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Kendama

soft demand (-52.9% this quarter) — Kendama doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Top 38% of 2,084 Spielzeug niches · +3 vs the category median of 43

Market size 35Growth 0Conversion 34Competition 72Returns 96Price range 70Avg price 82Brand share 17Review moat 72Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 2,084 niches

Is Kendama profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Kendama is a €167K/yr Amazon Germany market (343K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Kendama: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -52.9% over the last 90 days and 2.7% of searches end in a purchase.

€167K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-52.9%343K
Conversion rate2.7%
Avg price€17.85

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 24
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market7%
Avg brand age41 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 · 33 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)5· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews606

Top Kendama 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 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€7K€13K€20K€27K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

4%

  • KROM41%
  • Ganzoo34%
  • EasY FoxY ToY7%
  • Itian7%
  • Skill Addicts4%
  • MGM3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Kendama demand & seasonality

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

Volume343KCVR2.7%Products33Brands8Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate33.5%Rating4.5★Reviews606Avg BSR#492
20K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5×

Top Kendama search terms shoppers use

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

  • kendama189K/yr
  • kendama original43K/yr
  • kendama krom47K/yr
  • krom kendama16K/yr
  • krom4K/yr
  • sweets kendama8K/yr
  • kendama krom pop8K/yr
  • kendama sweets20K/yr
  • kendama europe4K/yr
  • kendama sweets starter4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kendama

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt24%

Das besten Produkt

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis18%

Super Spiel

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt8%

Das Spielzeug war exakt wie beschrieben

Griff6%

Richtig stabiles Teil für Einsteiger – Grip & App überzeugen

Materialqualität6%

Super Qualität und richtig schönes Material

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt20%

ist leiser ein minderwertiges Billigprodukt

Haltbarkeit18%

Die Kugel bekommt bei regelmäßiger Nutzung relativ schnell leichte Macken und Gebrauchsspuren

Haftung/Klebrigkeit5%

an beiden Enden waren schon die geklebten Ecken lose bei Ankunft.

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

Zudem finde ich den Preis etwas hoch

Mechanismus probleme5%

nicht gut gekleppt

Kendama 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
29%
2Haltbarkeit
13%
3Qualität insgesamt
8%
4Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
6%
5Defekt Material/Teile
6%

Common Kendama questions

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

Flapen scores Kendama 46/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €167K/yr across 33 tracked products. 0 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -52.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Kendama on Amazon Germany peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 6.5× the quietest.