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Retinol Serum

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -13.7% this quarter, so Retinol Serum is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 26% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
€702K/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 137 sellers

Flapen Score

Retinol Serum against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Retinol Serum market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Retinol Serum 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated €702K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €702K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
€702Ka year
Peak month
March1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
retinol396K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €13.38.

Listings sell for €13.38 on average, from €3.67 to €29.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At €13.38 that is €17K to €20K a year per listing.

Average price
€13.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€3.67–€29.34
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
€17K–€20K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #138 within Gesicht. It carries 6,551 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.1%
Average rank
#138in Gesicht
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
6,551per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Retinol Serum 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

137

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 134%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Retinol Serum search demand

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

25K15KPrime Day '24Spike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Retinol Serum search terms shoppers use

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

  • retinol396K/yr
  • retinol serum318K/yr
  • retinol creme102K/yr
  • the ordinary retinol47K/yr
  • retinol serum hochdosiert testsieger51K/yr
  • retinoid22K/yr
  • ordinary retinol17K/yr
  • retinol serum hochdosiert13K/yr
  • retinal serum18K/yr
  • retixolcreme gegen falten26K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Retinol Serum

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
9%of negative reviews mention “Allergien”
0.3%of orders come back
“Mein Gesicht wird knallrot”
A buyer, on “Allergien”9% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Retinol Serum questions

Answered from the same tracked data.