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ecco

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Weak search conversion (0.3%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 47Growth 36Conversion 3Competition 98Returns 15Price range 65Avg price 91Brand share 28Review moat 39Quality gap 62

Competition

Incredible6%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Avg price

Great€54.81

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Good€3.25–€134.57

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

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Okay€252K

€252K/yr · 1.8M searches

Review moat

Okay2,613.42

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Okay+8.8%

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

Brand share

Okay88%

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

Returns

Bad7.9%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Bad0.3%

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

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, ecco is a €252K/yr Amazon Germany market (1.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Data updated Jul 20, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

ecco market data

Units sold / yr
6K–8K
avg 0–100/product
Revenue / yr
€329K–€438K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
0.3%
Avg BSR
#2,592
Page quality
0%
Prime
97%
Sponsored
96%
Out of stock
2.3%
Avg brand age
53 months
Avg seller age
176 days

Competition & brand share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (6% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

42 rising

Sellers

316

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

6%

Top 20: 16%

Open market

37%

  • ECCO29%
  • Geox26%
  • Bruno Marc3%
  • LEZTA2%
  • Amazon Essentials2%
  • bugatti1%

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +8.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
100K60KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Top ecco search terms

  • geox366K/yr
  • ecco herren schuhe544K/yr
  • ecco273K/yr
  • anzugschuhe herren125K/yr
  • geox herren schuhe sneakers76K/yr
  • ecco schuhe herren65K/yr
  • geox sneakers herren38K/yr
  • geox schuhe24K/yr
  • ecco sneaker herren33K/yr
  • ecco herren41K/yr
All search terms

Top ecco 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%1%€3K2%€5K3%€8K4%€10K1001K10K100K 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 ecco

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

What buyers love

Komfort insgesamt24%

“Superbequem”

Qualität insgesamt20%

“Super Qualität”

Gesamtgröße15%

“Passt 100 %”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis9%

“Guter Preis”

Gewicht leicht3%

“Luftig und leicht”

Form/Stil3%

“Sehr elegant”

Haltbarkeit3%

“Von der ersten Sekunde an fühlten sie sich perfekt an – keine Einlaufzeit nötig”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit2%

“ist super zu bedienen”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt2%

“Artikel wie beschrieben alles bestens”

Design insgesamt1%

“Schönes Design”

What buyers complain about

Gesamtgröße22%

“Sie fallen klein aus”

Qualität insgesamt12%

“Bad quality for Geox”

Haltbarkeit7%

“kurzlebig”

Komfort insgesamt5%

“Unbequem”

Lederqualität4%

“Die Oberfläche ist unkaputtbar wegen der seltene benutze Hartleder vom Geox”

Füße fit4%

“Extrem schmal”

Farbe4%

“Vorsicht bei der Farbe dark grey”

Nähen/Finish/Polieren2%

“Die Nähte an der Schuhinnenseite sind schlampig verarbeitet”

Breite2%

“Breite größer, haha, passt mir nicht, sorry.”

Geruch2%

“Ganz übler "chemischer" Geruch.”

Top return reasons

Gesamtgröße35%
Füße fit17%
Breite9%
Farbe8%
Länge4%
Komfort insgesamt4%
Qualität insgesamt2%
Materialqualität2%
beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt2%
Lederqualität2%

Common questions

Is ecco profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
The niche generates €252K/yr across 531 tracked products. 2 of 42 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +8.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (48/100).
How competitive is the ecco niche?
42 brands and 316 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 6% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 88% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in ecco?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Gesamtgröße, Qualität insgesamt, Haltbarkeit. The return rate is 7.9% — above our launch gate.
When does demand for ecco peak?
Demand peaks in Nov; the busiest month runs 2.2× the quietest.
What does it cost to enter the ecco niche?
Listings span €3.25–€134.57; the average listing price is €54.81 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 2,613 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.