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Body Butter

Body Butter shows low returns (0.2%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 29% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 52Growth 45Conversion 78Competition 66Returns 99Price range 39Avg price 27Brand share 2Review moat 25Quality gap 40
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Body Butter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Body Butter is a €321K/yr Amazon Germany market (455K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Body Butter: 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 +16.2% over the last 90 days and 7.6% of searches end in a purchase.

€321K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr+16.2%455K
Conversion rate7.6%
Avg price€9.23

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 94
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market1%
Avg brand age63 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 · 33 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,446

Top Body Butter 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€13K€26K€38K€51K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

94

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

0%

  • Elizabeth Arden72%
  • Jean & Len19%
  • Garnier4%
  • WELEDA3%
  • PraNaturals1%
  • Activeluxe cosmetics1%

Body Butter demand & seasonality

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

Volume455KCVR7.6%Products33Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate2.5%Rating4.5★Reviews4,446Avg BSR#89
15K10KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Top Body Butter search terms shoppers use

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

  • elizabeth arden194K/yr
  • elizabeth arden green tea57K/yr
  • body butter58K/yr
  • jean & len bodylotion26K/yr
  • körperbutter23K/yr
  • garnier body superfood12K/yr
  • green tea elizabeth arden13K/yr
  • jean und len bodylotion9K/yr
  • jean len bodylotion8K/yr
  • bodybutter10K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Body Butter

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Geruch50%

echt guter duft

Qualität insgesamt9%

Super Produkt

Saugfähigkeit6%

lässt sich gut auftragen und zieht schnell in die Haut ein

Eignung für trockene Haut5%

Ideal für trockene Haut – hält die Haut geschmeidig und hydratisiert

Weiches Gefühl4%

Pflegt die Haut super weich

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Geruch36%

Duft hält überhaupt nicht

Haltbarkeit8%

Hält leider kaum

Feucht/Trocken4%

hinterlässt klebrig trockenes Hautgefühl

Qualität insgesamt4%

billig in der Produktion, kaufe ich nicht mehr!!!

Haftung/Klebrigkeit4%

Fettig und klebrig

Body Butter return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Geruch
48%
2Gesamtgröße
15%
3Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
6%
4beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
6%
5Produktzustand
5%

Common Body Butter questions

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

Flapen scores Body Butter 51/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €321K/yr across 33 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +16.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Body Butter on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.7× the quietest.