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Spitzmaschine

soft demand (-37.8% this quarter) — Spitzmaschine doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

37
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Ranks 1,046 of 1,305 Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren niches · −9 vs the category median of 46

Market size 12Growth 6Conversion 63Competition 21Returns 65Price range 51Avg price 46Brand share 35Review moat 47Quality gap 75
This niche Category average · 1,305 niches

Is Spitzmaschine profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Spitzmaschine is a €49K/yr Amazon Germany market (77K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.

Spitzmaschine: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -37.8% over the last 90 days and 5.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€49K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-37.8%77K
Conversion rate5.5%
Avg price€11.56

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 108
Top-5 product click share75%
Open market16%
Avg brand age63 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,843

Top Spitzmaschine 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 capture 75% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€5K€10K€15K€20K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

108

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Faber-Castell30%
  • Westcott27%
  • Dahle15%
  • Zmol8%
  • Amazon Basics4%
  • STAEDTLER4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

Spitzmaschine demand & seasonality

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

Volume77KCVR5.5%Products14Brands11Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate7.1%Rating4.3★Reviews1,843Avg BSR#83
3K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Spitzmaschine search terms shoppers use

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

  • anspitzer mit kurbel20K/yr
  • spitzmaschine15K/yr
  • spitzer mit kurbel15K/yr
  • spitzmaschine mit kurbel9K/yr
  • bleistiftspitzer mit kurbel5K/yr
  • spitzer kurbel4K/yr
  • bleistift spitzmaschine4K/yr
  • anspitzer kurbel4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spitzmaschine

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Schärfe21%

Bester Spitzer ever

Qualität insgesamt12%

Super Gerät

Benutzerfreundlichkeit10%

Sehr handliches und funktionales Gerät

Effizienz10%

er funktioniert einwandfrei.

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt9%

Macht was es soll

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Haltbarkeit23%

Mine bricht häufig ab

Qualität insgesamt15%

Qualität ungenügend

Funktionalität insgesamt10%

Stopfunktion unzuverlässig

Schärfe5%

Messer greifen nicht

Defekt Material/Teile4%

DEFEKT

Spitzmaschine return rate & reasons

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

2.4%

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
30%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
28%
3Defekt Material/Teile
7%
4Dicke
5%
5Qualität insgesamt
4%

Common Spitzmaschine questions

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

Flapen scores Spitzmaschine 37/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €49K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -37.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Spitzmaschine on Amazon Germany peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.