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Petroleum

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -44.7% this quarter, so Petroleum is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 26% of 3,232 Baumarkt niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
€257K/yr204K searches / yr
90-day growth
-44.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Petroleum against its category

The dotted line is the Baumarkt average. Past it, Petroleum is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Petroleum market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Petroleum 204K times last year and spent an estimated €257K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 204K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -44.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €257K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
204K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-44.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
€257Ka year
Peak month
January3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
petroleum122K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €36.76.

Listings sell for €36.76 on average, from €5.01 to €137.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At €36.76 that is €4K to €9K a year per listing.

Average price
€36.76inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€5.01–€137.11
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
€4K–€9K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 11% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #508 within Kamine, Öfen & Zubehör. It carries 723 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
11%
Out of stock, average day
9.7%
Average rank
#508in Kamine, Öfen & Zubehör
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
723per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
66 months

Products

Top Petroleum 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 40% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

17 flat

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

23%

  • Brand 120%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Petroleum search demand

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

10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Petroleum search terms shoppers use

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

  • petroleum122K/yr
  • petroleum 20l37K/yr
  • kerosin14K/yr
  • gereinigtes petroleum7K/yr
  • petrolium5K/yr
  • petroleum kaufen4K/yr
  • petroleum öl11K/yr
  • zibro petroleum4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Petroleum

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

36%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
27%of negative reviews mention “Geruch”
0.1%of orders come back
“Stinkt wiederlich”
A buyer, on “Geruch”27% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Petroleum questions

Answered from the same tracked data.