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Buntstifte

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -13.8% this quarter, so Buntstifte is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 8% of 1,305 Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren niches · +11 vs the category median of 46
Market size
€3.2M/yr3.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 227 sellers

Flapen Score

Buntstifte against its category

The dotted line is the Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren average. Past it, Buntstifte is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Buntstifte market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Buntstifte 3.1M times last year and spent an estimated €3.2M. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Nov. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €3.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
€3.2Ma year
Peak month
August1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
buntstifte1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €15.34.

Listings sell for €15.34 on average, from €1.64 to €138.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At €15.34 that is €77K to €92K a year per listing.

Average price
€15.34inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€1.64–€138.95
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
€77K–€92K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Schreib- & Korrekturbedarf. It carries 6,545 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.1%
Average rank
#22in Schreib- & Korrekturbedarf
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
6,545per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Buntstifte 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

227

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

7%

  • Brand 148%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 7%)

Demand

Buntstifte search demand

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

100K60KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Buntstifte search terms shoppers use

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

  • buntstifte1.0M/yr
  • faber castell buntstifte460K/yr
  • faber castell390K/yr
  • buntstifte kinder264K/yr
  • buntstifte faber castell265K/yr
  • buntstifte dick100K/yr
  • buntstifte für erwachsene126K/yr
  • buntstifte set57K/yr
  • holzstifte67K/yr
  • farbstifte64K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Buntstifte

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Farbe”
21%of negative reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
0.4%of orders come back
“Sehr schlechte Qualität”
A buyer, on “Qualität insgesamt”21% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Buntstifte questions

Answered from the same tracked data.