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Zahnpasta

Zahnpasta shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look

Top 18% of 2,966 Drogerie & Körperpflege niches · +7 vs the category median of 49

Market size 85Growth 24Conversion 93Competition 61Returns 100Price range 30Avg price 20Brand share 44Review moat 39Quality gap 25
This niche Category average · 2,966 niches

Is Zahnpasta profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Zahnpasta is a €1.4M/yr Amazon Germany market (1.7M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Zahnpasta: 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 -2.6% over the last 90 days and 11.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€1.4M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr250K
Search volume / yr-2.6%1.7M
Conversion rate11.5%
Avg price€7.24

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand, so 21% of the market is open.

21%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 113
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market21%
Avg brand age63 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 34 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,557

Top Zahnpasta 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 take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€71K€141K€212K€282K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

113

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

17%

  • Odol-med 349%
  • Marvis10%
  • Oral-B9%
  • Colgate7%
  • Opalescence5%
  • ELMEX4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 17%)

Zahnpasta demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.7MCVR11.5%Products34Brands16Top 5 Brands79%OOS Rate2.1%Rating4.6★Reviews2,557Avg BSR#55
50K30KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Zahnpasta search terms shoppers use

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

  • zahnpasta956K/yr
  • zahnpasta weisse zähne184K/yr
  • toothpaste102K/yr
  • colgate67K/yr
  • zahncreme65K/yr
  • whitening zahnpasta64K/yr
  • odol med 3 zahnpasta43K/yr
  • whitening toothpaste25K/yr
  • colgate zahnpasta28K/yr
  • zahncremes26K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Zahnpasta

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Mundhygiene34%

BESTE ZAHNKREME

Qualität insgesamt8%

Super Produkt

Geschmack insgesamt7%

guter nachgeschmack

Zahnaufhellung7%

Whitening Zahnpasta

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis6%

Bester preis

What buyers complain about

59% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis21%

Geldverschwendung

Geschmack insgesamt8%

Schmeckt nicht so gut

Mundhygiene8%

immer wieder Probleme mit Zahnfleischbluten,

Geschmack6%

Nicht geschmackslose

Zahnempfindlichkeit5%

Ein kleiner Hinweis: Für sehr schmerzempfindliche Zähne oder freiliegende Dentinkanälchen ist sie eher weniger geeignet

Zahnpasta 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.

1beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
11%
2Mundhygiene
10%
3Funktionalität insgesamt
10%
4Geschmack insgesamt
7%
5Auslaufsicher
7%

Common Zahnpasta questions

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

Flapen scores Zahnpasta 56/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €1.4M/yr across 34 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Zahnpasta on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.