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1st phorm protein powder

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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 30Growth 25Conversion 51Competition 20Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 94Brand share 0Review moat 74Quality gap 62

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Price range

Incredible$39.40–$64.59

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

Avg price

Great$46.67

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Good521.83

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Good4.2%

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

Market size

Okay$134K

$134K/yr · 69K searches

Growth

Bad-0.4%

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

Competition

Bad76%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products capture 76% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

138

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • Paleo Pro77%
  • Paleovalley11%
  • Amy Myers MD7%
  • Equip3%
  • Nature's Plus2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

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%15%$20K30%$40K45%$60K60%$80K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 12 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -0.4% search growth over the last 90 days.
30K20KPrime Day '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.0×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall29%

“The taste is clean and good”

Nutritional Content19%

“Great way to get my protein”

Flavor7%

“The vanilla flavor is my favorite”

Quality-Overall7%

“Cost for Quality”

Blend/Ratio5%

“it blends well”

Solubility4%

“easy to mix”

Ingredients-Overall4%

“Clean ingredients”

Sweetness2%

“a sweet tooth”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“totally did the job”

Value For Money1%

“Worth it”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall22%

“Bitter aftertaste”

Value For Money8%

“is Expensive”

Flavor7%

“the flavor was off”

Artificial Sweeteners6%

“Stevia tastes awful”

Nutritional Content5%

“this protein powder is disappointing”

Solubility5%

“Very difficult to mix into anything”

Sweetness4%

“Vanilla too sweet”

Bitter3%

“Too strong and bitter”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“False advertising, in my view”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“Formula change not good”