Is African Net Sponge profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?

Flapen scores African Net Sponge 44 out of 100 on Amazon Germany, a Fail. Shoppers spend €116K a year across 15 tracked products. 3 of the 8 products launched in the last year cleared the first-year sales bar. Search demand grew +19.0% in the last 90 days.

How competitive is the African Net Sponge niche on Amazon Germany?

11 brands and 28 sellers compete in African Net Sponge on Amazon Germany. The top 5 African Net Sponge products take 79% of clicks, and the top 5 brands take 87%.

What do buyers complain about in African Net Sponge?

African Net Sponge buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Hartes Gefühl, Qualität insgesamt, and Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis. An estimated 0.5% of orders come back.

When does demand for African Net Sponge peak?

Search demand for African Net Sponge on Amazon Germany is steady all year. The busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.

What does it cost to enter the African Net Sponge niche?

African Net Sponge sells for €8.04 on average on Amazon Germany, outside the $15 to $100 sweet spot. Listings run €4.21 to €10.86. The average product has 1,102 reviews, the count a new listing must catch up to.

African Net Sponge

Fail

Prices span $4.21–$10.86, mostly outside the sweet spot, so African Net Sponge is a Fail.

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Flapen Score: 44
44 / 100Ranks 791 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −3 vs the category median of 47
Market size: €116K/yr199K searches / yr
90-day growth: +19.0%search demand this quarter
Competition: 79%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

African Net Sponge against its category

The dotted line is the Kosmetik average. Past it, African Net Sponge is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail

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Market

The African Net Sponge market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for African Net Sponge 199K times last year and spent an estimated €116K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 199K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +19.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €116K a year.

Searches, last 12 months: 199K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90: +19.0%
Conversion, latest week: 7.3%
Market size, estimated: €116Ka year
Peak month: October1.6× the quietest month
Top search term: african net sponge139K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €8.04.

Listings sell for €8.04 on average, from €4.21 to €10.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At €8.04 that is €4K to €6K a year per listing.

Average price: €8.04under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range: €4.21–€10.86
Amazon Germany median price: €18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year: 10K–13K
Units per listing a year: 500–750
Revenue per listing a year: €4K–€6K
Returns: 0.5%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Baden & Körperpflege. It carries 1,102 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings: 93%
Prime listings: 100%
Out of stock, average day: 2.1%
Average rank: #35in Baden & Körperpflege
Average rating: 4.42 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews: 1,102per listing
Listings tracked: 15

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 22 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months: 8
Successful launches: 3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age: 22 months

Products

Top African Net Sponge products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

The products selling in this niche are for signed-in readers. Every market figure above stays open to everyone.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 79% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

Brand 148%
Brand 223%
Brand 38%
Brand 44%
Brand 54%
Brand 63%
Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Demand

African Net Sponge search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top African Net Sponge search terms shoppers use

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

african net sponge139K/yr +8.1%5.6% conv.
afrikanischer netzschwamm30K/yr +78.2%5.4% conv.
african sponge8K/yr +5.0%3.4% conv.
netzschwamm6K/yr +44.0%3.4% conv.
african net5K/yr +56.6%4.7% conv.
net sponge4K/yr +113.0%4.6% conv.
duschnetz4K/yr +3.8%5.6% conv.
sapo3K/yr -42.3%3.4% conv.

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about African Net Sponge

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

17%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”

17%of negative reviews mention “Hartes Gefühl”

0.5%of orders come back

“Es handelt sich um Nylon, also kein weiches Naturmaterial”

A buyer, on “Hartes Gefühl”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

20 topics

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