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Green Paint

Fail

Demand is soft, at -27.2% this quarter, so Green Paint is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 2,017 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −12 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£85K/yr319K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Green Paint against its category

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

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Green Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Green Paint 319K times last year and spent an estimated £85K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 319K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £85K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
319K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.2%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£85Ka year
Peak month
February2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
green paint82K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.15.

Listings sell for £16.15 on average, from £4.66 to £24.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £16.15 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.15inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.66–£24.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #104 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 4,696 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#104in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,696per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Green 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£4K£8K£13K£17K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

3%

  • Johnstone's60%
  • Dulux12%
  • Crown10%
  • Ronseal7%
  • Vintro Paint4%
  • THE ONE4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Green Paint search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Green Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • green paint82K/yr
  • green paint for walls61K/yr
  • dark green paint28K/yr
  • green wall paint29K/yr
  • green bathroom paint19K/yr
  • green emulsion paint for walls16K/yr
  • forest green paint11K/yr
  • emerald green paint12K/yr
  • green kitchen paint9K/yr
  • bathroom paint green7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Green Paint

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

Complain

Paint Quality39%−0.28

Peeled off the wall after painting

really bad paint

not in this paint

Quality-Overall12%−0.11

Rubbish quality

But more importantly it is a very very cheap crap product

Bad quality

Color11%+2.09

Not the colour I thought I was getting

way darker than it looks

the colour doesn't quite match

Coverage4%+0.66

Poor Coverage

Shocking coverage & definitely not the colour thats shown its much lighter

Size-Overall4%−0.04

Not fit sell

The tin is small

Love

Color37%+2.09

The colour is pretty

Beautiful colour

Such a gorgeous green

Paint Quality16%−0.28

Beautiful paint

Beautiful paint and nice colour

Good paint

Coverage8%+0.66

Covers well

Great coverages on large plastic garden table

Good Covering Paint

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation7%+0.85

Lovely paint, gorgeous colour, really good coverage only did one coat, dried in the hour, crown paint has got to be the best i have used, no drips no mess goes on the wall beautifully

Excellent paint

Love this paint, went on beautifully, only had to use one coat, and lovely coverage, dried quickly too, i've since ordered another colour for my living room

Value For Money7%

Money well spent

Good price

Great value for money

Return

1.2% Return rate 65% Fixable by listing

Color49%█▇█▇▇█

Not the colour I thought I was getting

way darker than it looks

the colour doesn't quite match

Paint Quality25%▆█▆██▇

Peeled off the wall after painting

really bad paint

not in this paint

Size-Overall12%▃▅▆█▇▆

Not fit sell

The tin is small

Leak-Proof3%██▂▄▇█
Value For Money3%▄▁▄▃█▂

Not worth a penny

Absoloute waste of money

FAQ

Common Green Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.