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Hairpin

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 45% of clicks. But shoppers spend an estimated $87K a year here, so Hairpin is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 21% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
€87K/yr407K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 35 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Hairpin against its category

The dotted line is the Kosmetik average. Past it, Hairpin is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hairpin market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Hairpin 407K times last year and spent an estimated €87K. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 407K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €87K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
407K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.2%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
€87Ka year
Peak month
December1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
french pin92K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €8.58.

Listings sell for €8.58 on average, from €4.30 to €26.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At €8.58 that is €858 to €2K a year per listing.

Average price
€8.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€4.30–€26.21
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
€858–€2K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #251 within Haarschmuck. It carries 2,818 reviews at 4.21 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
7.3%
Average rank
#251in Haarschmuck
Average rating
4.21 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
2,818per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 25 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
25 months

Products

Top Hairpin products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

35 falling

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 82%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

51%

  • Brand 125%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Hairpin search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

12K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Hairpin search terms shoppers use

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

  • french pin92K/yr
  • kitsch60K/yr
  • haarstab52K/yr
  • haarnadel japanisch21K/yr
  • haarstäbchen27K/yr
  • kitch15K/yr
  • hair stick19K/yr
  • haarnadeln japanisch12K/yr
  • chinesische haarnadel15K/yr
  • haarnadel holz16K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hairpin

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
12%of negative reviews mention “Eignung für kurzes Haar”
1.4%of orders come back
“Außerdem halten sie bei meinen (dickeren) Haaren überhaupt nicht fest und rutschen schnell heraus.”
A buyer, on “Eignung für kurzes Haar”12% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hairpin questions

Answered from the same tracked data.