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Cleansing Balm

soft demand (-12.7% this quarter) — Cleansing Balm doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 679 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · −1 vs the category median of 47

Market size 22Growth 19Conversion 77Competition 50Returns 99Price range 65Avg price 72Brand share 33Review moat 25Quality gap 37
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Cleansing Balm profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Cleansing Balm is a €88K/yr Amazon Germany market (81K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Cleansing Balm: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -12.7% over the last 90 days and 7.4% of searches end in a purchase.

€88K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-12.7%81K
Conversion rate7.4%
Avg price€14.61

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 81
Top-5 product click share55%
Open market15%
Avg brand age52 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 · 21 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,095

Top Cleansing Balm 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 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€4K€9K€13K€18K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

9%

  • Clinique37%
  • BANILA CO23%
  • Dr.Althea9%
  • Geek & Gorgeous9%
  • e.l.f.8%
  • Beauty of Joseon6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)

Cleansing Balm demand & seasonality

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

Volume81KCVR7.4%Products21Brands11Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate7.9%Rating4.5★Reviews4,095Avg BSR#195
9K7KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.0×

Top Cleansing Balm search terms shoppers use

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

  • cleansing balm39K/yr
  • clinique take the day off18K/yr
  • clean it zero6K/yr
  • banila co clean it zero5K/yr
  • clinique take the day off cleansing balm3K/yr
  • reinigungsbalsam gesicht4K/yr
  • banila co3K/yr
  • clean it zero cleansing balm2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cleansing Balm

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Reinigung20%

Super cleanser

Einfache Reinigung12%

Der beste Cleaner

Qualität insgesamt11%

Super Produkt

Weiches Gefühl10%

Sanft

Eignung für Mischhaut6%

vertrage es trotz sehr sensibler Haut super.

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Einfache Reinigung10%

Es entfernt mein Make up nicht gründlich und es fühlt sich sehr fettig und dick an

Ölig/fettig9%

Schmilzt wie Butter und ist etwas ölig, danach mit etwas Wasser zum schäumen bringen und abwaschen

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Preislich etwas teurer als was ich normal kaufe

Benutzerfreundlichkeit6%

absolut unmöglich zu öffnen

Reinigung6%

Reinigungsprodukt mit geringem Effekt

Cleansing Balm 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.

1Produktzustand
22%
2Gesamtgröße
16%
3Funktionalität insgesamt
12%
4Geruch
8%
5Defekt Material/Teile
8%

Common Cleansing Balm questions

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

Flapen scores Cleansing Balm 46/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €88K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -12.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cleansing Balm on Amazon Germany peaks in Mar–Apr–May, where the busiest month runs 4.0× the quietest.