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cica care

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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 10Growth 18Conversion 93Competition 2Returns 99Price range 91Avg price 88Brand share 0Review moat 88Quality gap 84

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Great11.4%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Price range

Great€14.59–€23.49

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Review moat

Great245.83

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Avg price

Great€20.00

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Quality gap

Great4.2★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Bad-13.8%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Market size

Bad€41K

€41K/yr · 18K searches

Competition

Bad97%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, cica care is a €41K/yr Amazon Germany market (18K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Data updated Jul 10, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

cica care market data

Units sold / yr
2K–3K
avg 100–250/product
Revenue / yr
€40K–€50K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
11.4%
Avg BSR
#202
Page quality
0%
Prime
100%
Sponsored
67%
Out of stock
0.0%
Avg brand age
53 months
Avg seller age
190 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products capture 97% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Smith & Nephew81%
  • CICA11%
  • Evolsin6%
  • TRUESTOLZ3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 49 weeks — -13.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
500300Spike '25Spike '26Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26

Top cica care search terms

  • cica care silikonpflaster8K/yr
  • cica care6K/yr
  • cica care narbenpflaster4K/yr
All search terms

Top cica care 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.

0%15%€6K30%€12K45%€18K60%€25K101001K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 6 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about cica care

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Qualität insgesamt25%

“Super Produkt”

Haftung/Klebrigkeit14%

“Haftet optimal, kurz mit Wasser abwaschen, trocknen lassen und noch einmal verwenden”

Haltbarkeit11%

“Es hält absolut gut”

Komfort insgesamt8%

“Hält gut und angenehm”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt6%

“exakt gleich”

Weiches Gefühl4%

“Das Material fühlt sich weich”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit4%

“sehr gut in der Verwendung”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis4%

“Somit ist der Preis auch prima”

Griff3%

“Sehr guter Halt”

Funktionalität insgesamt2%

“Alles ist gut gelaufen”

What buyers complain about

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis28%

“definitiv zu teuer”

Haftung/Klebrigkeit15%

“Klebt nicht”

Qualität insgesamt9%

“Nicht mehr dasselbe Produkt, keine Qualität”

Add-Ons/Anhänge6%

“Gute Wirkung, hält nicht ohne zusätzliche Befestigung”

Stärke6%

“Nicht straff/ stark genug”

Gelenkschmerzen3%

“Leider völlig ungeeignet für OP-Narben am Knie, da das Pflaster der Bewegung des Gelenks nicht Stand hält”

Haltbarkeit3%

“Löst sich schnell wieder ab”

Allergien2%

“Meine Narbe ist an einer Stelle, an der der BH-Träger sonst reizt”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit2%

“nervig ist es dennoch wenn es nicht fest kleben bleibt oder man es unnötig noch mit Pflasterstreifen befestigen muss.”

Einfache Reinigung2%

“reinigen bringt nichts.”

Top return reasons

Haftung/Klebrigkeit32%
Funktionalität insgesamt14%
Qualität insgesamt11%
Gesamtgröße6%
beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt6%
Benutzerfreundlichkeit5%
Kompatibilität – insgesamt4%
Dicke3%
Produktzustand3%
Stärke3%

Common questions

Is cica care profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
The niche generates €41K/yr across 6 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -13.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (46/100).
How competitive is the cica care niche?
4 brands and 26 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 97% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in cica care?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Haftung/Klebrigkeit, Qualität insgesamt. The return rate is 0.1%.
What does it cost to enter the cica care niche?
Listings span €14.59–€23.49; the average listing price is €20.00 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 246 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.