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Kilz Original Primer

Fail

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

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 44% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$143K/yr59K searches / yr
90-day growth
+41.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 101 sellers

Flapen Score

Kilz Original Primer against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kilz Original Primer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Kilz Original Primer 59K times last year and spent an estimated $143K. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 59K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +41.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $143K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
59K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+41.7%
Conversion, latest week
6.2%
Market size, estimated
$143Ka year
Top search term
oil based primer14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $38.98.

Listings sell for $38.98 on average, from $8.09 to $179.73. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $38.98 that is $10K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$38.98inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.09–$179.73
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$10K–$19K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

57% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 64% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #82 within Paint & Primer. It carries 1,154 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
57%
Prime listings
64%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#82in Paint & Primer
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,154per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 82 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
82 months

Products

Top Kilz Original 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$14K$29K$43K$57K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Zinsser78%
  • KILZ10%
  • Masterchem Industries7%
  • FixtureDisplays5%

Search terms

Top Kilz Original Primer search terms shoppers use

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

  • oil based primer14K/yr
  • zinsser cover stain primer9K/yr
  • kilz original oil-based primer4K/yr
  • kilz oil based primer6K/yr
  • kilz original5K/yr
  • oil based primer for wood5K/yr
  • zinsser cover stain3K/yr
  • kilz original primer5K/yr
  • oil primer4K/yr
  • cover stain primer3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kilz Original Primer

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

11%of positive reviews mention “Coverage”
17%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
1.0%of orders come back
“paint gets everywhere”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”17% 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 Kilz Original Primer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.