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Spekulatius

Fail

Demand is soft, at -67.5% this quarter, so Spekulatius is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,025 of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
€141K/yr228K searches / yr
90-day growth
-67.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Spekulatius against its category

The dotted line is the Lebensmittel & Getränke average. Past it, Spekulatius is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Spekulatius market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Spekulatius 228K times last year and spent an estimated €141K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 228K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -67.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €141K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
228K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-67.5%
Conversion, latest week
5.2%
Market size, estimated
€141Ka year
Peak month
December14.7× the quietest month
Top search term
spekulatius143K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €11.99.

Listings sell for €11.99 on average, from €1.71 to €23.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At €11.99 that is €3K to €6K a year per listing.

Average price
€11.99under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€1.71–€23.86
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
€3K–€6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

35% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 53% ship with Prime. On an average day, 41.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #586 within Brot & Backwaren. It carries 2,095 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
35%
Prime listings
53%
Out of stock, average day
41.6%
Average rank
#586in Brot & Backwaren
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
2,095per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Spekulatius products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 128%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 67%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 17%)

Demand

Spekulatius search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.7×

Search terms

Top Spekulatius search terms shoppers use

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

  • spekulatius143K/yr
  • spekulatius kekse43K/yr
  • gewürzspekulatius18K/yr
  • gewürz spekulatius9K/yr
  • butterspekulatius7K/yr
  • mandelspekulatius4K/yr
  • bahlsen spekulatius4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spekulatius

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

50%of positive reviews mention “Geschmack insgesamt”
17%of negative reviews mention “Süße”
0.1%of orders come back
“Zucker”
A buyer, on “Süße”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Spekulatius questions

Answered from the same tracked data.