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Retroboy

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $4K a year here, so Retroboy is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Top 38% of 2,084 Spielzeug niches · +3 vs the category median of 43
Market size
€4K/yr19K searches / yr
90-day growth
+9.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Retroboy against its category

The dotted line is the Spielzeug average. Past it, Retroboy is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Retroboy market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Retroboy 19K times last year and spent an estimated €4K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 19K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €4K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
19K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+9.6%
Conversion, latest week
0.4%
Market size, estimated
€4Ka year
Peak month
January10.0× the quietest month
Top search term
retroboy13K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €54.64.

Listings sell for €54.64 on average, from €42.24 to €85.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100 to 250 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At €54.64 that is €0 to €5K a year per listing.

Average price
€54.64inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€42.24–€85.32
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
100–250
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
€0–€5K
Returns
5.9%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 43.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Handkonsolen. It carries 43 reviews at 3.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
43.7%
Average rank
#41in Handkonsolen
Average rating
3.42 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
43per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 19 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

19 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 18 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
19
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
18 months

Products

Top Retroboy 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 413%
  • Brand 512%
  • Brand 610%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 17%)

Demand

Retroboy search demand

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

6K4KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.0×

Search terms

Top Retroboy search terms shoppers use

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

  • retroboy13K/yr
  • retro boy 15.000 spiele4K/yr
  • retro boy 20000 spiele417/yr
  • belna retro gameboy148/yr
  • retro gameboy in hd1K/yr
  • nelivo spielekonsole37/yr
  • retro gameboy in hd-auflösung11/yr
  • belna gameboy36/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Retroboy

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis”
17%of negative reviews mention “Touch-/Tastensteuerung”
5.9%of orders come back
“Als Erwachsener unspielbar da die Tasten 1. Ungenau 2. Mega schlecht possitioniert sind”
A buyer, on “Touch-/Tastensteuerung”17% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Retroboy questions

Answered from the same tracked data.