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Gelstifte

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -27.3% this quarter, so Gelstifte is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 25% of 1,305 Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren niches · +5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
€185K/yr559K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 144 sellers

Flapen Score

Gelstifte against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gelstifte market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Gelstifte 559K times last year and spent an estimated €185K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 559K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €185K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
559K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
€185Ka year
Peak month
December1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
gelstifte190K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €11.66.

Listings sell for €11.66 on average, from €1.92 to €29.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At €11.66 that is €3K to €6K a year per listing.

Average price
€11.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€1.92–€29.98
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
€3K–€6K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #126 within Schreib- & Korrekturbedarf. It carries 4,986 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#126in Schreib- & Korrekturbedarf
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
4,986per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Gelstifte 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 only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

32 falling

Sellers

144

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 89%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

44%

  • Brand 117%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Gelstifte search demand

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

18K13KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Gelstifte search terms shoppers use

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

  • gelstifte190K/yr
  • gelschreiber99K/yr
  • gel pen39K/yr
  • gel kugelschreiber37K/yr
  • gelstift26K/yr
  • gel pens22K/yr
  • gel stifte25K/yr
  • gel stift22K/yr
  • gelstifte set20K/yr
  • gelstifte schwarz15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gelstifte

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Schreiberfahrung”
16%of negative reviews mention “Schreiberfahrung”
0.4%of orders come back
“Niemals über Korrekturbändern schreiben”
A buyer, on “Schreiberfahrung”16% 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 Gelstifte questions

Answered from the same tracked data.