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Skalpell

soft demand (-24.6% this quarter) — Skalpell doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 323 of 490 Gewerbe, Industrie & Wissenschaft niches · −3 vs the category median of 49

Market size 53Growth 13Conversion 87Competition 32Returns 99Price range 29Avg price 22Brand share 47Review moat 43Quality gap 30
This niche Category average · 490 niches

Is Skalpell profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Skalpell is a €350K/yr Amazon Germany market (439K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Skalpell: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -24.6% over the last 90 days and 10.0% of searches end in a purchase.

€350K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-24.6%439K
Conversion rate10.0%
Avg price€7.94

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 51
Top-5 product click share66%
Open market23%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,170

Top Skalpell 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 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€35K€70K€105K€140K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Chedin37%
  • GIMA12%
  • CHJIEJIE10%
  • Klangfeiler9%
  • EHDIS8%
  • CLABMROEC3%

Skalpell demand & seasonality

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

Volume439KCVR10.0%Products18Brands15Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate3.9%Rating4.6★Reviews2,170Avg BSR#17
10K6KPrime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Skalpell search terms shoppers use

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

  • skalpell215K/yr
  • bastelmesser46K/yr
  • skalpell basteln39K/yr
  • scalpel16K/yr
  • skalpell messer26K/yr
  • skalpell set13K/yr
  • bastelmesser skalpell13K/yr
  • bastel skalpell10K/yr
  • präzisionsmesser9K/yr
  • exacto knife7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Skalpell

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt26%

Super Produkt

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis19%

Preisleistung ist super

Gesamtgröße13%

Passt

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt12%

Alles wie bestellt

Design insgesamt6%

Ideal zum Basteln und Modellbau

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt30%

Ganz schlechte Qualität

Haltbarkeit19%

2 mal genutzt und in die Mülltonne

Stärke6%

Wackelig

Materialqualität4%

Dazu kommt, dass das Material extrem billig wirkt

Schärfe4%

Schnell stumpf

Skalpell return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

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
33%
2Qualität insgesamt
10%
3Mechanismus probleme
9%
4Stärke
7%
5Materialqualität
6%

Common Skalpell questions

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

Flapen scores Skalpell 46/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €350K/yr across 18 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -24.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Skalpell on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.