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White Paint

White Paint shows low returns (0.7%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 82Growth 17Conversion 60Competition 40Returns 97Price range 46Avg price 64Brand share 7Review moat 35Quality gap 67
This niche Category average

Is White Paint profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, White Paint is a £1.3M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

White Paint: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -16.8% over the last 90 days and 5.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.3M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-16.8%1.8M
Conversion rate5.1%
Avg price£13.65

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 63
Top-5 product click share61%
Open market3%
Avg brand age40 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 · 21 products

Sponsored placement76%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews3,025

Top White 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 61% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£126K£252K£377K£503K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

1%

  • Johnstone's75%
  • Crown11%
  • Dulux9%
  • Paintsmiths2%
  • JOYAONE2%
  • Polar Specialist Coatings1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

White Paint demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.8MCVR5.1%Products21Brands7Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews3,025Avg BSR#27
50K30KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Top White Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • white paint277K/yr
  • wall paint207K/yr
  • dulux paint209K/yr
  • white paint for walls164K/yr
  • johnstones paint106K/yr
  • emulsion paint for walls118K/yr
  • white emulsion paint103K/yr
  • painting114K/yr
  • white wall paint57K/yr
  • crown paint56K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about White Paint

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Paint Quality24%

Very nice paint to use and good finish

Value For Money18%

Best Price

Quality-Overall17%

Amazing quality

Coverage7%

Covers well

Ease Of Use5%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

87% of reviews
Paint Quality53%

Terrible paint

Leak-Proof6%

Arrived leaking all in the box

Quality-Overall6%

POOR QUALITY CONTAINER

Thickness5%

Its not a very thick paint

Color5%

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

White Paint return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

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

1Paint Quality
59%
2Color
12%
3Size-Overall
11%
4Leak-Proof
8%
5Value For Money
1%

Common White Paint questions

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

Flapen scores White Paint 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.3M/yr across 21 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -16.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for White Paint on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar, where the busiest month runs 4.4× the quietest.