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Hairpin

Hairpin shows no brand lock-in (top 5 brands take 45% of clicks), but a small market ($87K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

Top 21% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +6 vs the category median of 47

Market size 22Growth 24Conversion 31Competition 79Returns 87Price range 51Avg price 24Brand share 90Review moat 37Quality gap 81
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Hairpin profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Hairpin is a €87K/yr Amazon Germany market (407K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Hairpin: 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 -1.2% over the last 90 days and 2.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€87K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-1.2%407K
Conversion rate2.5%
Avg price€8.58

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 45% of demand, so 55% of the market is open.

55%

open market share

Brands · sellers35 · 42
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market55%
Avg brand age25 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 42 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)7· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews2,818

Top Hairpin 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 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€4K€9K€13K€17K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

35 falling

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 82%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

51%

  • Kitsch25%
  • Aucuu8%
  • Psyqtsuary4%
  • Zegnuem4%
  • WitBicg4%
  • FdcLixuvol4%

Hairpin demand & seasonality

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

Volume407KCVR2.5%Products42Brands35Top 5 Brands45%OOS Rate7.3%Rating4.2★Reviews2,818Avg BSR#251
12K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Hairpin search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hairpin

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt20%

Super Produkt

Haarstyling13%

Elastisch, Elegant und genau richtig für meine haarstruktur

Eignung Glattes Haar11%

Perfekt für eine schnelle Hochsteckfrisur

Komfort insgesamt4%

angenehm an, wodurch sie sich hervorragend für den täglichen Gebrauch eignen.

Design insgesamt4%

schönes Design

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Eignung für kurzes Haar12%

Außerdem halten sie bei meinen (dickeren) Haaren überhaupt nicht fest und rutschen schnell heraus.

Griff11%

Rutschig

Haltbarkeit7%

Hält bei mir überhaupt nicht

Qualität insgesamt7%

Leider Schrott - schade ums Geld

Eignung für langes Haar7%

dicke Haare, dafür Sinfonie stäbchen je nach Frisur ein bisschen zu kurz

Hairpin return rate & reasons

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

1.4%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Gesamtgröße
25%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
14%
3Eignung für kurzes Haar
12%
4Qualität insgesamt
8%
5Eignung für langes Haar
6%

Common Hairpin questions

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

Flapen scores Hairpin 53/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €87K/yr across 42 tracked products. 0 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Hairpin on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.