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Locken

Locken shows low returns (0.5%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 29% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 76Growth 18Conversion 49Competition 42Returns 97Price range 72Avg price 50Brand share 0Review moat 86Quality gap 60
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Locken profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Locken is a €900K/yr Amazon Germany market (1.9M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Locken: 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 -14.7% over the last 90 days and 3.9% of searches end in a purchase.

€900K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-14.7%1.9M
Conversion rate3.9%
Avg price€12.00

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 15
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market0%
Avg brand age36 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 · 19 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)7· 7 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews276

Top Locken 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 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€90K€180K€270K€360K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Bali Curls by Hank Ge92%
  • YANIBEST5%
  • WINOK1%
  • Fabiha1%

Locken demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.9MCVR3.9%Products19Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate12.3%Rating4.4★Reviews276Avg BSR#20
40K30KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Top Locken search terms shoppers use

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

  • bali curls771K/yr
  • locken321K/yr
  • bali curls für locken165K/yr
  • locken produkte121K/yr
  • curly hair76K/yr
  • curly hair product82K/yr
  • bali curls set58K/yr
  • pflege für lockiges haar29K/yr
  • locken pflege31K/yr
  • curl31K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Locken

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt23%

Super Produkte

Eignung für lockiges Haar22%

Anti-Frizz Lotion

Geruch9%

schöner Duft

Haarstyling9%

der Hairstyle hat ein super Ergebnis.

Weiches Gefühl4%

Definiert und weich

What buyers complain about

56% of reviews
Eignung für lockiges Haar8%

Funktioniert bei meinen Locken nicht

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis7%

einzeln sind sie teurer

Geruch6%

Abscheulicher Geruch nach Chemie

Feucht/Trocken6%

irgendwie trocken

Gesamtgröße6%

Die Flaschen sind unfassbar klein

Locken return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

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
13%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
10%
3Auslaufsicher
10%
4Eignung für kurzes Haar
8%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
7%

Common Locken questions

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

Flapen scores Locken 51/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €900K/yr across 19 tracked products. 7 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Locken on Amazon Germany peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar, where the busiest month runs 3.5× the quietest.