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title: "kaffeekapseln & pads — €1.7M/yr Amazon Germany Niche, Score 53/100 - Flapen"
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# **kaffeekapseln & pads**
**Worth a look**
Shows low returns (0.1%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.
Market size 90Growth 13Conversion 53Competition 71Returns 100Price range 43Avg price 95Brand share 5Review moat 42Quality gap 27
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.1%**
return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
**Avg price**
**Incredible****€38.95**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Market size**
**Great****€1.7M**
€1.7M/yr · 1.0M searches
**Competition**
**Good****42%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Conversion**
**Good****4.3%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Price range**
**Okay****€12.79–€208.46**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Review moat**
**Okay****2,322.05**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.6★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Growth**
**Bad****-23.8%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Brand share**
**Bad****98%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, kaffeekapseln & pads is a €1.7M/yr Amazon Germany market (1.0M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.
Data updated Jul 16, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **Market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **40K–50K**
- avg 750–1,000/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **€1.6M–€1.9M**
- units × avg price
- **Launch success**
- **—**
- 2 of 4 new (360d)
- **Conversion rate**
- **4.3%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#86**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **59%**
- **Sponsored**
- **73%**
- **Out of stock**
- **6.7%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **61 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **177 days**
## **Competition**
The top 5 products take 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**6 **▼falling
**Sellers**
**40**
**Top-5 brand share**
**98%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**42%**
Top 20: 78%
**Open market**
**0%**
- Tchibo67% - Jacobs16% - CAFFÈ BORBONE7% - ESPRESTO4% - Mr & Mrs Mill3% - K-FEE2% - Open — no brand owns it (0%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -23.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/de/lebensmittel-getraenke/kaffeekapseln-pads/trend)
## **Product shelf**
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
0%4%€68K8%€135K12%€203K16%€270K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 41 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Tchibo Cafissimo Vorratsbox Caffè Crema vollmundig Kaffeekapseln 96 Stück (Kaffee ausgewogen und vollmundig) nachhaltig & fair gehandelt**Tchibo**€31.42**4.7★6,125 rev](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00HYACSLI) [2**Tchibo Cafissimo Vorratsbox Caffè Crema vollmundig Kaffeekapseln 120 Stück 4x 30 Kapseln (Kaffee ausgewogen und vollmundig) nachhaltig & fair gehandelt**Tchibo**€36.71**4.8★1,155 rev](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07J12LPMD) [3**Tchibo Cafissimo Probierset Premium Edition verschiedene Sorten Caffè Crema und Espresso 60 Stück (6x10 Kaffeekapseln) nachhaltig & fair gehandelt**Tchibo**€23.60**4.7★259 rev](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B092DCNPTF) [4**Tchibo Cafissimo Probierset verschiedene Sorten Caffè Crema Espresso und Kaffee 110 Stück (11x10 Kaffeekapseln) nachhaltig & fair gehandelt**Tchibo**€43.06**4.7★1,304 rev](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B084WY668S) [5**Tchibo Cafissimo Summer Flavoured Probierset Espresso Buttertoffee & Espresso Toasted Nut 40 Stück (4 x 10 Kaffeekapseln) aromafrisch verpackt Limited Edition**Tchibo**€16.75**4.6★6 rev](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0GSG6WWQD)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Tchibo Cafissimo Summer Flavoured Probierset Espresso Buttertoffee & Espresso Toasted Nut 40 Stück (4 x 10 Kaffeekapseln) aromafrisch verpackt Limited Edition**Tchibo**€16.75**6 rev4mo ago](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0GSG6WWQD) [**ESPRESTO Caffè Crema Classic kompatibel mit K-fee & Aldi EXPRESSI* RFA zertifiziert 96 Kaffeekapseln**ESPRESTO**€25.52**400 rev8mo ago](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FZLN8YBB) [**ESPRESTO Caffè Crema Aromatic kompatibel mit K-fee & Aldi EXPRESSI* RFA zertifiziert 96 Kaffeekapseln**ESPRESTO**€25.18**292 rev8mo ago](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FZLN3BNL) [**Caffè Borbone Crema Superiore - 90 Kaffeekapseln - reichhaltig und cremig - Kompatibel mit Nespresso* Haushalts-Espressomaschinen**CAFFÈ BORBONE**€18.25**50 rev9mo ago](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FSSZ24PD) [**Tchibo Kaffeevollautomat Esperto mini für Caffè Crema und Espresso nur 16cm breit klein und kompakt geeignet für jede Küche Camping Studentenapartment Schwarz - INKLUSIVE Kaffeeprobierset GRATIS**Tchibo**€208.46**264 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FGD3Q4SB)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Tchibo Cafissimo Summer Flavoured Probierset Espresso Buttertoffee & Espresso Toasted Nut 40 Stück (4 x 10 Kaffeekapseln) aromafrisch verpackt Limited Edition**Tchibo**€16.75**4.6★**▲ 315%**](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0GSG6WWQD) [**Caffè Borbone Crema Superiore - 90 Kaffeekapseln - reichhaltig und cremig - Kompatibel mit Nespresso* Haushalts-Espressomaschinen**CAFFÈ BORBONE**€18.25**3.7★**▲ 227%**](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FSSZ24PD) [**Jacobs Kaffeekapseln Lungo Classico Intensität 6/12 10 x 10 Getränke Nespresso* kompatible Kaffee Kapseln 100 Kapseln**Jacobs**€31.45**4.7★**▲ 226%**](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B072FMXZC5) [**ESPRESTO Caffè Crema Classic kompatibel mit K-fee & Aldi EXPRESSI* RFA zertifiziert 96 Kaffeekapseln**ESPRESTO**€25.52**4.6★**▲ 197%**](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FZLN8YBB) [**Mr & Mrs Mill Caffè Crema mild kompatibel mit K-fee & Tchibo Cafissimo* Stärke 3/6 120 Kaffeekapseln**Mr & Mrs Mill**€33.30**4.7★**▲ 157%**](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CGLPQNMH)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **Reviews**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Geschmack insgesamt**33%
*“Kaffee as its best”*
**Geschmack**12%
*“Beste Sorte”*
**Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis**11%
*“Preis optimal”*
**Qualität insgesamt**11%
*“Super Produkt”*
**Koffeingehalt**6%
*“The best coffee”*
**Benutzerfreundlichkeit**5%
*“einfache Handhabung”*
**beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt**4%
*“Hält was er verspricht”*
**Gesamtgröße**4%
*“Passt”*
**Einfache Reinigung**3%
*“Reinigung super easy”*
**Geruch**1%
*“klasse Aroma”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis**19%
*“Kosten inakzeptabel”*
**Geschmack insgesamt**13%
*“Schmecken überhaupt nicht”*
**Gesamtgröße**9%
*“Kleines Raumwunder”*
**Geschmack**6%
*“dünner Kaffeegeschmack”*
**Qualität insgesamt**4%
*“Schlecht Produkt Qualität”*
**Funktionalität insgesamt**4%
*“Funktioniert nicht”*
**Bitter**4%
*“Schmeckt allerdings bittere”*
**Verdünnt/wässrig**3%
*“mit Wasser verdünnt geht es.”*
**Haltbarkeit**3%
*“nicht kaufen ist schnell kaputt”*
**Geruch**3%
*“Nicht sehr intensiv im Aroma”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Funktionalität insgesamt**23%
**Gesamtgröße**21%
**Heizung**12%
**Kompatibilität – insgesamt**7%
**Temperaturkontrolle**4%
**Auslaufsicher**3%
**Qualität insgesamt**3%
**Haltbarkeit**3%
**Wasserbeständigkeit**3%
**Gewicht schwer**2%
## **Common questions**
- **Is kaffeekapseln & pads profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?**
- The niche generates €1.7M/yr across 41 tracked products. 2 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -23.8%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (53/100).
- **How competitive is the kaffeekapseln & pads niche?**
- 6 brands and 40 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 42% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in kaffeekapseln & pads?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Geschmack insgesamt, Gesamtgröße. The return rate is 0.1%.
- **When does demand for kaffeekapseln & pads peak?**
- Demand peaks in Nov; the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the kaffeekapseln & pads niche?**
- Listings span €12.79–€208.46; the average listing price is €38.95 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 2,322 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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