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Pilzmesser

Pilzmesser shows low returns (1.1%), but strong incumbent ratings (4.6★) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look

Top 34% of 1,017 Sport & Freizeit niches · +4 vs the category median of 50

Market size 36Growth 34Conversion 55Competition 62Returns 93Price range 69Avg price 82Brand share 48Review moat 91Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 1,017 niches

Is Pilzmesser profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Pilzmesser is a €177K/yr Amazon Germany market (216K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct–Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Pilzmesser: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +7.2% over the last 90 days and 4.6% of searches end in a purchase.

€177K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+7.2%216K
Conversion rate4.6%
Avg price€17.67

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand, so 24% of the market is open.

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers20 · 66
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market24%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement87%
New entrants (1y)8· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews178

Top Pilzmesser 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 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€7K€14K€21K€28K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

66

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

21%

  • OPINEL33%
  • DRACHENADER23%
  • JOBUKAM9%
  • CRS7%
  • ZIMAIC4%
  • Fosoloni3%

Pilzmesser demand & seasonality

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

Volume216KCVR4.6%Products31Brands20Top 5 Brands76%OOS Rate18.2%Rating4.6★Reviews178Avg BSR#460
25K15KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 21.0×

Top Pilzmesser search terms shoppers use

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

  • pilzmesser105K/yr
  • pilzmesser mit bürste61K/yr
  • opinel pilzmesser14K/yr
  • pilzmesser mit gravur6K/yr
  • schwammerlmesser4K/yr
  • pilz messer4K/yr
  • pilzmesser opinel5K/yr
  • pilzmesser mit pinsel8K/yr
  • opinel pilzmesser mit bürste3K/yr
  • schwammerlmesser mit pinsel5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pilzmesser

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt20%

Super Qualität

Schärfe16%

scharfes Messer

Gesamtgröße11%

Passt

Benutzerfreundlichkeit10%

praktisches Teil

Griff8%

liegt gut in der Hand

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Gesamtgröße17%

Dieses Pilzmesser ist nur für kleine

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis17%

Aber eigentlich zu teuer für ein "normales" Pilzmesser ich schöner Damastoptik.

Reinigungsmodi17%

Ist ok, nicht ganz sauber verarbeitet

Farbe8%

Schade nur, dass es nicht in mehr Farben erhältlich ist

Materialqualität6%

Das Einzige, was nicht so toll ist, ist das beidseitig komplette Vorhandensein von Netzgewebe

Pilzmesser return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

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
25%
2Gewicht schwer
13%
3beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
9%
4Qualität insgesamt
9%
5Dicke
7%

Common Pilzmesser questions

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

Flapen scores Pilzmesser 54/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €177K/yr across 31 tracked products. 0 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +7.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pilzmesser on Amazon Germany peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 21.0× the quietest.