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Kerzen

Kerzen shows a $2.8M/yr market, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

64
Worth a look

Top 4% of 4,240 Küche, Haushalt & Wohnen niches · +16 vs the category median of 48

Market size 96Growth 0Conversion 32Competition 94Returns 96Price range 81Avg price 76Brand share 69Review moat 40Quality gap 57
This niche Category average · 4,240 niches

Is Kerzen profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Kerzen is a €2.8M/yr Amazon Germany market (7.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 64% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 64/100.

Kerzen: 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 -49.7% over the last 90 days and 2.6% of searches end in a purchase.

€2.8M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr300K
Search volume / yr-49.7%7.2M
Conversion rate2.6%
Avg price€15.42

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 64% of demand, so 36% of the market is open.

36%

open market share

Brands · sellers41 · 164
Top-5 product click share21%
Open market36%
Avg brand age39 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 · 98 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)9· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,472

Top Kerzen 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 (21% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€57K€113K€170K€226K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

41 falling

Sellers

164

Top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 89%

Top-5 click share

21%

Top 20: 47%

Open market

33%

  • Yankee Candle29%
  • PAPSTAR14%
  • Jean & Len9%
  • HORECA CANDLES6%
  • Nordring5%
  • Ipuro3%

Kerzen demand & seasonality

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

Volume7.2MCVR2.6%Products98Brands41Top 5 Brands64%OOS Rate10.1%Rating4.4★Reviews2,472Avg BSR#59
450K350KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.5×

Top Kerzen search terms shoppers use

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

  • kerzen1.6M/yr
  • duftkerze1.0M/yr
  • yankee candles1.0M/yr
  • kerze464K/yr
  • stabkerzen460K/yr
  • stumpenkerzen449K/yr
  • duftkerzen im glas394K/yr
  • duftkerzen428K/yr
  • yankee candles 623g sale352K/yr
  • yankee candle209K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kerzen

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Geruch55%

Good smell, long lasting

Qualität insgesamt9%

Best Produkts

Geschenk Zweck7%

Nice gifts

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

Bestes Angebot forever

Helligkeit/Glanz/Glühen4%

Lieblingskerzen

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Geruch27%

Duft

Qualität insgesamt15%

Unterste qualitätsklasse

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis11%

Teuer

Gesamtgröße6%

Kleiner als gedacht

Entflammbar5%

brennt nicht so gut ab

Kerzen return rate & reasons

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

0.9%

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
41%
2Geruch
19%
3Farbe
18%
4Defekt Material/Teile
5%
5Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
2%

Common Kerzen questions

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

Flapen scores Kerzen 64/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €2.8M/yr across 98 tracked products. 1 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -49.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Kerzen on Amazon Germany peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 7.5× the quietest.