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billabong

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Weak search conversion (0.5%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 13Growth 14Conversion 6Competition 95Returns 24Price range 78Avg price 95Brand share 35Review moat 22Quality gap 72

Competition

Incredible19%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Avg price

Incredible€27.81

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great€6.30–€113.69

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

Quality gap

Good4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Brand share

Okay84%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Returns

Bad5.2%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Review moat

Bad10,413.21

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Bad-22.5%

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

Market size

Bad€51K

€51K/yr · 367K searches

Conversion

Bad0.5%

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

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, billabong is a €51K/yr Amazon Germany market (367K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Data updated Jul 12, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

billabong market data

Units sold / yr
2K–3K
avg 0–100/product
Revenue / yr
€56K–€70K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
0.5%
Avg BSR
#498
Page quality
0%
Prime
88%
Sponsored
45%
Out of stock
1.1%
Avg brand age
55 months
Avg seller age
180 days

Competition & brand share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (19% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

26 rising

Sellers

186

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

19%

Top 20: 42%

Open market

14%

  • Dickies65%
  • Levi's11%
  • Carhartt4%
  • JMIERR2%
  • JUKMO2%
  • Amazon Essentials2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (20 brands, 14%)

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -22.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
18K13KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top billabong search terms

  • dickies108K/yr
  • dickies hose herren100K/yr
  • levis gürtel22K/yr
  • dickies arbeitshose herren21K/yr
  • dickies jacke herren32K/yr
  • dickies herren20K/yr
  • carhartt gürtel16K/yr
  • dickies hose11K/yr
  • carhartt gürtel herren9K/yr
  • gürtel levis7K/yr
All search terms

Top billabong 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%2%€1K4%€2K6%€3K8%€4K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about billabong

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

What buyers love

Qualität insgesamt28%

“Premium Qualität”

Gesamtgröße13%

“Passt”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis7%

“Für diesen Preis ist das echt super, gleich noch einen bestellt, man kann wirklich nichts falsch machen”

Komfort insgesamt6%

“Super bequem”

Stärke5%

“Solide”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit5%

“Easy to use”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt4%

“So wie auf dem Foto abgebildet”

Riemen/Saitenqualität3%

“Fazit: Bequemer, robuster Gürtel mit praktischem Verschluss – klare Kaufempfehlung”

Lederqualität3%

“Der Levi's-Gürtel ist echtes, robustes Leder, das einiges mitmacht”

Materialqualität3%

“Material super”

What buyers complain about

Haltbarkeit11%

“Defekt nach 4 Monaten”

Gesamtgröße11%

“Fällt ziemlich groß aus”

Qualität insgesamt8%

“Unzureichend”

Riemen/Saitenqualität7%

“Schnalle hält nicht lang”

Lederqualität7%

“Oberes Leder löst sich, Kunststoffteile in der Schnalle brechen usw”

Verschluss Qualität5%

“Die Schnalle fällt immer mal wieder ab”

Materialqualität3%

“Sehr sehr billiges material”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit3%

“Unpraktisch”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt3%

“Längenangaben sind missverständlich”

Geruch3%

“Stinkt widerlich”

Top return reasons

Gesamtgröße41%
Länge24%
Breite4%
Farbe3%
Qualität insgesamt2%
Taillenpassform2%
Materialqualität2%
Gewicht schwer2%
Verschluss Qualität1%
beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt1%

Common questions

Is billabong profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
The niche generates €51K/yr across 136 tracked products. 1 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -22.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (42/100).
How competitive is the billabong niche?
26 brands and 186 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 19% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 84% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in billabong?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Haltbarkeit, Gesamtgröße, Qualität insgesamt. The return rate is 5.2% — above our launch gate.
When does demand for billabong peak?
Demand peaks in Jul; the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.
What does it cost to enter the billabong niche?
Listings span €6.30–€113.69; the average listing price is €27.81 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 10,413 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.