How competitive is the Lochkasten niche on Amazon Germany?

3 brands and 29 sellers compete in Lochkasten on Amazon Germany. The top 5 Lochkasten products take 37% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Lochkasten?

Lochkasten buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Speicherkapazität, Gesamtgröße, Farbe, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.8%.

What does it cost to enter the Lochkasten niche?

Lochkasten sells for €10.39 on average on Amazon Germany, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span €6.38–€52.02. The average incumbent carries 23 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Lochkasten

Lochkasten shows a thin review moat (23 avg reviews), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals Low Review Barrier

Flapen Score

Worth a look

Top 42% of 490 Gewerbe, Industrie & Wissenschaft niches · +2 vs the category median of 49

This niche Category average · 490 niches

Is Lochkasten profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Lochkasten is a €98K/yr Amazon Germany market (193K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Lochkasten: 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 +23.9% over the last 90 days and 4.9% of searches end in a purchase.

€98K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K

Search volume / yr+23.9%193K

Conversion rate4.9%

Avg price€10.39

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 29

Top-5 product click share37%

Open market0%

Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Top Lochkasten products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Lochkasten Starterset DieMaus 5-6 Jahre

Price: €52.02
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 8mo ago

Der Lochkasten Erste Denkspiele: Kartensatz

Price: €6.51
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 1y ago

Der Lochkasten Farb- und Formspiele: Kartensatz

Price: €6.53
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 5
Age: 1y ago

Der Lochkasten Erste Verknüpfungsspiele: Kartensatz

Price: €6.41
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 5
Age: 1y ago

Was passt zusammen? 3-4+: Kartensatz für den Lochkasten

Price: €6.50
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

Lochkasten Starterset DieMaus 5-6 Jahre

Price: €52.02
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 8mo ago

Der Lochkasten Mathekompetenz: Kartensatz

Price: €6.57
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 1y ago

Der Lochkasten Subtraktion bis 20: Kartensatz

Price: €6.45
Rating: 0.0/5
Reviews: 0
Age: 1y ago

Der Lochkasten Erste Denkspiele: Kartensatz

Price: €6.51
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 1y ago

Der Lochkasten Farb- und Formspiele: Kartensatz

Price: €6.53
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 5
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (37% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

Der Lochkasten83%
Kölner Lernspielverlag14%
HABA3%

Lochkasten demand & seasonality

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

Volume193KCVR4.9%Products24Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate13.1%Rating4.7★Reviews23Avg BSR#276

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Top Lochkasten search terms shoppers use

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

lochkasten83K/yr +16.9%1.0% conv.
lochkasten kölner lernspielverlag31K/yr +52.0%1.8% conv.
kölner lernspielverlag18K/yr +36.7%1.8% conv.
lochkasten ab 325K/yr +19.3%2.5% conv.
kölner lernspielverlag lochkasten18K/yr -12.6%1.8% conv.
lochkasten ab 511K/yr +22.6%2.5% conv.
lochkasten ab 67K/yr +15.0%2.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lochkasten

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis56%

“Super Spiel”

Geschenk Zweck14%

“ist ein Ostergeschenk für den Enkel:-)”

Haltbarkeit9%

“Beschäftigt lange”

Pädagogisch-insgesamt5%

“Pädagogisch wertvolles Lernspiel”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt5%

“Der Artikel ist wie beschrieben”

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews

Speicherkapazität25%

“Aufbewahrung blöd”

Gesamtgröße25%

“Die Karten haben keine Standardgröße”

Farbe10%

“Damit man erkennt, da ist ein dunkleres Blau als auf dem anderen Bild”

Gewicht schwer10%

“Andere sind schwerer”

Lochkasten return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

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

1Gesamtgröße

43%

2Gewicht schwer

21%

3Defekt Material/Teile

11%

4Haftung/Klebrigkeit

11%

5Buchse/Anschluss/Stecker

Common Lochkasten questions

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

Flapen scores Lochkasten 51/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €98K/yr across 24 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +23.9% over the last 90 days.