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Calendula

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

Flapen Score

37
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Ranks 531 of 631 Baby niches · −10 vs the category median of 47

Market size 22Growth 20Conversion 80Competition 52Returns 99Price range 30Avg price 18Brand share 0Review moat 25Quality gap 18
This niche Category average · 631 niches

Is Calendula profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Calendula is a €90K/yr Amazon Germany market (169K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.

Calendula: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days and 8.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€90K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-10.7%169K
Conversion rate8.3%
Avg price€6.40

Who owns the niche?

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

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 74
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market0%
Avg brand age59 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 20 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews4,042

Top Calendula 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 take 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€4K€7K€11K€14K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

74

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • WELEDA98%
  • Abtei1%
  • WALA1%

Calendula demand & seasonality

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

Volume169KCVR8.3%Products20Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate4.0%Rating4.7★Reviews4,042Avg BSR#389
6K4KSpike '25Black Friday '25Aug '25Oct '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26

Top Calendula search terms shoppers use

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

  • weleda baby115K/yr
  • weleda baby set12K/yr
  • weleda calendula14K/yr
  • calendula13K/yr
  • calendula creme8K/yr
  • weleda kinder4K/yr
  • bübchen calendula2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Calendula

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt26%

Super Produkt

Geruch14%

Nahezu geruchsneutral

Eignung Winterwetter6%

Beste Lippenpflege im Winter

Weiches Gefühl5%

Das Bad selbst ist einfach wunderbar mild

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

Super Produkt, super Preis

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis16%

Allerdings doch auf dauer preislich eher hoch

Allergien15%

und jedesmal Hautirritationen bekam

Dicke6%

Hat eine eher dünnere

Geruch6%

Stinkt

Haftung/Klebrigkeit6%

sehr klebrig

Calendula return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Auslaufsicher
32%
2Ölig/fettig
19%
3Gesamtgröße
11%
4beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
9%
5Geruch
8%

Common Calendula questions

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

Flapen scores Calendula 37/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €90K/yr across 20 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.7% over the last 90 days.
Calendula buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Allergien, Dicke, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.