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A $2.1M/yr market growing +11.2% this quarter with returns at 0.2% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 95Growth 39Conversion 40Competition 70Returns 99Price range 85Avg price 95Brand share 13Review moat 88Quality gap 77

Returns

Incredible0.2%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Market size

Incredible€2.1M

€2.1M/yr · 1.8M searches

Avg price

Incredible€35.58

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Great246.49

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Price range

Great€10.01–€51.14

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Quality gap

Great4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Good43%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Conversion

Okay3.2%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Growth

Okay+11.2%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Brand share

Bad95%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

95%

Open market

3%

  • ESN64%
  • MORE NUTRITION15%
  • IronMaxx10%
  • ProFuel3%
  • WORLD'S FOOD NUTRITION2%
  • natural elements2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 3%)

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%4%€82K8%€165K12%€247K16%€329K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 37 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +11.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
35K25KPrime Day '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.2×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Geschmack insgesamt30%

“Tasty”

Geschmack17%

“Lecker Kirschgeschmack”

Löslichkeit8%

“Super Löslichkeit, Super Lecker”

Ernährungs Gehalt8%

“Clear Protein”

Süße6%

“Bisschen süß”

Qualität insgesamt6%

“Super Produkt”

Frische3%

“Fast erfrischend”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis2%

“Preis Leistung ok”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt1%

“Super Produkt, entsprach genau der Beschreibung der Anzeige”

Vegan/Biologisch1%

“Alles vegan”

What buyers complain about

Geschmack insgesamt25%

“Mixed Berry schmeckt nicht”

Süße13%

“Alle Sorten sind zwar zu süß”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

“Sparmaßnahme inakzeptabel”

Geschmack7%

“Von Geschmack und Konsistenz kommt bei mir Würgereiz- so schlecht fand ich Proteinpulver noch nie”

Künstliche Süßstoffe6%

“Kritisch sehe ich außerdem den Einsatz von Sucralose, da dieses Süßungsmittel nicht für jeden ideal ist”

Löslichkeit5%

“Schäumt beim Schütteln”

Geruch2%

“Es riecht sehr nach verfaultem undefinierbar”

Qualität insgesamt1%

“Dieses Produkt ist sehr schlecht”

Textur/Konsistenz – insgesamt1%

“schäumt enorm”

Verdünnt/wässrig1%

“wässrig halt”

Top return reasons

Geschmack insgesamt28%
Geschmack20%
Ernährungs Gehalt6%
Funktionalität insgesamt5%
Auslaufsicher5%
Süße5%
Geruch4%
Inhaltsstoffe – insgesamt3%
beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt3%
Verdünnt/wässrig3%