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Haarwasser

Haarwasser shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-5.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look

Top 26% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +5 vs the category median of 47

Market size 32Growth 22Conversion 69Competition 61Returns 100Price range 60Avg price 72Brand share 31Review moat 66Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Haarwasser profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Haarwasser is a €150K/yr Amazon Germany market (162K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Haarwasser: 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 -5.1% over the last 90 days and 6.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€150K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-5.1%162K
Conversion rate6.3%
Avg price€14.65

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 71
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market14%
Avg brand age69 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 · 26 products

Sponsored placement38%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews862

Top Haarwasser 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 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€15K€30K€45K€60K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

10%

  • REUZEL38%
  • Alpecin32%
  • WELEDA7%
  • Original Hagners6%
  • Don Draper4%
  • Bandido3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Haarwasser demand & seasonality

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

Volume162KCVR6.3%Products26Brands11Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate6.5%Rating4.5★Reviews862Avg BSR#76
5K3KPrime Day '24Spike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Haarwasser search terms shoppers use

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

  • haarwasser38K/yr
  • alpecin coffein liquid26K/yr
  • haarwasser männer23K/yr
  • hair tonic23K/yr
  • reuzel grooming tonic13K/yr
  • haarwasser gegen juckende kopfhaut9K/yr
  • alpecin haarwasser8K/yr
  • alpecin liquid7K/yr
  • haarwasser gegen schuppen6K/yr
  • reuzel tonic3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Haarwasser

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Geruch23%

guter Duft

Qualität insgesamt18%

Super Produkt

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Bestes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis

Allergien4%

Anti Juckreiz Tonikum

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt4%

Produkt wie vom Verkäufer beschrieben, kaufe ich immer wieder

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Allergien20%

Juckreiz

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis15%

Leider etwas teuerer als woanders

Geruch9%

Aber in diesem Fall stinkt das Haarwasser extrem stechend nacht Alkohol/Spiritus

Funktionalität insgesamt8%

Hoffnung war da... Also leider Null Effekt...

Ölig/fettig6%

Nur abends zu verwenden, da fettend

Haarwasser 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.

1beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
23%
2Geruch
12%
3Gesamtgröße
10%
4schädigen/verbrennen Haare
8%
5Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
8%

Common Haarwasser questions

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

Flapen scores Haarwasser 52/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €150K/yr across 26 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Haarwasser on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.