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Delfin

a small market ($90K/yr) — Delfin doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Top 46% of 2,084 Spielzeug niches · +1 vs the category median of 43

Market size 22Growth 23Conversion 39Competition 50Returns 96Price range 69Avg price 70Brand share 24Review moat 69Quality gap 37
This niche Category average · 2,084 niches

Is Delfin profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Delfin is a €90K/yr Amazon Germany market (200K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Delfin: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -4.2% over the last 90 days and 3.1% of searches end in a purchase.

€90K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-4.2%200K
Conversion rate3.1%
Avg price€14.42

Who owns the niche?

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

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 141
Top-5 product click share55%
Open market10%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement59%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews734

Top Delfin 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 take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€4K€9K€13K€18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

141

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

8%

  • Schleich53%
  • aninu21%
  • Papo10%
  • LXONTSG5%
  • Collecta2%
  • TOYMANY2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Delfin demand & seasonality

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

Volume200KCVR3.1%Products29Brands12Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate6.9%Rating4.5★Reviews734Avg BSR#548
7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Delfin search terms shoppers use

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

  • orca65K/yr
  • schleich wal26K/yr
  • schleich meerestiere23K/yr
  • wal figur6K/yr
  • schleich wassertiere9K/yr
  • wal spielzeug7K/yr
  • wal schleich7K/yr
  • orka7K/yr
  • orca deko6K/yr
  • schleich orca8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Delfin

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt36%

Beste Qualität

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis9%

günstiger Preis

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt9%

Hält was es verspricht

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis7%

lustig

Farbe6%

Der Färbeffekte funktioniert richtig gut

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Gesamtgröße36%

Winzig

Qualität insgesamt18%

Schlechte Qualität bei unserem Exemplar, die man von Schleich eigentlich nicht gewohnt ist

Farbe12%

Die Farbe geht irgendwie schon weg

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Einen Stern Abzug gibt es nur wegen des relativ hohen Preises

Materialqualität3%

Alle bestehen aus recht hartem Kunststoff, sind kaum bewegbar

Delfin return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.9%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Gesamtgröße
60%
2Defekt Material/Teile
5%
3Funktionalität insgesamt
4%
4beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
4%
5Qualität insgesamt
4%

Common Delfin questions

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

Flapen scores Delfin 44/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €90K/yr across 29 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Delfin on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.