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Retrowave

Fail

Demand is soft, at -64.3% this quarter, so Retrowave is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,197 of 1,428 Auto & Motorrad niches · −10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
€37K/yr194K searches / yr
90-day growth
-64.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Retrowave against its category

The dotted line is the Auto & Motorrad average. Past it, Retrowave is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Retrowave market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Retrowave 194K times last year and spent an estimated €37K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 194K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -64.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €37K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
194K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-64.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
€37Ka year
Peak month
December6.1× the quietest month
Top search term
retrowave41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €57.49.

Listings sell for €57.49 on average, from €6.60 to €115.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At €57.49 that is €6K to €14K a year per listing.

Average price
€57.49inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€6.60–€115.42
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
€6K–€14K
Returns
1.7%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 63% ship with Prime. On an average day, 55.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #60 within Öle & Betriebsstoffe. It carries 474 reviews at 3.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
63%
Out of stock, average day
55.4%
Average rank
#60in Öle & Betriebsstoffe
Average rating
3.65 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
474per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 9 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Retrowave products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Brand 141%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Retrowave search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.1×

Search terms

Top Retrowave search terms shoppers use

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

  • retrowave41K/yr
  • g11 pro konsole20K/yr
  • retro wave11K/yr
  • g115K/yr
  • g11 pro36K/yr
  • g 11 pro retro konsole5K/yr
  • retrowave g11 pro61K/yr
  • retro wave g11 pro3K/yr
  • retro konsole g11 pro4K/yr
  • retrowave g11 pro 100000 spiele5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Retrowave

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
22%of negative reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
1.7%of orders come back
“Müll”
A buyer, on “Qualität insgesamt”22% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Retrowave questions

Answered from the same tracked data.