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Hard Wax Oil

Fail

The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Hard Wax Oil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,252 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£165K/yr91K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Hard Wax Oil against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Hard Wax Oil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hard Wax Oil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hard Wax Oil 91K times last year and spent an estimated £165K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 91K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £165K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
91K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.5%
Market size, estimated
£165Ka year
Peak month
April2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
osmo polyx oil24K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.31.

Listings sell for £24.31 on average, from £8.02 to £80.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £24.31 that is £6K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.31inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.02–£80.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£12K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #59 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 1,015 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#59in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,015per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Hard Wax Oil products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£17K£25K£33K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

26

Est. top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Osmo53%
  • Fiddes30%
  • Nordicare9%
  • Gilboys4%
  • Furniture Clinic3%
  • Parr's1%

Demand

Hard Wax Oil search demand

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

2K1KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Hard Wax Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • osmo polyx oil24K/yr
  • fiddes hard wax oil18K/yr
  • hard wax oil16K/yr
  • hard wax oil for wood7K/yr
  • osmo polyx oil 3032 satin clear4K/yr
  • hardwax oil4K/yr
  • osmo polyx oil 3062 clear matt3K/yr
  • fiddes6K/yr
  • osmo polyx3K/yr
  • hardwax oil wood finish2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hard Wax Oil

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
10%of negative reviews mention “Stain Resistance”
0.7%of orders come back
“Door stain”
A buyer, on “Stain Resistance”10% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hard Wax Oil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data