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Egyptian Cotton Paint

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.0% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Egyptian Cotton Paint is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 29% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£422K/yr352K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 52 sellers

Flapen Score

Egyptian Cotton Paint against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Egyptian Cotton Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Egyptian Cotton Paint 352K times last year and spent an estimated £422K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–May. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 352K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £422K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
352K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.3%
Market size, estimated
£422Ka year
Peak month
May2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
egyptian cotton paint141K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £19.05.

Listings sell for £19.05 on average, from £1.99 to £47.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £19.05 that is £10K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£19.05inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.99–£47.90
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£14K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

47% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 43% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #269 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 489 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
47%
Prime listings
43%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#269in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
489per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Egyptian Cotton 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£42K£63K£84K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

2%

  • Dulux41%
  • Johnstone's40%
  • DRW11%
  • AXpower Inspirational Technology Empowering People3%
  • Crown2%
  • Fixtures Business & Homewares1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Egyptian Cotton Paint search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Egyptian Cotton Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • egyptian cotton paint141K/yr
  • beige paint68K/yr
  • dulux egyptian cotton paint56K/yr
  • beige paint for walls21K/yr
  • egyptian cotton paint tester6K/yr
  • beige wall paint8K/yr
  • light brown paint7K/yr
  • dulux egyptian cotton tester4K/yr
  • egyptian cotton dulux5K/yr
  • dulux egyptian cotton6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Egyptian Cotton Paint

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

Complain

Color34%−0.16

Darker than expected

Horrid Colour

Colour not expected

Paint Quality13%+1.23

thin paint

Disappointed with this paint

Took me less than an hour to paint it outside on the slabs

Leak-Proof7%

Very slight leakage from can on delivery

splashed everywhere off the roller

Coverage7%−0.02

Poor coverage

Not good coverage

Ive found this to be poor coverage

Quality-Overall5%−0.03

Not great at all, gritty stuff spend a couple of quid more and get the trade, better quality and finish

Love

Color32%−0.16

Beautiful shade

Beautiful colour

the colour is beautiful

Paint Quality16%+1.23

Good paint

My absolute favourite paint colour

Gorgeous Colour and Great Quality Paint

Value For Money11%+1.44

Good price

good value for money

Good value for money

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation10%+1.13

Good Paint

Very nice paint to work with

Excellent paint to work with

Quality-Overall7%−0.03

Good quality

Great product

The quality is actually really impressive for the price

Return

1.0% Return rate 57% Fixable by listing

Color54%█▇▅▇▇▇

Darker than expected

Horrid Colour

Colour not expected

Paint Quality32%▅▅█▄▅▅

thin paint

Disappointed with this paint

Took me less than an hour to paint it outside on the slabs

Leak-Proof5%▃▂▁█▄▂

Very slight leakage from can on delivery

splashed everywhere off the roller

Functionality-Overall2%▁▄▁▁█▇
Size-Overall2%▅█▁▁▄▇

FAQ

Common Egyptian Cotton Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.