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Donkey Kong

a small market ($15K/yr) — Donkey Kong doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Ranks 1,958 of 2,560 Fashion niches · −6 vs the category median of 46

Market size 4Growth 12Conversion 12Competition 64Returns 63Price range 85Avg price 89Brand share 35Review moat 91Quality gap 40
This niche Category average · 2,560 niches

Is Donkey Kong profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Donkey Kong is a €15K/yr Amazon Germany market (78K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Donkey Kong: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -25.0% over the last 90 days and 0.9% of searches end in a purchase.

€15K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr-25.0%78K
Conversion rate0.9%
Avg price€20.52

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 100
Top-5 product click share47%
Open market16%
Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement66%
New entrants (1y)7· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews176

Top Donkey Kong 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 47% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€598€1K€2K€2K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 flat

Sellers

100

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

11%

  • NEXT26%
  • TShirt-People25%
  • style315%
  • Super Mario11%
  • Nintendo6%
  • Paladone5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

Donkey Kong demand & seasonality

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

Volume78KCVR0.9%Products29Brands12Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate9.0%Rating4.5★Reviews176Avg BSR#13,007
4K3KSpike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Jul '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Donkey Kong

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt25%

Gute Qualität

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt25%

So wie beschrieben

Weiches Gefühl13%

Super flauschig

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis13%

Mein Enkel war begeistert

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis13%

Preis Leistung dafür schon

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Nähen/Finish/Polieren38%

Die Nähte sind sehr schlecht

Lackqualität25%

An vielen Stellen fehlt die Farbe ganz oder wurde nicht gut aufgetragen

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis25%

Für den Preis kann man sowas nicht nachvollziehen

Qualität insgesamt13%

Billiger Plunder :

Donkey Kong return rate & reasons

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

2.5%

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
72%
2Nähen/Finish/Polieren
8%
3Qualität insgesamt
5%
4Komfort insgesamt
3%
5Materialqualität
3%

Common Donkey Kong questions

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

Flapen scores Donkey Kong 40/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €15K/yr across 29 tracked products. 0 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -25.0% over the last 90 days.
Donkey Kong buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Nähen/Finish/Polieren, Lackqualität, Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 2.5%.