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Barbour Wachs

soft demand (-47.9% this quarter) — Barbour Wachs doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Ranks 2,622 of 2,966 Drogerie & Körperpflege niches · −10 vs the category median of 49

Market size 17Growth 1Conversion 95Competition 9Returns 98Price range 76Avg price 78Brand share 7Review moat 61Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 2,966 niches

Is Barbour Wachs profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Barbour Wachs is a €68K/yr Amazon Germany market (34K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Barbour Wachs: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -47.9% over the last 90 days and 12.2% of searches end in a purchase.

€68K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-47.9%34K
Conversion rate12.2%
Avg price€16.25

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 23
Top-5 product click share89%
Open market3%
Avg brand age96 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 · 8 products

Sponsored placement63%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,049

Top Barbour Wachs 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 89% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€10K€20K€31K€41K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Emma Grün58%
  • Romneys22%
  • Tadabo9%
  • Nikwax5%
  • Barbour3%
  • Fjällräven3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Barbour Wachs demand & seasonality

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

Volume34KCVR12.2%Products8Brands6Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate11.3%Rating4.5★Reviews1,049Avg BSR#446
2K1KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Top Barbour Wachs search terms shoppers use

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

  • barbour wachs20K/yr
  • wachs für wachsjacken7K/yr
  • barbour wax7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Barbour Wachs

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt32%

Top Produkt

Benutzerfreundlichkeit20%

Super Schuh-Wachs, einfach aufzutragen

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt10%

.macht, was es soll

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis7%

Preislich noch okay

schnelltrocknend5%

Erst etwas warm gemacht, aufgetragen und dann nochmal mit nem Föhn drüber das es gut einzieht

What buyers complain about

83% of reviews
Anleitung/Benutzerhandbuch/Fehlerbehebung39%

Anleitung ist unzureichend

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt22%

Es liegt keine Beschreibung oder Anleitung bei

Benutzerfreundlichkeit8%

Die Anwendung bedarf etwas Übung

Ethischer Handel/Fairer Handel6%

Schaut für mich nach Betrug aus

Farbe4%

Das Produkt hat eine vollkommen andere Farbe als auf dem Bild

Barbour Wachs return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Geruch
21%
2Materialqualität
21%
3Lederqualität
7%
4Anleitung/Benutzerhandbuch/Fehlerbehebung
7%
5Kompatibilität – insgesamt
7%

Common Barbour Wachs questions

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

Flapen scores Barbour Wachs 39/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €68K/yr across 8 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -47.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Barbour Wachs on Amazon Germany peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 3.6× the quietest.