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Shellac

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Shellac is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 2,771 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$278K/yr171K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 52 sellers

Flapen Score

Shellac against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shellac market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shellac 171K times last year and spent an estimated $278K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 171K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $278K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
171K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
$278Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
shellac120K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $29.76.

Listings sell for $29.76 on average, from $12.38 to $73.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $29.76 that is $22K to $30K a year per listing.

Average price
$29.76inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$12.38–$73.66
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$22K–$30K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #74 within Painting. It carries 1,851 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#74in Painting
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,851per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 67 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
67 months

Products

Top Shellac 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 183%
  • Brand 24%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Shellac search demand

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

4K3KSpike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Shellac search terms shoppers use

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

  • shellac120K/yr
  • dewaxed shellac20K/yr
  • shellac wood finish26K/yr
  • clear shellac5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shellac

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
22%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Poor quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”22% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Shellac questions

Answered from the same tracked data.