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Paint Mixing Cups

Paint Mixing Cups shows low returns (0.4%), but a small market ($40K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 10Growth 29Conversion 83Competition 62Returns 98Price range 52Avg price 39Brand share 64Review moat 73Quality gap 23
This niche Category average

Is Paint Mixing Cups profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Paint Mixing Cups is a £40K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (42K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Paint Mixing Cups: 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 +2.9% over the last 90 days and 9.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£40K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr+2.9%42K
Conversion rate9.0%
Avg price£10.71

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 34% of the market is open.

34%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 42
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market34%
Avg brand age38 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 32 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)6· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews584

Top Paint Mixing Cups 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 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

30%

  • Polycraft ( MB Fibreglass )29%
  • CANOPUS23%
  • TAIHOBO5%
  • CR CHRWLIN5%
  • sitarcmin4%
  • RESION3%

Paint Mixing Cups demand & seasonality

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

Volume42KCVR9.0%Products32Brands23Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate4.9%Rating4.6★Reviews584Avg BSR#207
1K750Spike '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Paint Mixing Cups search terms shoppers use

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

  • paint mixing cups19K/yr
  • mixing cups9K/yr
  • paint cups4K/yr
  • paint measuring cups3K/yr
  • mixing cup3K/yr
  • paint mixing pots3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paint Mixing Cups

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Quality-Overall24%

Good quality x quick delivery

Value For Money16%

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

Does the job

Ease Of Use9%

Very useful

Measurement/Reading Accuracy6%

nice little measuring items

What buyers complain about

84% of reviews
Charging16%

Issues with charging

Leak-Proof14%

Leaks

Durability10%

it broke within a few uses

Strength10%

Will crack when squeezed

Size-Overall7%

dont fit properly

Paint Mixing Cups return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

33%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
23%
2Leak-Proof
15%
3Functionality-Overall
12%
4Charging
8%
5Defective Material/Parts
6%

Common Paint Mixing Cups questions

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

Flapen scores Paint Mixing Cups 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £40K/yr across 32 tracked products. 1 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +2.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Paint Mixing Cups on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.