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Herd

weak search conversion (0.4%) — Herd doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Top 44% of 260 Elektro-Großgeräte niches · +1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 82Growth 15Conversion 5Competition 79Returns 42Price range 8Avg price 18Brand share 48Review moat 67Quality gap 76
This niche Category average · 260 niches

Is Herd profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Herd is a €1.2M/yr Amazon Germany market (863K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Herd: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days and 0.4% of searches end in a purchase.

€1.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-20.0%863K
Conversion rate0.4%
Avg price€386.06

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 24% of the market is open.

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 61
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market24%
Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 50 products

Sponsored placement74%
New entrants (1y)7· 5 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews806

Top Herd 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 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€37K€74K€111K€148K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

18%

  • Gorenje36%
  • Beko18%
  • Siemens10%
  • Bauknecht6%
  • KKT KOLBE6%
  • Bosch6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 18%)

Herd demand & seasonality

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

Volume863KCVR0.4%Products50Brands16Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate8.6%Rating4.3★Reviews806Avg BSR#18
90K70KPrime Day '24Spike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Top Herd search terms shoppers use

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

  • elektroherd104K/yr
  • standherd89K/yr
  • herdsets82K/yr
  • elektroherd mit ceranfeld67K/yr
  • einbauherd set54K/yr
  • induktionsherd mit backofen52K/yr
  • einbauherd mit induktionskochfeld55K/yr
  • herdset42K/yr
  • gorenje backofen35K/yr
  • elektroherd freistehend31K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Herd

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt19%

Good item

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis17%

Bestes Preis/Leistungsverhältnis

Backen13%

Bestes Herdset ever

Benutzerfreundlichkeit8%

Super Gerät- easy von der Bedienung

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt8%

Macht seinen Job

What buyers complain about

57% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt14%

Qualität null

Heizung9%

Der Backofen macht ungleichmäßig warm

Funktionalität insgesamt6%

Sonnst keine Funktion

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt6%

Beschreibung Irreführend

Backen5%

Der Backofen macht ungleichmäßig warm

Herd return rate & reasons

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

3.7%

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
25%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
14%
3Heizung
12%
4Defekt Material/Teile
9%
5Kompatibilität – insgesamt
6%

Common Herd questions

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

Flapen scores Herd 48/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €1.2M/yr across 50 tracked products. 5 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Herd on Amazon Germany peaks in Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 3.1× the quietest.