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tobios mini watercolour kit

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.8%), but weak search conversion (2.7%) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 36Growth 54Conversion 34Competition 41Returns 96Price range 72Avg price 65Brand share 67Review moat 41Quality gap 43

Returns

Incredible0.8%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Price range

Good£6.06–£37.72

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Brand share

Good65%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Avg price

Good£13.76

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Growth

Good+26.8%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Okay61%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Review moat

Okay2,374.38

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Market size

Okay£176K

£176K/yr · 469K searches

Conversion

Okay2.7%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, tobios mini watercolour kit is a £176K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (469K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Data updated Jul 27, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

tobios mini watercolour kit market data

Units sold / yr
15K–20K
avg 250–500/product
Revenue / yr
£206K–£275K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
2.7%
Avg BSR
#502
Page quality
0%
Prime
100%
Sponsored
96%
Out of stock
8.3%
Avg brand age
22 months
Avg seller age
187 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products take 61% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

31%

  • Tobios27%
  • EliphonTowne15%
  • Noaya10%
  • Fakindiy9%
  • Artecho5%
  • Winsor & Newton5%

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 48 weeks — +26.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
20K15KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26Aug '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26May '26

Top tobios mini watercolour kit search terms

  • tobios mini watercolour kit112K/yr
  • travel watercolour set51K/yr
  • mini watercolour paint set travel73K/yr
  • watercolour travel set18K/yr
  • mini watercolour set23K/yr
  • tobios17K/yr
  • tobios watercolour kit26K/yr
  • mini paint set19K/yr
  • tobio mini watercolour set22K/yr
  • travel paint set10K/yr
All search terms

Top tobios mini watercolour kit 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.

0%10%£18K20%£35K30%£53K40%£71K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about tobios mini watercolour kit

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Color19%

“Love the colours”

Value For Money14%

“Really worth the money”

Quality-Overall13%

“Great product👍👍 The pencils are of very high quality”

Paint Quality11%

“Excellent paint set”

Gifting Purpose10%

“Great gift”

Portability8%

“Very much pocket portable”

Compactness3%

“Nice and compact small case ideal for beginners”

Size-Overall3%

“a perfect size”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“Lovely just what i wanted”

Ease Of Use3%

“easy to use”

What buyers complain about

Size-Overall20%

“Very Small”

Quality-Overall10%

“Brushes were poor”

Paint Quality9%

“Very small tubes of paint”

Value For Money8%

“Unjustified twice raising of price for product”

Durability5%

“Useless cant unscrew water pen - cheap plastic broke on first attempt”

Display Colors3%

“missing primary colours”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“photo was not delivered”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%

“disappointing there was no instructions”

Design-Overall3%

“Straightaway I realised that it has a big design flaw with the brush pen”

Color3%

“The Burnt Sienna colour is quite hard to activate though”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall42%
Paint Quality13%
Quality-Overall11%
Color4%
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%
Value For Money4%
Functionality-Overall3%
Gifting Purpose2%
Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting2%
Defective Material/Parts2%

Common questions

Is tobios mini watercolour kit profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
The niche generates £176K/yr across 24 tracked products. 3 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +26.8%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (53/100).
How competitive is the tobios mini watercolour kit niche?
19 brands and 54 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 61% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 65% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in tobios mini watercolour kit?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Paint Quality. The return rate is 0.8%.
What does it cost to enter the tobios mini watercolour kit niche?
Listings span £6.06–£37.72; the average listing price is £13.76 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 2,374 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.