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Gelbe Tonne

a small market ($104K/yr) — Gelbe Tonne doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Ranks 1,686 of 2,017 Garten niches · −11 vs the category median of 58

Market size 26Growth 26Conversion 32Competition 43Returns 100Price range 82Avg price 87Brand share 37Review moat 69Quality gap 38
This niche Category average · 2,017 niches

Is Gelbe Tonne profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Gelbe Tonne is a €104K/yr Amazon Germany market (60K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Gelbe Tonne: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +0.7% over the last 90 days and 2.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€104K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr+0.7%60K
Conversion rate2.5%
Avg price€67.81

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 12
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market17%
Avg brand age49 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 · 18 products

Sponsored placement67%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews722

Top Gelbe Tonne 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 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€10K€21K€31K€42K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Hardwex33%
  • Sulo25%
  • gardivo10%
  • plasteo9%
  • IMJ-Global7%
  • MAT-COMPANY4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

Gelbe Tonne demand & seasonality

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

Volume60KCVR2.5%Products18Brands11Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate5.1%Rating4.5★Reviews722Avg BSR#81
2K1KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Gelbe Tonne search terms shoppers use

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

  • gelbe tonne30K/yr
  • gelbe tonne 240l17K/yr
  • gelbe tonne 120l4K/yr
  • gelbe tonne 240l mit deckel6K/yr
  • gelbe tonne kaufen3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gelbe Tonne

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

What buyers love

92% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt20%

Artikel entspricht meinen Erwartungen ok

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt16%

Erfüllt seinen Zweck

Stärke16%

Wirkt sehr robust

Benutzerfreundlichkeit10%

äußerst praktisch

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis10%

Preis Leistung super

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Gesamtgröße11%

Durchmesser ein bisschen zu breit für unsere gelben Säcke

Haltbarkeit11%

Ich glaube ich habe fast zwei Monate darauf gewartet. und dann war die Tonne auch noch kaputt.

Ethischer Handel/Fairer Handel11%

Betrug

Dicke11%

Vielleicht die Räder konnten ein bisschen dicker sein

Wasserbeständigkeit11%

Aber leider hat der Deckel eine Delle, so dass sich dort Regenwasser sammelt

Gelbe Tonne return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

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
69%
2Kompatibilität – insgesamt
3%
3Farbe
3%
4Funktionalität insgesamt
3%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
3%

Common Gelbe Tonne questions

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

Flapen scores Gelbe Tonne 47/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €104K/yr across 18 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +0.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gelbe Tonne on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.