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Surströmming

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Surströmming is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 32% of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · +3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
€405K/yr340K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
92%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 6 sellers

Flapen Score

Surströmming against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Surströmming market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Surströmming 340K times last year and spent an estimated €405K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 340K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €405K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
340K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.9%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
€405Ka year
Peak month
December2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
surströmming207K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €18.20.

Listings sell for €18.20 on average, from €12.31 to €23.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At €18.20 that is €14K to €18K a year per listing.

Average price
€18.20inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€12.31–€23.78
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
€14K–€18K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

43% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 14% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #290 within Geschenkkörbe & Feinkostgeschenke. It carries 449 reviews at 4.14 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
43%
Prime listings
14%
Out of stock, average day
6.4%
Average rank
#290in Geschenkkörbe & Feinkostgeschenke
Average rating
4.14 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
449per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Surströmming 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 92% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

6

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 176%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 46%

Demand

Surströmming search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Surströmming search terms shoppers use

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

  • surströmming207K/yr
  • surströmming original44K/yr
  • stinkefisch22K/yr
  • sürstrüming14K/yr
  • surströmming kaufen22K/yr
  • schwedischer stinkefisch8K/yr
  • surströming3K/yr
  • surstromming3K/yr
  • gammelhai3K/yr
  • sörströming original4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surströmming

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

48%of positive reviews mention “Geschmack insgesamt”
65%of negative reviews mention “Geruch”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Stinkt echt schlimm”
A buyer, on “Geruch”65% 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.

7 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Surströmming questions

Answered from the same tracked data.