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maca

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 63Growth 16Conversion 78Competition 48Returns 99Price range 82Avg price 87Brand share 73Review moat 45Quality gap 79

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great€19.83

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great€8.77–€47.55

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

Quality gap

Great4.2★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Great7.8%

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

Brand share

Good61%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Market size

Good€564K

€564K/yr · 363K searches

Competition

Okay56%

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

Review moat

Okay2,043.96

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Bad-17.9%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

61%

Open market

33%

  • TRUE NATURE19%
  • natural elements15%
  • plantomol12%
  • GEN GERMAN ELITE NUTRITION8%
  • NEW LEAF PRODUCTS7%
  • Nature Love5%

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%5%€28K10%€56K15%€85K20%€113K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 25 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -17.9% search growth over the last 90 days.
10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Qualität insgesamt18%

“Super Produkt”

Dosierung9%

“Nutz me es als daily”

Inhaltsstoffe – insgesamt7%

“Laut Hersteller enthält das Produkt neben einem Extrakt aus Maca Wurzel zusätzlich eine Vielzahl anderer Wirkstoffe inklusive diversen Vitaminen, Mineralstoffen und Aminosäuren”

Energieniveau7%

“Positive Energie”

Effizienz5%

“Wirkt”

Gesamtgröße5%

“Passt”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis5%

“Top-Preisleistung”

Vitamin4%

“Vitamin”

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt4%

“Gesehen, verglichen, Bestellt und zufrieden”

Sexuelles Wohlbefinden3%

“ESSENZ Libido - zufrieden”

What buyers complain about

Funktionalität insgesamt28%

“Unwirksam”

Nebenwirkungen10%

“Nicht bei jedem spürbare Wirkung”

Dosierung7%

“das Maca ist recht niedrig dosiert.”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis4%

“spart euch das geld”

Qualität insgesamt4%

“habe keinerlei Vorteile ein Produkt positiv zu bewerten.”

Geschmack insgesamt4%

“Schmeckt nicht”

Geruch2%

“Geruch ist unangenehm”

Genauigkeit insgesamt2%

“Kann keinen Unterschied feststellen”

Säureregulator/Linderung von Magenschmerzen2%

“leider erhebliche Magen-Darm-Probleme.”

Sexuelles Wohlbefinden2%

“Leider wenig Wirkung, vorher Vitamoment Libido-Komplex gehabt”

Top return reasons

Säureregulator/Linderung von Magenschmerzen67%
Qualität insgesamt33%