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Liquid Shoe Polish

Fail

Prices span $5.68–$12.40, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Liquid Shoe Polish is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 10,652 of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · −3 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$95K/yr63K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 87 sellers

Flapen Score

Liquid Shoe Polish against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Liquid Shoe Polish is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Liquid Shoe Polish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Liquid Shoe Polish 63K times last year and spent an estimated $95K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 63K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $95K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
63K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.0%
Conversion, latest week
16.8%
Market size, estimated
$95Ka year
Peak month
March20.6× the quietest month
Top search term
liquid shoe polish15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.98.

Listings sell for $8.98 on average, from $5.68 to $12.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $8.98 that is $4K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.68–$12.40
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$7K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #65 within Shoe, Jewelry & Watch Accessories. It carries 3,156 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#65in Shoe, Jewelry & Watch Accessories
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,156per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 76 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Liquid Shoe Polish 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

87

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Brand 146%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Demand

Liquid Shoe Polish search demand

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

35K25KSpike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 20.6×

Search terms

Top Liquid Shoe Polish search terms shoppers use

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

  • liquid shoe polish15K/yr
  • black liquid shoe polish10K/yr
  • black shoe polish liquid9K/yr
  • liquid shoe polish black10K/yr
  • liquid shoe polish sponge applicator6K/yr
  • shoe polish black liquid3K/yr
  • liquid black shoe polish4K/yr
  • black shoe polish for sneakers2K/yr
  • kiwi shoe polish liquid2K/yr
  • instant black shoe polish2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Liquid Shoe Polish

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.7%of orders come back
“No color”
A buyer, on “Color”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 Liquid Shoe Polish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.