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Contouring Stick

soft demand (-27.7% this quarter) — Contouring Stick doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Ranks 619 of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · on the category median

Market size 18Growth 11Conversion 38Competition 81Returns 98Price range 35Avg price 21Brand share 65Review moat 28Quality gap 62
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Contouring Stick profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Contouring Stick is a €71K/yr Amazon Germany market (313K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 66% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Contouring Stick: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -27.7% over the last 90 days and 3.1% of searches end in a purchase.

€71K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-27.7%313K
Conversion rate3.1%
Avg price€7.41

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 66% of demand, so 34% of the market is open.

34%

open market share

Brands · sellers22 · 113
Top-5 product click share34%
Open market34%
Avg brand age47 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 · 61 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)10· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews3,737

Top Contouring Stick 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 (34% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€2K€4K€6K€9K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

113

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

29%

  • Essence Cosmetics21%
  • NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP20%
  • Kiko Milano14%
  • e.l.f.6%
  • Catrice Cosmetics6%
  • M. Asam5%

Contouring Stick demand & seasonality

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

Volume313KCVR3.1%Products61Brands22Top 5 Brands66%OOS Rate0.8%Rating4.4★Reviews3,737Avg BSR#51
9K7KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Contouring Stick search terms shoppers use

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

  • contouring stick86K/yr
  • bronzer stick44K/yr
  • contour34K/yr
  • contour stick20K/yr
  • contouring25K/yr
  • essence bronzer17K/yr
  • conturingstick19K/yr
  • konturenstift gesicht11K/yr
  • nyx contour stick8K/yr
  • bronzer essence5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Contouring Stick

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Farbe17%

Stark Pigmentiert

Qualität insgesamt16%

Super Produkt

Textur/Konsistenz – insgesamt9%

Besonders angenehm ist die feine Textur, die sich leicht auftragen und verblenden lässt, ohne fleckig zu werden oder sich in Linien abzusetzen

Einfache Anwendung8%

Der Stick lässt sich super leicht auftragen und verblenden, auch ohne Profi-Hand

Eignung für Mischhaut5%

Warmer Bronzer-Stick mit schönem Glow für warme Hauttypen

What buyers complain about

50% of reviews
Farbe19%

Zu wenig pigmentiert

Haltbarkeit6%

hält es nicht den ganzen Tag

Geruch5%

Geruch etwas doll

Haftung/Klebrigkeit4%

Kleber unterirdisch

Farbverblassen/Verfärbung4%

Gibt mir zu wenig Farbe ab

Contouring Stick return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

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%
2Gesamtgröße
8%
3Defekt Material/Teile
6%
4Qualität insgesamt
5%
5Funktionalität insgesamt
5%

Common Contouring Stick questions

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

Flapen scores Contouring Stick 47/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €71K/yr across 61 tracked products. 3 of 10 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -27.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Contouring Stick on Amazon Germany peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.