differin gel
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.3%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Great€15.49avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Good€7.32–€31.55cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Conversion
Okay3.4%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Okay€116K€116K/yr · 222K searches
Growth
Bad-0.7%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Review moat
Bad10,416.55avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Bad82%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, differin gel is a €116K/yr Amazon Germany market (222K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.
Data updated Jul 14, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
differin gel market data
- Units sold / yr
- 13K–15K
- avg 750–1,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- €194K–€232K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 3.4%
- Avg BSR
- #1,392
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 91%
- Sponsored
- 73%
- Out of stock
- 4.1%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 166 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
5 falling
Sellers
64
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
82%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- La Roche-Posay58%
- Differin16%
- BENZAKNEN10%
- FARMAPOL9%
- CeraVe8%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -0.7% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top differin gel search terms
- adapalene30K/yr
- differin gel adapalene 0 133K/yr
- adapalene gel 0.121K/yr
- differin17K/yr
- adapalene gel30K/yr
- adapalen11K/yr
- effaclar duo m17K/yr
- differin gel15K/yr
- la roche posay effaclar duo m12K/yr
- adapalene gel 0.1%7K/yr
Top differin gel products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
La Roche Posay Anti-Akne Gesichtscreme Dreifach tiefenwirksame Pflege gegen Pickel Mitesser und Unreinheiten Mit Anti-Rückfall-Effekt Mit Niacinamid Phylobioma und Procerad Effaclar Duo+M 40 ml
La Roche-Posay€14.524.6★6,171 rev
Differin Oil Absorbing Moisturizer with Sunscreen- Broad Spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 30 1 pack 4oz
Differin€31.554.4★7,184 rev
Retinobaza 17 000 Dermo-cream with Vitamin A
FARMAPOL€7.324.6★208 rev
BENZAKNEN 10% Gel 15g Mittel gegen Pickel und Mitesser bei schwerer Akne Befreit Poren und reduziert Talg & Entzündungen Mit BPO (Benzoylperoxid) Dermatologisch getestet
BENZAKNEN€9.224.3★1,639 rev
CeraVe Hautbilderneuerndes Retinol Serum Zuverlässige Pflege bei unreiner und zu Akne neigender Haut Aufhellender Effekt durch Süßholzwurzelextrakt Mit 3 essenziellen Ceramiden 30 ml
CeraVe€13.964.4★11,919 rev
Newest
by launch date
La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo+M Unifiant Mittel Getönte Gesichtspflege Dreifach korrigierende tiefenwirksame Pflege gegen Unreinheiten und Pickelmale Anti-Rückfall Für zu Akne neigende Haut 40 ml
La Roche-Posay€16.80253 rev
Retinobaza 17 000 Dermo-cream with Vitamin A
FARMAPOL€7.32208 rev
Differin Oil Absorbing Moisturizer with Sunscreen- Broad Spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 30 1 pack 4oz
Differin€31.557,184 rev
La Roche Posay Anti-Akne Gesichtscreme Dreifach tiefenwirksame Pflege gegen Pickel Mitesser und Unreinheiten Mit Anti-Rückfall-Effekt Mit Niacinamid Phylobioma und Procerad Effaclar Duo+M 40 ml
La Roche-Posay€14.526,171 rev
CeraVe Hautbilderneuerndes Retinol Serum Zuverlässige Pflege bei unreiner und zu Akne neigender Haut Aufhellender Effekt durch Süßholzwurzelextrakt Mit 3 essenziellen Ceramiden 30 ml
CeraVe€13.9611,919 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumDifferin Oil Absorbing Moisturizer with Sunscreen- Broad Spectrum UVA/UVB SPF 30 1 pack 4oz
Differin€31.554.4★
BENZAKNEN 10% Gel 15g Mittel gegen Pickel und Mitesser bei schwerer Akne Befreit Poren und reduziert Talg & Entzündungen Mit BPO (Benzoylperoxid) Dermatologisch getestet
BENZAKNEN€9.224.3★
Differin Serum um dunkle Flecken zu korrigieren
Differin€30.364.1★
Retinobaza 17 000 Dermo-cream with Vitamin A
FARMAPOL€7.324.6★
CeraVe Porentiefe Reinigung Schäumendes Reinigungsgel mit Salicylsäure für das Gesicht bei unreiner und zu Akne neigender Haut 236ml
CeraVe€8.754.5★
What buyers say about differin gel
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Endlich klare Haut: Top-Reinigung für fettige und zu Akne neigende Haut”
“Bestes Reinigungsgel”
“Super Produkte”
“Das Produkt macht, was es machen soll”
“Bestes Reinigungsgel”
“auf Amazon das beste preisleistungsverhältnis.”
“Es entfernt überschüssiges Fett zuverlässig, ohne die Haut auszutrocknen oder zu reizen – ein großer Pluspunkt für empfindliche, zu Akne neigende Haut”
“gibt ein hydratisiertes Gefühl”
“Schöne Duft”
“Sanft”
What buyers complain about
“Der Preissprung trübt den Gesamteindruck”
“Hautirritationen”
“Da ich sehr mit unreine Haut zu kämpfen habe”
“funktioniert nicht”
“Übelriechend”
“Trocknet die Haut extrem aus”
“Keine Besserung trotz täglicher Anwendung”
“Andere Version als abgebildet”
“Ungeeignet bei sensibeler Haut”
“Es hat die Haut sehr stark angegriffen”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is differin gel profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
- The niche generates €116K/yr across 11 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -0.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (38/100).
- How competitive is the differin gel niche?
- 5 brands and 64 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 82% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in differin gel?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Allergien, Eignung für trockene Haut. The return rate is 0.3%.
- When does demand for differin gel peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the differin gel niche?
- Listings span €7.32–€31.55; the average listing price is €15.49 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 10,417 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.