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Varnish

Maybe

An estimated 1.1% of orders come back. But the average product has 7,276 reviews to catch up to, so Varnish is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 30% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$363K/yr370K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 74 sellers

Flapen Score

Varnish against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Varnish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Varnish 370K times last year and spent an estimated $363K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 370K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $363K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
370K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.0%
Conversion, latest week
7.6%
Market size, estimated
$363Ka year
Peak month
May1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
varnish60K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.94.

Listings sell for $12.94 on average, from $4.80 to $24.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $12.94 that is $13K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.80–$24.61
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$13K–$16K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #39 within Painting. It carries 7,276 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#39in Painting
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
7,276per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 77 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
77 months

Products

Top Varnish 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

74

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

14%

  • Brand 150%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)

Demand

Varnish search demand

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

9K7KPrime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Varnish search terms shoppers use

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

  • varnish60K/yr
  • varnish for wood52K/yr
  • varnish for acrylic painting45K/yr
  • acrylic varnish35K/yr
  • liquitex gloss varnish29K/yr
  • wood varnish27K/yr
  • gloss varnish28K/yr
  • gloss varnish for acrylic painting19K/yr
  • high gloss varnish10K/yr
  • liquitex varnish8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Varnish

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
19%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
1.1%of orders come back
“one small painting”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”19% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Varnish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.