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Color Shampoo

Color Shampoo shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look

Top 8% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +11 vs the category median of 47

Market size 50Growth 22Conversion 82Competition 87Returns 99Price range 54Avg price 73Brand share 16Review moat 58Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Color Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Color Shampoo is a €276K/yr Amazon Germany market (213K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Color Shampoo: 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 -5.5% over the last 90 days and 8.8% of searches end in a purchase.

€276K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-5.5%213K
Conversion rate8.8%
Avg price€14.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 170
Top-5 product click share28%
Open market6%
Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 67 products

Sponsored placement43%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,189

Top Color Shampoo 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (28% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€6K€11K€17K€22K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

170

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

5%

  • Wella Professionals56%
  • Goldwell15%
  • Plantur 3914%
  • Amazon Essentials5%
  • WELLA4%
  • L'Oréal Professionnel Paris2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 5%)

Color Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume213KCVR8.8%Products67Brands13Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate3.0%Rating4.4★Reviews1,189Avg BSR#389
8K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Color Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • color shampoo25K/yr
  • plantur 39 anti grau effekt45K/yr
  • wella sp shampoo21K/yr
  • wella shampoo coloriertes haar16K/yr
  • sp shampoo16K/yr
  • wella color shampoo12K/yr
  • wella invigo color brilliance9K/yr
  • goldwell color6K/yr
  • goldwell color shampoo6K/yr
  • wella color brilliance shampoo7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Color Shampoo

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt21%

Super Produkt

Geruch18%

Bester Geruch bisher

Weiches Gefühl8%

Mildes Shampoo

Farbe6%

Color Fresh

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

Top Produkt und Super Preis

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Farbe11%

GELBSTICH

Haarverwandt9%

Schönes Shampoo, jedoch färbt es 0 die Haare wie angegeben

Funktionalität insgesamt9%

Funktioniert nicht

Eignung für gefärbtes Haar9%

Gelbe Haare

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Teurer Quatsch

Color Shampoo return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Farbe
45%
2Auslaufsicher
11%
3Eignung für gefärbtes Haar
8%
4Funktionalität insgesamt
7%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
4%

Common Color Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Color Shampoo 58/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €276K/yr across 67 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Color Shampoo on Amazon Germany peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.