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Papierschere

soft demand (-28.4% this quarter) — Papierschere doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 894 of 1,305 Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren niches · −5 vs the category median of 46

Market size 22Growth 11Conversion 86Competition 41Returns 97Price range 65Avg price 40Brand share 12Review moat 25Quality gap 43
This niche Category average · 1,305 niches

Is Papierschere profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Papierschere is a €87K/yr Amazon Germany market (82K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Papierschere: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -28.4% over the last 90 days and 9.8% of searches end in a purchase.

€87K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-28.4%82K
Conversion rate9.8%
Avg price€10.75

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 94
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market5%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement35%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,748

Top Papierschere 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 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€9K€17K€26K€35K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

94

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

6%

  • Leitz79%
  • NEBURORA4%
  • volumoon3%
  • LEGAMI3%
  • CAINCAY2%
  • Rapid2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)

Papierschere demand & seasonality

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

Volume82KCVR9.8%Products23Brands10Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate4.2%Rating4.5★Reviews4,748Avg BSR#20
3K2KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Papierschere search terms shoppers use

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

  • leitz tacker24K/yr
  • mini tacker15K/yr
  • tacker leitz13K/yr
  • tacker klein8K/yr
  • leitz hefter5K/yr
  • tacker kinder4K/yr
  • tacker mini3K/yr
  • tacker büro leitz3K/yr
  • leitz heftgerät3K/yr
  • heftgerät leitz3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Papierschere

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt25%

Super Qualität alles bestens

Stärke11%

Stabiler Tacker

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt9%

Erwartungen erfüllt

Büro-Benutzerfreundlichkeit8%

Ein solides Qualitätsprodukt, das sowohl im Homeoffice als auch im Büro eine sehr gute Figur macht

Benutzerfreundlichkeit8%

einfache Handhabung

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt30%

leider bin ich von der Qualität meines Produktes nicht zu frieden

Haltbarkeit12%

Nach 2 Wochen defekt

Funktionalität insgesamt8%

Der Locher ist nicht funktionsfähig und wirkt billig

Materialqualität8%

schlechtes Material

Gesamtgröße5%

Klein günstig

Papierschere return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Gesamtgröße
26%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
19%
3Defekt Material/Teile
16%
4Verklemmen/Verstopfen
4%
5Qualität insgesamt
4%

Common Papierschere questions

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

Flapen scores Papierschere 41/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €87K/yr across 23 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -28.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Papierschere on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.