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Exterior Wood Stain

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.3% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Exterior Wood Stain is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 31% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$875K/yr734K searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Exterior Wood Stain against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Exterior Wood Stain market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Exterior Wood Stain 734K times last year and spent an estimated $875K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 734K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $875K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
734K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.4%
Conversion, latest week
7.3%
Market size, estimated
$875Ka year
Peak month
November1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
polyurethane273K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.27.

Listings sell for $16.27 on average, from $7.92 to $64.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $16.27 that is $49K to $65K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.92–$64.70
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
$49K–$65K
Returns
1.3%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 #38 within Finishes, Sealers & Stains. It carries 3,004 reviews at 4.62 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
#38in Finishes, Sealers & Stains
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,004per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 69 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
69 months

Products

Top Exterior Wood Stain 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$87K$175K$262K$350K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

0%

  • Minwax64%
  • Varathane30%
  • SENVEN3%
  • BLUEBIRD3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Exterior Wood Stain search demand

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

18K13KBlack Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Exterior Wood Stain search terms shoppers use

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

  • polyurethane273K/yr
  • minwax polycrylic73K/yr
  • polycrylic79K/yr
  • water based polyurethane56K/yr
  • polyurethane wood finish44K/yr
  • minwax polyurethane55K/yr
  • minwax polycrylic clear gloss19K/yr
  • polycrylic clear gloss37K/yr
  • minwax polycrylic protective finish9K/yr
  • oil based polyurethane12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Exterior Wood Stain

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
12%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
1.3%of orders come back
“Not a paint brush”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”12% 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 Exterior Wood Stain questions

Answered from the same tracked data.