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Black Nail Polish

Fail

Prices span $1.34–$11.30, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Nail Polish is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 5,544 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$494K/yr808K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 80 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Nail Polish against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Black Nail Polish is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Nail Polish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Nail Polish 808K times last year and spent an estimated $494K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 808K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.5% 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 $494K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
808K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.5%
Market size, estimated
$494Ka year
Peak month
October2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
black nail polish602K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $5.33.

Listings sell for $5.33 on average, from $1.34 to $11.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $5.33 that is $27K to $32K a year per listing.

Average price
$5.33under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.34–$11.30
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$27K–$32K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #91 within Nail Polish. It carries 24,573 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.1%
Average rank
#91in Nail Polish
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
24,573per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 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
60 months

Products

Top Black Nail Polish products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 13, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$49K$99K$148K$197K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

80

Est. top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Sally Hansen46%
  • OPI17%
  • OpenLive8%
  • wet n wild7%
  • beetles Gel Polish7%
  • AZUREBEAUTY7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Demand

Black Nail Polish search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Black Nail Polish search terms shoppers use

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

  • black nail polish602K/yr
  • black nail polish quick dry60K/yr
  • nail polish black35K/yr
  • black polish19K/yr
  • opi black nail polish24K/yr
  • black fingernail polish15K/yr
  • black quick dry nail polish6K/yr
  • quick dry black nail polish6K/yr
  • opi black6K/yr
  • opi nail polish black7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Nail Polish

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Color”
15%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
0.5%of orders come back
“Definitely not insta dry”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”15% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Nail Polish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data