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Water Based Polyurethane

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Water Based Polyurethane is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 8,329 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −11 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$39K/yr30K searches / yr
90-day growth
+22.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
87%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Based Polyurethane against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Water Based Polyurethane is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Based Polyurethane market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Water Based Polyurethane 30K times last year and spent an estimated $39K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 30K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +22.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $39K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
30K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+22.2%
Conversion, latest week
8.5%
Market size, estimated
$39Ka year
Peak month
November2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
matte polyurethane9K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.48.

Listings sell for $15.48 on average, from $7.94 to $24.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $15.48 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.48inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.94–$24.02
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
$4K–$8K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

50% 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 #56 within Finishes, Sealers & Stains. It carries 3,478 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#56in Finishes, Sealers & Stains
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,478per listing
Listings tracked
10

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 89 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
89 months

Products

Top Water Based Polyurethane 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 87% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$4K$8K$12K$16K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Minwax64%
  • Varathane32%
  • BLUEBIRD2%
  • SENVEN2%

Demand

Water Based Polyurethane search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Water Based Polyurethane search terms shoppers use

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

  • matte polyurethane9K/yr
  • minwax polycrylic matte4K/yr
  • polycrylic matte4K/yr
  • water based polyurethane matte3K/yr
  • matte polyurethane wood finish2K/yr
  • polyurethane matte finish4K/yr
  • matte wood finish2K/yr
  • minwax polycrylic clear matte2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Based Polyurethane

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
2.5%of orders come back
“The coating is not good at all”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”15% 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 Water Based Polyurethane questions

Answered from the same tracked data.