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Mikado

soft demand (-38.3% this quarter) — Mikado 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 29Growth 6Conversion 86Competition 17Returns 97Price range 45Avg price 31Brand share 43Review moat 69Quality gap 79
This niche Category average · 2,084 niches

Is Mikado profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Mikado is a €129K/yr Amazon Germany market (136K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Mikado: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -38.3% over the last 90 days and 9.8% of searches end in a purchase.

€129K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-38.3%136K
Conversion rate9.8%
Avg price€9.69

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 79% of demand, so 21% of the market is open.

21%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 59
Top-5 product click share79%
Open market21%
Avg brand age61 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 9 products

Sponsored placement56%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews745

Top Mikado 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 capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€19K€39K€58K€78K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

59

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • Henbrandt42%
  • Schmidt12%
  • Gonoelec10%
  • WOODENFUN8%
  • ROMBOL8%
  • PARENCE7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 14%)

Mikado demand & seasonality

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

Volume136KCVR9.8%Products9Brands9Top 5 Brands79%OOS Rate14.1%Rating4.2★Reviews745Avg BSR#119
5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Top Mikado search terms shoppers use

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

  • mikado spiel73K/yr
  • mikado49K/yr
  • mikado spiel kinder11K/yr
  • mikado stäbchen3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mikado

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis25%

Super Spiel, was allen Altersklassen zusagt

Qualität insgesamt17%

Super Qualität

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis11%

Preis/Leistung bestens

Sammlungsobjekte7%

Resonanz Spielesammlung

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt7%

Genauso wie es mir bekannt war

What buyers complain about

89% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt48%

Leider sehr schlechte Produktqualität

Gesamtgröße13%

Zu groß für kleine Kinderhände

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

Zu dem Preis wirklich unangemessen schlecht

Anleitung/Benutzerhandbuch/Fehlerbehebung4%

Schönes Spiel, leider ohne Spielanleitung

Dicke4%

Teilweise sind sie recht dünn

Mikado return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

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
44%
2Qualität insgesamt
18%
3Defekt Material/Teile
10%
4Holzqualität
5%
5Funktionalität insgesamt
3%

Common Mikado questions

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

Flapen scores Mikado 46/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €129K/yr across 9 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -38.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Mikado on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.7× the quietest.