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Shampoo

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -3.9% this quarter, so Shampoo is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 1,260 Kosmetik niches · +8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
€1.2M/yr2.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 170 sellers

Flapen Score

Shampoo against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shampoo market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Shampoo 2.4M times last year and spent an estimated €1.2M. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.9%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
€1.2Ma year
Peak month
November1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
shampoo713K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €9.09.

Listings sell for €9.09 on average, from €1.90 to €28.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At €9.09 that is €18K to €23K a year per listing.

Average price
€9.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€1.90–€28.70
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
€18K–€23K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #66 within Shampoo & Spülung. It carries 3,612 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#66in Shampoo & Spülung
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
3,612per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

7 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 7 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 76 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
76 months

Products

Top Shampoo 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 only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

170

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Shampoo search demand

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

100K60KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Shampoo search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shampoo

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

32%of positive reviews mention “Geruch”
12%of negative reviews mention “Geruch”
0.1%of orders come back
“Schäumt kaum und riecht kaum”
A buyer, on “Geruch”12% 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 Shampoo questions

Answered from the same tracked data.