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Asics

Asics shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 17% of clicks), but weak search conversion (0.2%) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look

Top 35% of 2,560 Fashion niches · +4 vs the category median of 46

Market size 59Growth 51Conversion 3Competition 96Returns 6Price range 64Avg price 85Brand share 10Review moat 53Quality gap 67
This niche Category average · 2,560 niches

Is Asics profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Asics is a €493K/yr Amazon Germany market (2.9M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Asics: 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 +21.1% over the last 90 days and 0.2% of searches end in a purchase.

€493K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+21.1%2.9M
Conversion rate0.2%
Avg price€71.65

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 183
Top-5 product click share17%
Open market4%
Avg brand age48 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 · 141 products

Sponsored placement34%
New entrants (1y)79· 24 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,390

Top Asics 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 (17% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€10K€20K€30K€39K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

183

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

17%

Top 20: 38%

Open market

2%

  • ASICS56%
  • XTEP28%
  • Brooks6%
  • Under Armour4%
  • HOKA3%
  • adidas2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 2%)

Asics demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.9MCVR0.2%Products141Brands10Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate6.5%Rating4.3★Reviews1,390Avg BSR#369
100K60KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Asics search terms shoppers use

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

  • asics813K/yr
  • asics laufschuhe herren633K/yr
  • brooks laufschuhe herren237K/yr
  • asics herren237K/yr
  • hoka laufschuhe herren161K/yr
  • under armour herren schuhe177K/yr
  • asics gel112K/yr
  • running-schuhe68K/yr
  • asics schuhe herren59K/yr
  • asics herren schuhe47K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Asics

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Gesamtgröße22%

passen

Komfort insgesamt18%

Super bequem zum walken

Übung/Sporteignung14%

Super Laufschuh

Qualität insgesamt13%

Top Qualität für den Preis

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis6%

Dem Preis entsprechend gut

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Gesamtgröße22%

Normal ist etwas schmal geschnitten

Haltbarkeit10%

Mängel in der Haltbarkeit

Qualität insgesamt10%

Billiger Müll

Füße fit8%

Der Schuh fällt recht schmal aus

Wasserbeständigkeit4%

Gemütlich, allerdings nach sechs Monaten wasserdurchlässig

Asics return rate & reasons

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

10.3%

Return rate

23%

Fixable by listing

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

1Gesamtgröße
42%
2Füße fit
20%
3Breite
10%
4Komfort insgesamt
4%
5Materialqualität
3%

Common Asics questions

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

Flapen scores Asics 50/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €493K/yr across 141 tracked products. 24 of 79 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +21.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Asics on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.