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Black Primer

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Black Primer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 7,870 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$768K/yr3.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+23.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Primer against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Black Primer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Primer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Primer 3.5M times last year and spent an estimated $768K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +23.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $768K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+23.8%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
$768Ka year
Peak month
May15.3× the quietest month
Top search term
spray paint1.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $6.72.

Listings sell for $6.72 on average, from $4.94 to $10.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $6.72 that is $34K to $40K a year per listing.

Average price
$6.72under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.94–$10.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$34K–$40K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

9% 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 #5 within Paint & Primer. It carries 16,008 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
9%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#5in Paint & Primer
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
16,008per listing
Listings tracked
11

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 Primer products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$115K$230K$346K$461K1K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Rust-Oleum87%
  • Krylon13%

Demand

Black Primer search demand

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

90K70KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 15.3×

Search terms

Top Black Primer search terms shoppers use

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

  • spray paint1.6M/yr
  • rustoleum spray paint636K/yr
  • spray paint for metal214K/yr
  • spray paint for plastic142K/yr
  • spray paint for wood116K/yr
  • rustoleum spray paint for metal58K/yr
  • flat black spray paint90K/yr
  • krylon spray paint91K/yr
  • rustoleum80K/yr
  • metallic spray paint85K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Primer

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
0.1%of orders come back
“Paint exploded upon first spraying”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”21% 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 Black Primer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.