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Pomade

Pomade shows low returns (0.3%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

59
Worth a look

Top 7% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +12 vs the category median of 47

Market size 61Growth 20Conversion 75Competition 72Returns 99Price range 54Avg price 78Brand share 47Review moat 39Quality gap 57
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Pomade profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Pomade is a €523K/yr Amazon Germany market (457K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 59/100.

Pomade: 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 -10.2% over the last 90 days and 7.1% of searches end in a purchase.

€523K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-10.2%457K
Conversion rate7.1%
Avg price€16.14

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 101
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market23%
Avg brand age78 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 · 41 products

Sponsored placement56%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,650

Top Pomade 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 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€21K€42K€63K€84K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

16%

  • UPPERCUT DELUXE24%
  • TENAX16%
  • Schmiere FEINSTE HAAR-POMADE13%
  • Suavecito12%
  • Charlemagne11%
  • Störtebekker Shaving Accessories7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Pomade demand & seasonality

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

Volume457KCVR7.1%Products41Brands14Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate0.3%Rating4.4★Reviews2,650Avg BSR#57
18K13KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Pomade search terms shoppers use

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

  • pomade156K/yr
  • pomade herren92K/yr
  • pomade wasserbasiert31K/yr
  • uppercut deluxe pomade25K/yr
  • suavecito pomade16K/yr
  • pomade ölbasiert21K/yr
  • uppercut16K/yr
  • schmiere pomade17K/yr
  • wasserbasierte pomade11K/yr
  • tenax9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pomade

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Geruch32%

Mega Duft

Qualität insgesamt15%

Super Produkt

Haarstyling5%

man kann seine Haare vernünftig stylen.

Benutzerfreundlichkeit5%

kann easy bachgekämmt werden

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt4%

Produkt wie beschrieben

What buyers complain about

47% of reviews
Geruch13%

es stink grauenhaft

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Ist eine Preiserhöhung von fast 44%, das empfinde als Verarsche am Kunden

Haarverwandt7%

Also 2 Waschgänge mit Shampoo reichen bei mir nicht aus und etwas verbleibt in den Haaren

Stärke5%

Weniger Stark dafür schonend

Eignung für kurzes Haar3%

Haare sehen fettig aus

Pomade return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

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
20%
2Auslaufsicher
8%
3beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
8%
4Qualität insgesamt
7%
5Eignung für kurzes Haar
7%

Common Pomade questions

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

Flapen scores Pomade 59/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €523K/yr across 41 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pomade on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.