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One Coat Paint

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so One Coat Paint is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 43% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£1.2M/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

One Coat Paint against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The One Coat Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for One Coat Paint 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.5%
Conversion, latest week
5.9%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
February2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
white paint277K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.91.

Listings sell for £12.91 on average, from £7.90 to £20.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £12.91 that is £32K to £39K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.91under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.90–£20.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£32K–£39K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #24 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 3,441 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#24in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,441per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top One Coat 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£120K£240K£360K£480K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

1%

  • Johnstone's79%
  • Crown11%
  • Dulux3%
  • Paintsmiths2%
  • JOYAONE2%
  • THE ONE1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

One Coat Paint search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top One Coat Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • white paint277K/yr
  • wall paint207K/yr
  • white paint for walls164K/yr
  • johnstones paint106K/yr
  • emulsion paint for walls118K/yr
  • white emulsion paint103K/yr
  • painting114K/yr
  • white wall paint57K/yr
  • paint for walls50K/yr
  • ceiling paint43K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about One Coat Paint

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

Complain

Paint Quality53%−0.39

Terrible paint

paint has leaked out

Leaked paint

Leak-Proof6%

Arrived leaking all in the box

Leaked in box

Leaked

Quality-Overall6%+1.02

POOR QUALITY CONTAINER

Awful quality, very thin

Not great quality

Thickness5%−0.02

Its not a very thick paint

we gave it a good stir hoping it would thicken up

It is thick

Color5%0.00

Need to make a complaint its not very white more blue grey

Not white

Beware of colour

Love

Paint Quality25%−0.39

Very nice paint to use and good finish

Excellent paint

Brilliant paint nice

Value For Money17%+1.89

Best Price

Worth money

Excellent value

Quality-Overall16%+1.02

Amazing quality

Good quality paint at a reasonable price

Great quality and washable

Coverage7%+0.24

Covers well

Very happy with the coverage

Full coverage

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation6%+0.54

Excellent paint

Excellent paint and covers very well, used this to re-do some ceilings thatd gone a bit discoloured and it only took one coat to brighten them up

Really impressed with this paint

Return

0.7% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Paint Quality59%█▇██▇▇

Terrible paint

paint has leaked out

Leaked paint

Color12%▄▅▄▅█▆

Need to make a complaint its not very white more blue grey

Not white

Beware of colour

Size-Overall11%█▇▅▅▆▆

Not fit sell

Very small bottle

It is only a small tin

Leak-Proof8%▄█▇▆▅▆

Arrived leaking all in the box

Leaked in box

Leaked

Value For Money1%█▄▅▆▆▃

It is more expensive

Waste of money

Expensive

FAQ

Common One Coat Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.