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Matt Black Paint

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.86–$15.48) — Matt Black Paint doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Market size 12Growth 19Conversion 88Competition 42Returns 96Price range 4Avg price 25Brand share 43Review moat 25Quality gap 67
This niche Category average

Is Matt Black Paint profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Matt Black Paint is a £50K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (54K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Matt Black Paint: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -12.7% over the last 90 days and 10.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£50K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-12.7%54K
Conversion rate10.3%
Avg price£8.82

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand, so 21% of the market is open.

21%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 97
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market21%
Avg brand age67 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement64%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,136

Top Matt Black Paint products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£5K£7K£10K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

97

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

16%

  • RUSTINS25%
  • Johnstone's24%
  • THE ONE18%
  • Inspired Essentials7%
  • 1516%
  • PEBBLE HUG5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Matt Black Paint demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume54KCVR10.3%Products22Brands14Top 5 Brands79%OOS Rate3.1%Rating4.3★Reviews4,136Avg BSR#183
1K750Spike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Matt Black Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • matt black paint24K/yr
  • black matt paint18K/yr
  • matt black metal paint7K/yr
  • matt black paint for metal3K/yr
  • matte black paint3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matt Black Paint

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Paint Quality23%

The paint applies smoothly

Quality-Overall15%

Excellent quality, quick drying easy to get off my hands

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation8%

Really nice paint to use on copper pipe, went on smoothly and dried quickly, gave a lovely finish

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Did the job

Coverage7%

Covers well

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Paint Quality23%

This paint does not cover well

Size-Overall12%

it's small

Value For Money8%

Rather expensive for the amount received

Rusts/Corrodes8%

It took a bit of time to remove the loose rust

Smell6%

get the smell from them

Matt Black Paint return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

61%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
43%
2Paint Quality
24%
3Color
12%
4Leak-Proof
4%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
3%

Common Matt Black Paint questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Matt Black Paint 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £50K/yr across 22 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -12.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Matt Black Paint on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.