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Exterior Paint

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Exterior Paint is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 35% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.0M/yr708K searches / yr
90-day growth
+23.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
88%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Exterior Paint against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Exterior Paint market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Exterior Paint 708K times last year and spent an estimated $1.0M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 708K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +23.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
708K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+23.5%
Conversion, latest week
13.2%
Market size, estimated
$1.0Ma year
Peak month
May4.2× the quietest month
Top search term
white spray paint377K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.01.

Listings sell for $11.01 on average, from $5.06 to $33.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At $11.01 that is $88K to $110K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.01under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.06–$33.90
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
$88K–$110K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

33% 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 #7 within Paint & Primer. It carries 17,664 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
33%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#7in Paint & Primer
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
17,664per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 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
61 months

Products

Top Exterior Paint 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 88% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$103K$206K$309K$412K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 rising

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Rust-Oleum73%
  • Krylon21%
  • BELTECO4%
  • Anirun2%

Demand

Exterior Paint search demand

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

18K13KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Search terms

Top Exterior Paint search terms shoppers use

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

  • white spray paint377K/yr
  • white spray paint for wood56K/yr
  • white spray paint metal44K/yr
  • spray paint white41K/yr
  • white spray paint outdoor18K/yr
  • white spray paint for metal16K/yr
  • gloss white spray paint19K/yr
  • white gloss spray paint15K/yr
  • white spray paint plastic20K/yr
  • rustoleum spray paint white16K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Exterior Paint

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Paint Quality”
26%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
0.2%of orders come back
“Hard to paint with”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”26% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Exterior Paint questions

Answered from the same tracked data.