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Ballenpolster

Ballenpolster shows beatable incumbent ratings (3.9★), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

59
Worth a look

Top 10% of 2,966 Drogerie & Körperpflege niches · +10 vs the category median of 49

Market size 17Growth 50Conversion 58Competition 75Returns 96Price range 11Avg price 24Brand share 79Review moat 62Quality gap 96
This niche Category average · 2,966 niches

Is Ballenpolster profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Ballenpolster is a €67K/yr Amazon Germany market (156K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 56% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun. Verdict: Worth a look — 59/100.

Ballenpolster: 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 +19.8% over the last 90 days and 5.0% of searches end in a purchase.

€67K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+19.8%156K
Conversion rate5.0%
Avg price€8.55

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 56% of demand, so 44% of the market is open.

44%

open market share

Brands · sellers22 · 54
Top-5 product click share40%
Open market44%
Avg brand age32 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.9★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Sponsored placement77%
New entrants (1y)12· 0 succeeded
Avg rating3.9★
Avg reviews1,036

Top Ballenpolster 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (40% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€3K€5K€8K€11K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

38%

  • Dr. Scholl's23%
  • BACK TO ROOTZ11%
  • Welnove8%
  • Bukihome7%
  • FERSENFREUND7%
  • LOPHE6%

Ballenpolster demand & seasonality

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

Volume156KCVR5.0%Products35Brands22Top 5 Brands56%OOS Rate6.7%Rating3.9★Reviews1,036Avg BSR#62
4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Ballenpolster search terms shoppers use

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

  • ballenpolster vorfuß33K/yr
  • ballenpolster25K/yr
  • vorfußpolster22K/yr
  • mittelfußpolster16K/yr
  • metatarsal pads11K/yr
  • ballenschutz fuß8K/yr
  • vorderfußpolster8K/yr
  • vorfusspolster5K/yr
  • fußballenpolster7K/yr
  • ballenschutz5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ballenpolster

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

What buyers love

79% of reviews
Komfort insgesamt15%

Angenehmes Tragegefühl

Haftung/Klebrigkeit13%

Super Klebekraft

Gesamtgröße12%

Passt

Qualität insgesamt10%

Topp Produkt

Kissen8%

Die kleinen Polster helfen ein wenig, den Druck auf den Fußballen zu lindern

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Haltbarkeit15%

Schlechte Haltbarkeit

Haftung/Klebrigkeit13%

Kleber hält kaum

Kissen8%

Polster verrutschen im Schuh

Qualität insgesamt7%

ergo sind diese qualitativ schlecht.

Gesamtgröße7%

passt nicht

Ballenpolster return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

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
46%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
9%
3Haftung/Klebrigkeit
5%
4Kissen
5%
5Griff
4%

Common Ballenpolster questions

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

Flapen scores Ballenpolster 59/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €67K/yr across 35 tracked products. 0 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +19.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Ballenpolster on Amazon Germany peaks in Jun, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.