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Filzstifte

Filzstifte shows low returns (0.5%), but soft demand (-20.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look

Top 14% of 1,305 Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren niches · +8 vs the category median of 46

Market size 90Growth 15Conversion 71Competition 66Returns 98Price range 69Avg price 48Brand share 25Review moat 25Quality gap 23
This niche Category average · 1,305 niches

Is Filzstifte profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Filzstifte is a €1.7M/yr Amazon Germany market (2.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Filzstifte: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -20.1% over the last 90 days and 6.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€1.7M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr200K
Search volume / yr-20.1%2.2M
Conversion rate6.5%
Avg price€11.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 236
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market10%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Sponsored placement69%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews4,078

Top Filzstifte 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€85K€171K€256K€342K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

236

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

8%

  • STABILO42%
  • Faber-Castell32%
  • STAEDTLER7%
  • Artecho5%
  • Pelikan4%
  • Mitoymia2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Filzstifte demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.2MCVR6.5%Products35Brands12Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate4.7%Rating4.6★Reviews4,078Avg BSR#88
80K60KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Top Filzstifte search terms shoppers use

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

  • filzstifte1.0M/yr
  • stabilo filzstifte334K/yr
  • filzstifte kinder262K/yr
  • filzstifte für erwachsene80K/yr
  • filzstifte dicke und dünne107K/yr
  • faber castell filzstifte61K/yr
  • filzstifte set38K/yr
  • filzstifte schule26K/yr
  • faserstifte38K/yr
  • stabilo pen 6839K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Filzstifte

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Farbe37%

Liebe die Pastellfarben

Qualität insgesamt18%

Super Qualität

Stift/Bleistiftqualität12%

Tolle Filzstifte

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis6%

Preislich sehr fair

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt3%

Macht was es soll

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
trocken/leerTinte21%

Einige Filzstifte waren schon sehr Trocken

Feucht/Trocken13%

sind trocken

Farbe11%

Farben passen bei einigen Stiften nicht zur Kappe

Qualität insgesamt11%

Sehr enttäuscht von der Qualität eines markenproduktes

Geschenk Zweck7%

Als Geschenk ungeeignet

Filzstifte return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Geschenk Zweck
17%
2Farbe
14%
3Qualität insgesamt
7%
4Gesamtgröße
7%
5trocken/leerTinte
5%

Common Filzstifte questions

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

Flapen scores Filzstifte 54/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €1.7M/yr across 35 tracked products. Search demand moved -20.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Filzstifte on Amazon Germany peaks in Aug–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.2× the quietest.