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Grey Furniture Paint

Fail

Prices span $4.58–$15.70, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Grey Furniture Paint is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,848 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −9 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£175K/yr530K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Grey Furniture Paint against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Grey Furniture Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Grey Furniture Paint 530K times last year and spent an estimated £175K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 530K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £175K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
530K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£175Ka year
Peak month
September1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
furniture paint207K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.57.

Listings sell for £10.57 on average, from £4.58 to £15.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.57 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.57under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.58–£15.70
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #80 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 5,873 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#80in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,873per listing
Listings tracked
27

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

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

Products

Top Grey 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£17K£26K£35K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

7%

  • Rust-Oleum56%
  • Johnstone's17%
  • THE ONE9%
  • RUSTINS6%
  • SIRAMICO COATINGS2%
  • Mollor2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 7%)

Demand

Grey Furniture Paint search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Grey Furniture Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • furniture paint207K/yr
  • chalk paint113K/yr
  • rustoleum furniture paint47K/yr
  • chalk paint for furniture42K/yr
  • rust oleum furniture paint16K/yr
  • white chalk paint17K/yr
  • wood paint for furniture19K/yr
  • wood furniture paint10K/yr
  • rustoleum chalk paint10K/yr
  • satin furniture paint6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grey Furniture Paint

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

Complain

Paint Quality26%−0.14

Poor quality paint, poor coverage

Poor quality paint

Absolutely rubbish paint

Size-Overall11%−0.05

Much larger

Ridiculous small size

It is only a small tin

Color9%

absolutely the wrong colour

Not the colour as stated

Much more pale than expected

Coverage6%−0.02

you get better coverage with Dulux

Coverage poor

After 3 coats still not covered

Value For Money6%

it a fraction of the price

Absolute rubbish at a high price

Overpriced for such a tiny amount

Love

Paint Quality24%−0.14

Lovely paint to work with fantastic results

Great floor paint

Excellent paint

Quality-Overall13%+1.37

Great alternative to gloss

Excellent coverage

Excellent Product

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation10%+1.26

Really nice paint for up cycling furniture

Brilliant Matt Paint

Excellent paint

Value For Money9%

Value for money

cheaper in price

Good for the price

Coverage8%−0.02

Covers well

Great coverage and easy application

Good Coverage

Return

1.0% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall46%▇██▇▇█

Much larger

Ridiculous small size

It is only a small tin

Paint Quality22%▆█▇█▆▆

Poor quality paint, poor coverage

Poor quality paint

Absolutely rubbish paint

Color19%▆▅▅█▇▆

absolutely the wrong colour

Not the colour as stated

Much more pale than expected

Value For Money3%█▂▇▃▂▃

it a fraction of the price

Absolute rubbish at a high price

Overpriced for such a tiny amount

Leak-Proof2%▄█▅▁▆▆

FAQ

Common Grey Furniture Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.