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Cortison Salbe

Cortison Salbe shows low returns (0.1%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($6.51–$16.08) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look

Top 44% of 2,966 Drogerie & Körperpflege niches · +1 vs the category median of 49

Market size 56Growth 48Conversion 88Competition 22Returns 100Price range 11Avg price 30Brand share 30Review moat 40Quality gap 52
This niche Category average · 2,966 niches

Is Cortison Salbe profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Cortison Salbe is a €408K/yr Amazon Germany market (414K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Cortison Salbe: 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 +18.4% over the last 90 days and 10.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€408K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr+18.4%414K
Conversion rate10.3%
Avg price€9.57

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 29
Top-5 product click share74%
Open market13%
Avg brand age65 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,464

Top Cortison Salbe 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 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€41K€82K€122K€163K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • ratiopharm55%
  • AL Aliud Pharma11%
  • Azulenal10%
  • STADA6%
  • FENIHYDROCORT6%
  • Hydrocutan4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Cortison Salbe demand & seasonality

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

Volume414KCVR10.3%Products14Brands10Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate2.4%Rating4.4★Reviews2,464Avg BSR#701
18K13KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Cortison Salbe search terms shoppers use

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

  • hydrocortison salbe109K/yr
  • cortison salbe79K/yr
  • kortisonsalbe41K/yr
  • cortisonsalbe rezeptfrei stark23K/yr
  • hydrocortison29K/yr
  • hydrocortison salbe stark 1 518K/yr
  • cortison salbe hochdosiert16K/yr
  • cortison creme13K/yr
  • hydrocortisone cream10K/yr
  • cortison9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cortison Salbe

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Allergien24%

Beruhigt die Haut beim Juckreiz

Effizienz13%

Wirkt super

Benutzerfreundlichkeit12%

Durch die handliche 20-g-Tube ist die Salbe zudem praktisch für zuhause oder unterwegs

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt9%

Hält was es verspricht

Linderung von Juckreiz9%

Bin total zufrieden wirkt schnell gegen den Juckreiz

What buyers complain about

92% of reviews
Funktionalität insgesamt45%

Wirkt nicht

Allergien16%

Allergie Creme

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

teuer

Sprachprobleme5%

Auf der Produktverpackung sind lauter Rechtschreibfehler

Einfache Reinigung5%

Schmiert total, man hat Mühe die Hände wieder sauber zu bekommen

Cortison Salbe return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Funktionalität insgesamt
49%
2Inhaltsstoffe – insgesamt
14%
3beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
14%
4Produktzustand
5%
5Gesamtgröße
3%

Common Cortison Salbe questions

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

Flapen scores Cortison Salbe 50/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €408K/yr across 14 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +18.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cortison Salbe on Amazon Germany peaks in Jul, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.