saure gurken
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-13.4% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great8.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Review moat
Great394.36avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Good€1.28–€35.34cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Competition
Good52%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Okay81%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Avg price
Bad€8.46avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Market size
Bad€76K€76K/yr · 106K searches
Growth
Bad-13.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, saure gurken is a €76K/yr Amazon Germany market (106K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.
Data updated Jul 16, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
saure gurken market data
- Units sold / yr
- 13K–15K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- €106K–€127K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 8.5%
- Avg BSR
- #100
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 76%
- Sponsored
- 19%
- Out of stock
- 4.9%
- Avg brand age
- 58 months
- Avg seller age
- 181 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
20 falling
Sellers
60
Top-5 brand share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
52%
Top 20: 82%
Open market
16%
- Kühne31%
- Hainich16%
- HARIBO16%
- Hengstenberg15%
- HeartGlobal3%
- SpiceMasters.co.uk2%
- Open — no brand owns it (14 brands, 16%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -13.4% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Top saure gurken search terms
- gewürzgurken27K/yr
- saure gurken19K/yr
- essiggurken14K/yr
- pickles10K/yr
- pickle10K/yr
- eingelegte gurken7K/yr
- haribo saure gurken6K/yr
- saure gurken haribo6K/yr
- gurken im glas4K/yr
- van holten pickle2K/yr
Top saure gurken products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Hengstenb. Gewürzgurken 720ml Glas Abtropfgewicht 360g
Hengstenberg€2.794.6★254 rev
HARIBO - Saure Gurken - Weingummi/Fruchtgummi - 1 35 kg Box mit 150 Stück
HARIBO€11.984.5★537 rev
Hainich Gewürzgurken Auslese 360 g
Hainich€2.074.3★176 rev
Kühne Gewürzgurken (0.67 kg)
Kühne€2.314.6★29 rev
Kühne Gewürzgurken 370ml
Kühne€2.074.6★135 rev
Newest
by launch date
Genussleben Box Get One Gurken 9 Dosen á 250 g (100 g Abtropfgewicht) knackige eingelegte XXL Gurke mit Spießer ideal für Küche als Geschenk Party Freunde Familie & Vorrat
Genussleben€29.926 rev
Van Holtens Pickles 3er Mix Zufällige Auswahl aus 5 Sorten (Pickle Rick Sour Sis Hot Mama Garlic Joe & Big Papa) | Amerikanischer Snackklassiker | Original USA-Import | Einzeln verpackt
HeartGlobal€14.087 rev
Alnatura BIO Gewürzgurken (0.67 kg)
Alnatura€3.328 rev
Hainich Gewürzgurken Auslese 360 g
Hainich€2.07176 rev
Hainich Gurkensticks Geviertelt 360 g
Hainich€1.83146 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumVan Holtens Pickles 3er Mix Zufällige Auswahl aus 5 Sorten (Pickle Rick Sour Sis Hot Mama Garlic Joe & Big Papa) | Amerikanischer Snackklassiker | Original USA-Import | Einzeln verpackt
HeartGlobal€14.083.0★
Van Holtens Pickles Sour Sis Pickle-In-A-Beutel 6 Stück
Van Holten's Pickles€21.454.4★
Specht Gewürzgurken 670 g Abtropfgewicht 360 g
SPECHT€2.614.7★
Kühne Gewürzgurken (0.67 kg)
Kühne€2.314.6★
Alnatura BIO Gewürzgurken (0.67 kg)
Alnatura€3.324.6★
What buyers say about saure gurken
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“schmeckt”
“Positives:”
“Super Geschmack”
“Knax scharf würzig”
“Kühne Salzdillgurken”
“Beste Gurkenscheiben für Hamburger und Hotdogs”
“Würzig, knackig, lecker”
“Passt”
“Super weiche und schmackhafte gurken so mag ich sie am liebsten”
“Preiswert”
What buyers complain about
“Fauliger Geschmack”
“Mini”
“Wirklich sehr starker Geruch”
“Schmecken einfach nur sauer und komisch”
“Zu weich”
“Geschmack ist irgendwie "off".”
“Das Glas war nass”
“Könnten würziger sein”
“außer überteuert ist da nix mehr😐”
“Das Gurkenglas entspricht nicht ganz der Beschreibung und den Bildern”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is saure gurken profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
- The niche generates €76K/yr across 42 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -13.4%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (50/100).
- How competitive is the saure gurken niche?
- 20 brands and 60 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 52% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 81% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in saure gurken?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Geschmack, Gesamtgröße, Geruch. The return rate is 0.1%.
- When does demand for saure gurken peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the saure gurken niche?
- Listings span €1.28–€35.34; the average listing price is €8.46 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 394 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.