue Paint search demand

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

5K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Blue Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • blue paint69K/yr
  • blue paint for walls37K/yr
  • blue wall paint19K/yr
  • light blue paint13K/yr
  • blue bathroom paint13K/yr
  • blue emulsion paint for walls11K/yr
  • baby blue paint8K/yr
  • light blue paint for walls6K/yr
  • bathroom paint blue6K/yr
  • dulux blue paint7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blue Paint

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

Complain

Color27%−0.20

Completely different colour

Much darker than expected

It is much lighter in colour

Paint Quality23%+0.84

This paint is very chalky leaves white marks when you touch it we bought the blue now we are having to replace purchase a other well known brand

The size of the paint in the picture isnt what you get this is tiny

due to the poor quality of the paint

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%−0.16

Not even close to the colour of the photos

Not as advertised

The size in the picture isnt what you are getting

Quality-Overall6%+0.48

Rubbish

Leak-Proof6%

This could have been an issue if the paint container was leaking

Is not drip free

Love

Color35%−0.20

Beautiful colour

Colour as shown

Colour true and even

Paint Quality28%+0.84

Paint very good nice colour

Excellent quality paint

Excellent paint

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation8%+0.90

Excellent paint easy to apply

Good paint

Great paint goes on really easy

Value For Money7%+0.96

Great value

much better price than anything else I had seen

Well worth the money

Quality-Overall6%+0.48

Excellent quality product

Great product many thanks,

Great product

Return

1.1% Return rate 72% Fixable by listing

Color58%█▆▇▇▇▇

Completely different colour

Much darker than expected

It is much lighter in colour

Paint Quality21%▅█▄▄▆▄

This paint is very chalky leaves white marks when you touch it we bought the blue now we are having to replace purchase a other well known brand

The size of the paint in the picture isnt what you get this is tiny

due to the poor quality of the paint

Size-Overall11%▄▅▅▄▂█
Leak-Proof4%▁▂▇█▆▃

This could have been an issue if the paint container was leaking

Is not drip free

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▁▁▁█▆▇

Not even close to the colour of the photos

Not as advertised

The size in the picture isnt what you are getting

FAQ

Common Blue Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.