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Cosmoline

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $92K a year here, so Cosmoline is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 4,486 of 7,287 Automotive niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$92K/yr37K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 101 sellers

Flapen Score

Cosmoline against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Cosmoline is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cosmoline market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Cosmoline 37K times last year and spent an estimated $92K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–Oct. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 37K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $92K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
37K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
$92Ka year
Peak month
April2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
cosmoline21K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $74.08.

Listings sell for $74.08 on average, from $14.22 to $168.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $74.08 that is $7K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$74.08inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$14.22–$168.09
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$7K–$19K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 53% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #359 within Exterior Care. It carries 457 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
53%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#359in Exterior Care
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
457per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

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

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 74 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
74 months

Products

Top Cosmoline 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

23%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Cosmoline search demand

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

1K750Spike '25Spike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Cosmoline search terms shoppers use

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

  • cosmoline21K/yr
  • cosmoline rp-3425K/yr
  • rp-3423K/yr
  • cosmoline spray2K/yr
  • rp3422K/yr
  • cosmoline undercoating3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cosmoline

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Rusts/Corrodes”
1.1%of orders come back
“Everything was beginning to rust again”
A buyer, on “Rusts/Corrodes”13% 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 Cosmoline questions

Answered from the same tracked data.