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Nivea Sun

Nivea Sun shows low returns (0.1%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals Trending

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

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

Market size 53Growth 98Conversion 80Competition 15Returns 99Price range 66Avg price 40Brand share 0Review moat 42Quality gap 23
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Nivea Sun profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Nivea Sun is a €355K/yr Amazon Germany market (403K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Nivea Sun: 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 +226.3% over the last 90 days and 8.2% of searches end in a purchase.

€355K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+226.3%403K
Conversion rate8.2%
Avg price€10.80

Who owns the niche?

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

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 62
Top-5 product click share82%
Open market0%
Avg brand age68 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,294

Top Nivea Sun 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 capture 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€53K€107K€160K€213K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • NIVEA65%
  • Nivea Sun22%
  • Beiersdorf13%

Nivea Sun demand & seasonality

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

Volume403KCVR8.2%Products11Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate3.5%Rating4.6★Reviews2,294Avg BSR#28
30K20KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Aug '25Oct '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26Jun '26

Top Nivea Sun search terms shoppers use

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

  • nivea sun116K/yr
  • nivea sonnencreme57K/yr
  • nivea sun parfum47K/yr
  • nivea parfüm damen68K/yr
  • sonnencreme nivea20K/yr
  • nivea parfum33K/yr
  • nivea sonnenspray12K/yr
  • nivea parfüm11K/yr
  • nivea sonnenschutz4K/yr
  • nivea sun spray4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nivea Sun

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Geruch41%

Mega Duft

Saugfähigkeit9%

Zieht schnell ein, unsichtbar

Qualität insgesamt8%

Super Produkt

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

Super Preis Leistung gerne wieder

Schutz5%

Super schutz

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Geruch23%

Fieser Duft

Haltbarkeit9%

Das einzige, was mich etwas stört ist die Haltbarkeit

Haftung/Klebrigkeit8%

Klebt arg

Schutz4%

Ehrlich gesagt empfehle ich Sonnenschutzsprays nicht, da ich glaube, dass sie die Augen beeinträchtigen können

Gesamtgröße3%

Das es unter dem Strich nicht passt

Nivea Sun 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.

1Geruch
64%
2Auslaufsicher
7%
3Defekt Material/Teile
5%
4Funktionalität insgesamt
5%
5Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
4%

Common Nivea Sun questions

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

Flapen scores Nivea Sun 53/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €355K/yr across 11 tracked products. Search demand moved +226.3% over the last 90 days.
Nivea Sun buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Geruch, Haltbarkeit, Haftung/Klebrigkeit, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.