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Black Gesso

Fail

The top 5 products take 83% of clicks, so Black Gesso is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 3,360 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$70K/yr29K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Gesso against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Black Gesso is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Gesso market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Gesso 29K times last year and spent an estimated $70K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 14.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 29K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
29K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.1%
Conversion, latest week
14.9%
Market size, estimated
$70Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
black gesso20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.88.

Listings sell for $15.88 on average, from $8.69 to $36.76. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $15.88 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.88inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.69–$36.76
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,165 within Painting. It carries 3,515 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#1,165in Painting
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,515per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 85 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
85 months

Products

Top Black Gesso products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 142%
  • Brand 223%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 6%)

Demand

Black Gesso search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

700500Prime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Black Gesso search terms shoppers use

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

  • black gesso20K/yr
  • black gesso for acrylic painting7K/yr
  • black gesso for oil painting2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Gesso

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Paint Quality”
17%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
0.8%of orders come back
“it seemed like there were little dried up bits of something in the paint that I had to keep picking out”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Gesso questions

Answered from the same tracked data.