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Matte Varnish

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Matte Varnish is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 7,617 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$70K/yr63K searches / yr
90-day growth
+27.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
79%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Matte Varnish against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Matte Varnish market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Matte Varnish 63K times last year and spent an estimated $70K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 63K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +27.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
63K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+27.9%
Conversion, latest week
10.2%
Market size, estimated
$70Ka year
Peak month
August3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
krylon matte finish spray20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.95.

Listings sell for $10.95 on average, from $6.34 to $18.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $10.95 that is $3K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.95under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.34–$18.78
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$5K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

21% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #85 within Paint & Primer. It carries 6,989 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
21%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#85in Paint & Primer
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,989per listing
Listings tracked
14

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 80 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
80 months

Products

Top Matte Varnish 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 79% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$7K$14K$21K$28K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Krylon54%
  • Rust-Oleum35%
  • Aleene's3%
  • The Army Painter3%
  • Mod Podge2%
  • Varathane2%

Demand

Matte Varnish search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Matte Varnish search terms shoppers use

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

  • krylon matte finish spray20K/yr
  • matte spray10K/yr
  • matte spray for lamination10K/yr
  • matte spray sealer5K/yr
  • flat clear coat spray paint6K/yr
  • krylon matte finish5K/yr
  • matte varnish spray5K/yr
  • matte polyurethane spray3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matte Varnish

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
12%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Be very careful with this as it has caused the paint to run on items that I have sprayed”
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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Matte Varnish questions

Answered from the same tracked data.