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Watercolour Paint Set

soft demand (-8.0% this quarter) — Watercolour Paint Set doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Market size 67Growth 21Conversion 57Competition 48Returns 98Price range 63Avg price 55Brand share 36Review moat 24Quality gap 23
This niche Category average

Is Watercolour Paint Set profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Watercolour Paint Set is a £668K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.1M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Watercolour Paint Set: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.0% over the last 90 days and 4.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£668K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-8.0%1.1M
Conversion rate4.8%
Avg price£12.64

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 67
Top-5 product click share56%
Open market17%
Avg brand age39 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 · 26 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews5,002

Top Watercolour Paint Set 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 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£27K£53K£80K£107K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

14%

  • Artecho24%
  • Major Brushes20%
  • ARTISTRO17%
  • Winsor & Newton12%
  • Grabie10%
  • STATIONERY ISLAND3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 14%)

Watercolour Paint Set demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.1MCVR4.8%Products26Brands16Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate2.1%Rating4.6★Reviews5,002Avg BSR#270
40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Top Watercolour Paint Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • watercolour paint set383K/yr
  • water colour paints sets155K/yr
  • watercolour122K/yr
  • watercolour paints85K/yr
  • watercolours41K/yr
  • watercolour palette39K/yr
  • watercolour paint35K/yr
  • watercolour set37K/yr
  • watercolor29K/yr
  • water colours29K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Watercolour Paint Set

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

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Color32%

Excellent colours

Quality-Overall16%

Excellent quality

Value For Money16%

Good price

Paint Quality11%

Excellent choice of paint, nice brushes, very pleased

Ease Of Use4%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Color19%

very faint pigment

Paint Quality15%

Paints came split

Size-Overall7%

bigger than i expected

Value For Money7%

in a matter of a week they have twice significantly raised the price of this product

Quality-Overall5%

It is better to invest in something more expensive to enjoy the quality

Watercolour Paint Set 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.

1Size-Overall
28%
2Paint Quality
18%
3Color
10%
4Quality-Overall
8%
5Value For Money
5%

Common Watercolour Paint Set questions

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

Flapen scores Watercolour Paint Set 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £668K/yr across 26 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Watercolour Paint Set on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.3× the quietest.