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Butter

Butter shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

59
Worth a look

Top 6% of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · +13 vs the category median of 46

Market size 27Growth 32Conversion 55Competition 69Returns 100Price range 60Avg price 24Brand share 83Review moat 95Quality gap 75
This niche Category average · 1,367 niches

Is Butter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Butter is a €117K/yr Amazon Germany market (290K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 52% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 59/100.

Butter: 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 +5.3% over the last 90 days and 4.6% of searches end in a purchase.

€117K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+5.3%290K
Conversion rate4.6%
Avg price€8.73

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 52% of demand, so 48% of the market is open.

48%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 23
Top-5 product click share44%
Open market48%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement35%
New entrants (1y)15· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews100

Top Butter 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 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€6K€12K€18K€23K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

42%

  • Miil18%
  • Generisch12%
  • Berchtesgadener Land9%
  • Weihenstephan7%
  • Arla Kærgården6%
  • Jeden Tag6%

Butter demand & seasonality

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

Volume290KCVR4.6%Products31Brands23Top 5 Brands52%OOS Rate7.4%Rating4.3★Reviews100Avg BSR#120
15K10KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butter

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

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt38%

Schmeckt lecker

Qualität insgesamt13%

top produkt gutes preis-leistung-service-verhältnis

Geschmack10%

Gut streichfähig, mit Buttergeschmack

Frische8%

Lecker frische Bio Butter

Gesundheitliche Vorteile – insgesamt7%

Beruhigt das Gewissen und schmeckt auch

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Haltbarkeit33%

Bereits am ersten Tag gingen die Spielzeuge kaputt und fielen auseinander

Defekt Material/Teile17%

Leider kam dieses Produkt schon beschädigt bei uns an

Qualität insgesamt13%

Schlechte Qualität – bereits am ersten Tag kaputt

Gesamtgröße8%

Etwas klein

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Denn die Butter war teuer

Butter return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Geruch
31%
2Haltbarkeit
24%
3Qualität insgesamt
15%
4Defekt Material/Teile
9%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
6%

Common Butter questions

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

Flapen scores Butter 59/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €117K/yr across 31 tracked products. 4 of 15 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +5.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Butter on Amazon Germany peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.