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Mirin

soft demand (-19.6% this quarter) — Mirin doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Ranks 829 of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · −3 vs the category median of 46

Market size 32Growth 15Conversion 96Competition 19Returns 100Price range 60Avg price 34Brand share 25Review moat 85Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 1,367 niches

Is Mirin profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Mirin is a €149K/yr Amazon Germany market (110K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Mirin: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -19.6% over the last 90 days and 13.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€149K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-19.6%110K
Conversion rate13.5%
Avg price€10.06

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 11
Top-5 product click share77%
Open market10%
Avg brand age67 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 · 10 products

Sponsored placement40%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews295

Top Mirin 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 capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€15K€30K€45K€60K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Miyata38%
  • Umami28%
  • ZCIZIU11%
  • Obento7%
  • Nordara6%
  • eatate GmbH4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 6%)

Mirin demand & seasonality

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

Volume110KCVR13.5%Products10Brands8Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews295Avg BSR#138
3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Mirin search terms shoppers use

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

  • mirin85K/yr
  • mirin reiswein13K/yr
  • miri6K/yr
  • hon mirin6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mirin

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt36%

Lecker

Qualität insgesamt24%

Hochwertiges Produkt

Geschmack20%

Geschmack aber gut.

Inhaltsstoffe – insgesamt7%

Endlich mal ein Produkt, dass auch saubere Zutaten aufweist

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt7%

Hält was es verspricht

What buyers complain about

83% of reviews
Abgestanden/verfault/verwöhnt33%

Ungeniessbares, vergorenes Produkt

Inhaltsstoffe – insgesamt33%

Inhalt war sehr schnell weg

Gesamtgröße17%

waren halt zu klein

Common Mirin questions

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

Flapen scores Mirin 43/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €149K/yr across 10 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -19.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Mirin on Amazon Germany peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.