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Poster Paint

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — Poster Paint doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Market size 17Growth 19Conversion 75Competition 28Returns 98Price range 50Avg price 52Brand share 4Review moat 23Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Poster Paint profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Poster Paint is a £69K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (81K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Poster 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 -11.8% over the last 90 days and 7.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£69K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-11.8%81K
Conversion rate7.0%
Avg price£12.26

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 39
Top-5 product click share68%
Open market1%
Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement65%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews7,471

Top Poster 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 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • scola37%
  • Baker Ross25%
  • CRAYOLA24%
  • Nicpro9%
  • Artecho4%
  • Crafts 4 ALL1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Poster Paint demand & seasonality

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

Volume81KCVR7.0%Products17Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate1.9%Rating4.5★Reviews7,471Avg BSR#34
3K2KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Poster Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • poster paint44K/yr
  • poster paints11K/yr
  • scola paint6K/yr
  • water based paint5K/yr
  • paint bottles5K/yr
  • ready mixed paint3K/yr
  • poster paint set3K/yr
  • ready mix paint3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Poster Paint

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Color25%

Bright colours

Quality-Overall12%

Great quality, vibrant and easy to wash off

Value For Money12%

Good price

Paint Quality12%

Good paint

Engraving/Paint/Sublimation7%

Great paint for young ones

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Color22%

They both look black

Paint Quality17%

Paint damaged and spilled all over the box

Size-Overall13%

The bottles were smaller than expected

Ease Of Cleaning6%

Not washable

Quality-Overall5%

I can't believe this is Crayola quality

Poster Paint return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

49%

Fixable by listing

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

1Paint Quality
26%
2Color
20%
3Size-Overall
16%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%
5Value For Money
6%

Common Poster Paint questions

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

Flapen scores Poster Paint 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £69K/yr across 17 tracked products. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Poster Paint on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.