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Damastmesser

soft demand (-29.5% this quarter) — Damastmesser doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Ranks 2,414 of 4,240 Küche, Haushalt & Wohnen niches · −2 vs the category median of 48

Market size 52Growth 10Conversion 14Competition 67Returns 84Price range 63Avg price 90Brand share 38Review moat 61Quality gap 23
This niche Category average · 4,240 niches

Is Damastmesser profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Damastmesser is a €310K/yr Amazon Germany market (460K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Damastmesser: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -29.5% over the last 90 days and 1.1% of searches end in a purchase.

€310K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-29.5%460K
Conversion rate1.1%
Avg price€59.04

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand, so 18% of the market is open.

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 19
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market18%
Avg brand age50 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 · 34 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)6· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,072

Top Damastmesser 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€12K€25K€37K€50K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

11%

  • SHAN ZU45%
  • Wolfblood13%
  • PAUDIN9%
  • Sunnecko9%
  • Wakoli7%
  • Atumuryou JPCK6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

Damastmesser demand & seasonality

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

Volume460KCVR1.1%Products34Brands12Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews1,072Avg BSR#78
25K15KSpike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.0×

Top Damastmesser search terms shoppers use

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

  • damastmesser191K/yr
  • damast küchenmesser95K/yr
  • shan zu messer26K/yr
  • damast messer21K/yr
  • damascus knife15K/yr
  • messer damaststahl15K/yr
  • damaskus messer11K/yr
  • shan zu13K/yr
  • kochmesser damast9K/yr
  • küchenmesser damast9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Damastmesser

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt27%

Super Qualität

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis15%

Prima Deal

Griff14%

Der achteckige Griff aus Ebenholz und Rosenholz liegt ausgezeichnet in der Hand, bietet sicheren Grip und sieht dabei noch elegant aus

Schärfe9%

Echt Schönes Messer

Geschenk Zweck6%

Super Geschenk

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis12%

Spitze, leider auch sehr teuer, sonst würde ich noch einige kaufen

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt10%

Irreführend

Haltbarkeit9%

Hält nicht lange durch

Rost/Korrodieren9%

Rostet

Qualität insgesamt8%

Qualität mangelhaft

Damastmesser return rate & reasons

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

1.6%

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
31%
2Qualität insgesamt
15%
3beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
8%
4Gewicht schwer
8%
5Schärfe
7%

Common Damastmesser questions

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

Flapen scores Damastmesser 46/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €310K/yr across 34 tracked products. 1 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -29.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Damastmesser on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.0× the quietest.