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Pokemon

Pokemon clears our launch bar: a $5.3M/yr market growing +5.4% this quarter with returns at 0.5%.

Flapen Score

61
Launch it

Top 5% of 2,084 Spielzeug niches · +18 vs the category median of 43

Market size 98Growth 32Conversion 11Competition 83Returns 97Price range 77Avg price 95Brand share 10Review moat 81Quality gap 48
This niche Category average · 2,084 niches

Is Pokemon profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Pokemon is a €5.3M/yr Amazon Germany market (20.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun. Verdict: Launch it — 61/100.

Pokemon: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +5.4% over the last 90 days and 0.9% of searches end in a purchase.

€5.3M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr300K
Search volume / yr+5.4%20.2M
Conversion rate0.9%
Avg price€29.85

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 261
Top-5 product click share32%
Open market4%
Avg brand age28 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 · 49 products

Sponsored placement20%
New entrants (1y)36· 33 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews378

Top Pokemon 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (32% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€159K€319K€478K€638K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

261

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

3%

  • Pokémon85%
  • HeartGlobal5%
  • HEART FOR CARDS3%
  • BB-Toy-Trades3%
  • SLEEVEE1%
  • VIPPKM1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 3%)

Pokemon demand & seasonality

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

Volume20.2MCVR0.9%Products49Brands10Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate9.2%Rating4.5★Reviews378Avg BSR#231
600K400KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Pokemon search terms shoppers use

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

  • pokemon karten8.7M/yr
  • pokemon6.1M/yr
  • pokemon booster1.2M/yr
  • pokemon tcg547K/yr
  • pokemon sammelkarten486K/yr
  • pokémon karten292K/yr
  • pokemon karten box321K/yr
  • pokémon267K/yr
  • pokemon display259K/yr
  • pokemon box255K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pokemon

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews
Sammlungsobjekte32%

Nice Collection

Qualität insgesamt21%

Cooles Produkt

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis21%

Good price

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt11%

As good as usual

Geschenk Zweck3%

Super coole Pikachu Promo

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis32%

Schade ums Geld

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt11%

Nicht vollständig laut Beschreibung

Qualität insgesamt10%

Einfach Müll

Defekt Material/Teile10%

Produkt defekt

Geschenk Zweck7%

Echt schade, war als Geschenk gedacht

Pokemon return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Defekt Material/Teile
20%
2Produktzustand
17%
3beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
17%
4Geschenk Zweck
11%
5Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
8%

Common Pokemon questions

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

Flapen scores Pokemon 61/100 on Amazon Germany — Launch it. The niche generates €5.3M/yr across 49 tracked products. 33 of 36 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +5.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pokemon on Amazon Germany peaks in Jun, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.