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Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.3%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 56Growth 16Conversion 74Competition 77Returns 99Price range 50Avg price 37Brand share 64Review moat 23Quality gap 57

Returns

Incredible0.3%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Competition

Great38%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Conversion

Good6.9%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Brand share

Good66%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Good€404K

€404K/yr · 560K searches

Price range

Good€0.50–€29.42

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Avg price

Okay€10.49

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Bad7,857.17

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Bad-18.1%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

117

Top-5 brand share

66%

Open market

29%

  • Neutrogena26%
  • La Roche-Posay18%
  • The Ordinary10%
  • BENZAKNEN8%
  • Mixa5%
  • CeraVe5%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%3%€12K6%€24K9%€36K12%€48K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 46 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -18.1% search growth over the last 90 days.
18K13KPrime Day '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Qualität insgesamt16%

“Super Produkte”

Eignung für Mischhaut14%

“Beste Gesichtscreme”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

“Super Produkt, fairer Preis”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt4%

“Das Produkt macht, was es machen soll”

Reinigung4%

“Bestes Reinigungsgel”

Symptomreduktion4%

“hilft bei Acne)”

Effizienz4%

“Funktioniert”

Eignung für trockene Haut4%

“Sanfte Feuchtigkeitscreme bei unreiner Haut – fester Bestandteil meiner Routine”

Allergien4%

“Gut bei Unreinheiten”

Weiches Gefühl3%

“So soft”

What buyers complain about

Funktionalität insgesamt10%

“Funktioniert nicht”

Allergien10%

“Hautirritationen”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis7%

“Der Preissprung trübt den Gesamteindruck”

Feucht/Trocken5%

“Trocknet die Haut aus”

Eignung für trockene Haut5%

“Sie trocknet die Haut aus”

Symptomreduktion5%

“Trotz regelmäßiger Anwendung konnte ich keine spürbare Verbesserung feststellen – weder bei Pickeln noch bei Mitessern”

Geruch4%

“Stinkt”

Hautgesundheit3%

“die Haut prickelt etwas,”

Gesamtgröße2%

“etwas gross”

Haftung/Klebrigkeit2%

“Sie fängt an sehr klebrig zu werden”

Top return reasons

Funktionalität insgesamt43%
beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt7%
Qualität insgesamt6%
Defekt Material/Teile5%
Geruch3%
Stärke3%
Saugen3%
Eignung für Mischhaut3%
Produktzustand2%
Gesamtgröße2%