acrylic ink
Skip itA small market ($41K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.5%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Good£14.74avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good51%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Price range
Good£5.27–£25.18cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Good4.0%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Review moat
Okay1,606.44avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Brand share
Okay87%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Quality gap
Okay4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-21.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£41K£41K/yr · 69K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, acrylic ink is a £41K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (69K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.
Data updated Jul 27, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
acrylic ink market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–3K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- £37K–£44K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 4.0%
- Avg BSR
- #372
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 64%
- Out of stock
- 0.3%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 189 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
9 falling
Sellers
44
Top-5 brand share
87%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
51%
Top 20: 95%
Open market
8%
- Liquitex43%
- MONT MARTE15%
- Liquidraw12%
- Nicpro11%
- Daler Rowney6%
- Roizefar5%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 31 weeks — -21.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Top acrylic ink search terms
- acrylic ink26K/yr
- acrylic inks for artists13K/yr
- liquitex acrylic ink10K/yr
- acrylic inks9K/yr
- acrylic ink set4K/yr
- daler rowney acrylic ink4K/yr
- liquitex ink3K/yr
Top acrylic ink products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink Set of 6 x 30 ml Essential Colours
Liquitex£20.884.7★1,598 rev
Mont Marte Acrylic Ink Premium 12pc x 20ml (0.7 US fl.oz) Acrylic Inks for Artists Essential Colours Ideal for Air Brush Pouring Art Scrapbooking Ink Drawing Mixed Media
MONT MARTE£20.544.5★988 rev
Nicpro 18 Colors Acrylic Ink 1-oz(30ml) Bottle with Dropper Quick Dry Permanent Acrylic Drawing Inks For Artist Essential Color Set For Ink Drawing Pouring Art Airbrush Scrapbooking Mixed Media
Nicpro£18.254.4★140 rev
Liquidraw Acrylic Drawing Ink - 10 Assorted Colours | 35 ml Bottles with Ink Dropper | Suitable for Painting Art Drawing & Design | for Professionals Artists Students & Hobbyists | Waterproof
Liquidraw£16.384.5★196 rev
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink Set of 6 x 30 ml Muted Colours
Liquitex£22.944.7★477 rev
Newest
by launch date
Liquidraw Acrylic Drawing Ink - 5 Assorted Colours | 35 ml Bottles with Ink Dropper | Suitable for Painting Art Drawing & Design | Great for Professionals Artists Students & Hobbyists | Arty Gift
Liquidraw£11.35196 rev
Liquidraw Watercolour Drawing Ink - 10 Assorted Colours | 35 ml Bottles with Ink Dropper | Water Colour Inks for Drawing & Design | Suitable for Professionals Artists Students & Hobbyists | Art Gift
Liquidraw£15.2242 rev
Nicpro 18 Colors Acrylic Ink 1-oz(30ml) Bottle with Dropper Quick Dry Permanent Acrylic Drawing Inks For Artist Essential Color Set For Ink Drawing Pouring Art Airbrush Scrapbooking Mixed Media
Nicpro£18.25140 rev
Roizefar Acrylic Paint Ink Set Drawing Inks with 2 Brushes 1 Palette Permanent Acrylic Artists Inks for Beginner Ideal for Casting Mixed Media Projects 16 x 20ml (0.68 fl.oz)
Roizefar£15.8633 rev
Kamenskaya Acrylic Inks for Artists - Acrylic Ink Set Color Combination #15-4 pcs. 1 Fl Oz (30 ml) Each
KAMENSKAYA£17.99249 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Liquitex 4260470 liquid Professional Acrylic Paints - Ink Indian ink 30 ml highly pigmented airbrush paint oil blue shade
Liquitex£5.534.6★
Liquitex 4260130 liquid Professional Acrylic Paints - Ink Tuschen 30ml high pigmented Airbrush Paint - Umbra fired transparent
Liquitex£5.744.6★
Mont Marte Acrylic Ink Premium 6pc x 20ml (0.7 US fl.oz) Acrylic Inks for Artists Essential Colours Ideal for Air Brush Pouring Art Scrapbooking Ink Drawing Mixed Media
MONT MARTE£13.264.5★
Nicpro 18 Colors Acrylic Ink 1-oz(30ml) Bottle with Dropper Quick Dry Permanent Acrylic Drawing Inks For Artist Essential Color Set For Ink Drawing Pouring Art Airbrush Scrapbooking Mixed Media
Nicpro£18.254.4★
Kamenskaya Acrylic Inks for Artists - Acrylic Ink Set Color Combination #1-4 pcs. 1 Fl Oz (30 ml) Each
KAMENSKAYA£18.094.6★
What buyers say about acrylic ink
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“great colours”
“Great value”
“Very well described”
“Good inks, nice colours, good price”
“Beautiful inks, absolutely love them”
“Great for journaling”
“Good as expected”
“Great for beginners art and practice”
“Worked well”
“Easy to use”
What buyers complain about
“There were duplicated colours”
“Not the quality”
“But a bit pricey for the amout”
“not worth it for the excessive mess and effort”
“quite thick for inks”
“Very difficult to open”
“Be careful to make sure you don't let them dry on your brushes or palettes because once dry”
“Bottles Leak”
“the main one is they are not waterproof”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is acrylic ink profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £41K/yr across 25 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -21.6%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (41/100).
- How competitive is the acrylic ink niche?
- 9 brands and 44 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 51% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 87% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in acrylic ink?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Color, Quality-Overall, Value For Money. The return rate is 0.5%.
- What does it cost to enter the acrylic ink niche?
- Listings span £5.27–£25.18; the average listing price is £14.74 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,606 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.