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Shampoo

Shampoo shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-3.9% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look

Top 15% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +8 vs the category median of 47

Market size 80Growth 23Conversion 61Competition 78Returns 100Price range 51Avg price 26Brand share 46Review moat 29Quality gap 23
This niche Category average · 1,260 niches

Is Shampoo profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Shampoo is a €1.2M/yr Amazon Germany market (2.4M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Shampoo: 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 -3.9% over the last 90 days and 5.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€1.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr150K
Search volume / yr-3.9%2.4M
Conversion rate5.3%
Avg price€9.09

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand, so 22% of the market is open.

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 170
Top-5 product click share37%
Open market22%
Avg brand age76 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 · 44 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)7· 7 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews3,612

Top Shampoo 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 (37% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€46K€92K€138K€184K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

170

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

19%

  • L'Oreal Paris38%
  • Garnier15%
  • Wella Professionals10%
  • L'Oréal Professionnel Paris8%
  • Pantene7%
  • L'Oréal Men Expert4%

Shampoo demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.4MCVR5.3%Products44Brands18Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews3,612Avg BSR#66
100K60KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Shampoo search terms shoppers use

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

  • shampoo713K/yr
  • shampoo damen356K/yr
  • loreal shampoo219K/yr
  • shampoo herren186K/yr
  • elvital shampoo158K/yr
  • haarshampoo damen109K/yr
  • haarshampoos90K/yr
  • haarshampoo69K/yr
  • elvital spülung63K/yr
  • elvital66K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shampoo

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Geruch32%

Feuchtigkeit und top Scent

Qualität insgesamt13%

Quality

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis10%

Super Preise

Reinigung4%

Solides Alltags-Shampoo

Weiches Gefühl4%

Fühlt sich gut an

What buyers complain about

54% of reviews
Geruch12%

Schäumt kaum und riecht kaum

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis9%

Schade Geld

Allergien8%

Juckreiz

Haarverwandt6%

Furchtbar, Haare werden wie Stroh

Feucht/Trocken5%

Allerdings neigt es bei feuchtem Wetter auch stark zu Frizz

Shampoo 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.

1Gesamtgröße
25%
2Geruch
14%
3Ölig/fettig
11%
4Funktionalität insgesamt
8%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
7%

Common Shampoo questions

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

Flapen scores Shampoo 55/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €1.2M/yr across 44 tracked products. 7 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Shampoo on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.