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Paint Crayons

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Paint Crayons doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

36
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Ranks 2,561 of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · −10 vs the category median of 46

Market size 17Growth 10Conversion 95Competition 11Returns 96Price range 74Avg price 74Brand share 0Review moat 40Quality gap 14
This niche Category average · 3,143 niches

Is Paint Crayons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Paint Crayons is a $68K/yr Amazon United States market (36K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.

Paint Crayons: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -29.9% over the last 90 days and 12.5% of searches end in a purchase.

$68K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-29.9%36K
Conversion rate12.5%
Avg price$14.91

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 36
Top-5 product click share87%
Open market0%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.8★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 10 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.8★
Avg reviews2,475

Top Paint Crayons products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 87% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$10K$20K$31K$41K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Ooly87%
  • JUPITEARTH7%
  • TBC The Best Crafts4%
  • Chunky2%

Paint Crayons demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume36KCVR12.5%Products10Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.8★Reviews2,475Avg BSR#33
3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Top Paint Crayons search terms shoppers use

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

  • chunkies paint sticks23K/yr
  • chunkies7K/yr
  • chunkies paint sticks for kids6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paint Crayons

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Color24%

The colors are beautiful

Taste-Overall11%

Taste as good as I remembered

Quality-Overall10%

great quality

Value For Money9%

Worth the buy

Ease Of Cleaning7%

Washes off of surfaces easily enough

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Taste-Overall13%

They taste like they ate stale

Color11%

Colors are not opaque/thin

Value For Money10%

Some of the cheaper ones have less product

Storage Temperature8%

Arrived totally melted

Paint Quality7%

looks like paint on the paper

Paint Crayons return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.9%

Return rate

36%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Value For Money
29%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
13%
3Paint Quality
10%
4Size-Overall
8%
5Color
6%

Common Paint Crayons questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Paint Crayons 36/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $68K/yr across 10 tracked products. Search demand moved -29.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Paint Crayons on Amazon United States peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.7× the quietest.