spitzer
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.19–$10.38) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.7%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great8.2%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Good€443K€443K/yr · 1.2M searches
Competition
Okay62%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Review moat
Okay2,696.6avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Bad-5.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad94%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Avg price
Bad€4.49avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Bad€0.19–€10.38cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, spitzer is a €443K/yr Amazon Germany market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
spitzer market data
- Units sold / yr
- 125K–150K
- avg 6,000–8,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- €561K–€674K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 8.2%
- Avg BSR
- #19
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 75%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 49 months
- Avg seller age
- 182 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
8 falling
Sellers
116
Top-5 brand share
94%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
62%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
4%
- Faber-Castell56%
- Pelikan15%
- STABILO13%
- JEFURE7%
- SimSign3%
- DONAU2%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -5.8% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×
Top spitzer search terms
- spitzer279K/yr
- anspitzer208K/yr
- anspitzer mit behälter174K/yr
- spitzer mit dose180K/yr
- bleistiftspitzer41K/yr
- dosenspitzer45K/yr
- faber castell spitzer39K/yr
- spitzer faber castell40K/yr
- pencil sharpener31K/yr
- anspitzer dicke und dünne stifte26K/yr
Top spitzer products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 20 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
FABER-CASTELL 183800 - Dosenspitzer Grip 2001 3in1 Anspitzer mit Behälter für Blei- und Buntstifte
Faber-Castell€2.754.6★15,617 rev
STABILO - Ergonomischer Dosen-Spitzer für Rechtshänder - EASYsharpener - 3 in 1 - pink
STABILO€3.624.4★7,073 rev
Pelikan 700702 Doppel-Anspitzer Flower Blau 1 Stück
Pelikan€2.744.6★2,327 rev
FABER-CASTELL 582800 - Doppelspitzdose 9000 grün
Faber-Castell€3.614.7★2,159 rev
Faber-Castell - 183500 - Doppelspitzdose - Gehäusefarbe: schwarz/transparent (3 Spitzer)
Faber-Castell€6.894.5★205 rev
Newest
by launch date
SimSign 4 Stück Doppelspitzer mit Dose Anspitzer Dicke und Dünne Stifte Bleistiftspitzer mit Behälter Pencil Sharpener für Schule Zuhause Büro und Kunst
SimSign€7.5645 rev
JEFURE Anspitzer 4 Stück Doppellöcher Dose Bleistiftspitzer für Dicke und Dünne Stifte Schule und Büro in 4 Farben
JEFURE€5.7350 rev
JEFURE Anspitzer Set mit Behälter - 4 Stück in 4 Farben für dicke und dünne Stifte mit Doppellöchern und Deckel ideal für Kinder und Schule/Büro
JEFURE€4.01220 rev
FABER-CASTELL 180984 - Anspitzer mit Kurbel schwarz Spitzmaschine mit hochwertigem Spitzermesser
Faber-Castell€6.821,425 rev
Faber-Castell - Schreibset Grip 2001 Schwarz 5-teilig
Faber-Castell€6.541,997 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumSimSign 4 Stück Doppelspitzer mit Dose Anspitzer Dicke und Dünne Stifte Bleistiftspitzer mit Behälter Pencil Sharpener für Schule Zuhause Büro und Kunst
SimSign€7.564.2★
Pelikan Doppel-Anspitzer Flower Pink 1 Stück
Pelikan€2.904.6★
Faber-Castell - 183500 - Doppelspitzdose - Gehäusefarbe: schwarz/transparent (3 Spitzer)
Faber-Castell€6.894.5★
Pelikan 700702 Doppel-Anspitzer Flower Blau 1 Stück
Pelikan€2.744.6★
STABILO - Ergonomischer Dosen-Spitzer für Rechtshänder - EASYsharpener - 3 in 1 - pink
STABILO€3.624.4★
What buyers say about spitzer
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Bester Spitzer”
“Super Produkt”
“Praktischer Spitzer”
“Best product for this price”
“er funktioniert einwandfrei.”
“Es macht was es soll”
“Es fühlt sich robust an”
“Design”
“Größe für Federmappe super”
“Hält immer noch, obwohl ständig im Gebrauch”
What buyers complain about
“Mine bricht häufig ab”
“Kein High-End Produkt”
“Stopfunktion unzuverlässig”
“für alle Buntstifte passt leider nicht.”
“frisst unnötig Material”
“Die Bleistifte werden nicht richtig spitz”
“Dieses Angebot ist eine Falle”
“Deckel hält nicht so gut”
“knifflig beim öffnen.”
“War nicht im Warehouse bestellt sondern neu”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is spitzer profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
- The niche generates €443K/yr across 20 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -5.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (43/100).
- How competitive is the spitzer niche?
- 8 brands and 116 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 62% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 94% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in spitzer?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Haltbarkeit, Qualität insgesamt, Funktionalität insgesamt. The return rate is 0.7%.
- When does demand for spitzer peak?
- Demand peaks in Jul–Aug; the busiest month runs 2.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the spitzer niche?
- Listings span €0.19–€10.38; the average listing price is €4.49 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 2,697 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.