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Carbonator

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 99% of clicks) — Carbonator doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 3,205 of 4,240 Küche, Haushalt & Wohnen niches · −7 vs the category median of 48

Market size 6Growth 59Conversion 23Competition 37Returns 75Price range 88Avg price 85Brand share 4Review moat 21Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 4,240 niches

Is Carbonator profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Carbonator is a €26K/yr Amazon Germany market (74K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Carbonator: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +33.7% over the last 90 days and 1.8% of searches end in a purchase.

€26K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr+33.7%74K
Conversion rate1.8%
Avg price€19.16

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 99
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market1%
Avg brand age40 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 · 18 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews11,215

Top Carbonator 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 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€3K€5K€8K€10K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

99

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • sodastream49%
  • SodaStream27%
  • SodaNature12%
  • mixcover6%
  • MATE OF STEEL4%
  • LEBEXY1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Carbonator demand & seasonality

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

Volume74KCVR1.8%Products18Brands6Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate20.7%Rating4.4★Reviews11,215Avg BSR#91
18K13KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top Carbonator search terms shoppers use

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

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  • sodastream flaschen crystal15K/yr
  • sodastream crystal 3.0 flaschen15K/yr
  • sodastream crystal flasche6K/yr
  • sodastream crystal 2.0 flaschen5K/yr
  • flaschen für sodastream crystal 3.05K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carbonator

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt25%

Super Produkt

Gesamtgröße12%

Passt

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt12%

Sieht schöner aus als auf dem Foto

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis11%

Super Preis

Benutzerfreundlichkeit8%

Einfache Handhabung

What buyers complain about

64% of reviews
Auslaufsicher13%

SodaStreamer undicht

Kompatibilität – insgesamt9%

Inkompatibel

Qualität insgesamt9%

Schlechte Qualität, schlechtes Service

Gesamtgröße8%

Bürste zu kurz

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis6%

Abschreibung

Carbonator return rate & reasons

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

2.0%

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
42%
2Kompatibilität – insgesamt
32%
3Auslaufsicher
5%
4Defekt Material/Teile
4%
5Funktionalität insgesamt
3%

Common Carbonator questions

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

Flapen scores Carbonator 41/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €26K/yr across 18 tracked products. Search demand moved +33.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Carbonator on Amazon Germany peaks in Jul–Aug–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.8× the quietest.