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365 protein powder

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A small market ($22K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 5Growth 39Conversion 25Competition 70Returns 100Price range 92Avg price 95Brand share 9Review moat 24Quality gap 60

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$31.45

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$12.88–$68.29

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

Competition

Good43%

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

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Okay+11.4%

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

Conversion

Okay2.0%

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

Review moat

Bad6,349.77

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad97%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Market size

Bad$22K

$22K/yr · 35K searches

Competition

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

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

604

Top-5 brand share

97%

Open market

2%

  • 365 by Whole Foods Market84%
  • Orgain5%
  • Whole Foods Market3%
  • REDCON13%
  • Garden of Life1%
  • Animal1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 2%)

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%$8688%$2K12%$3K16%$3K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 30 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +11.4% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K600Prime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall24%

“Delicious smoothie”

Nutritional Content19%

“Excellent protein powder”

Flavor9%

“Great vanilla flavor”

Quality-Overall7%

“Best quality for your buck”

Vegan/Organic4%

“made with organic ingredients”

Blend/Ratio3%

“blends with everything”

Solubility3%

“Mixes well with milk”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“Clean ingredients”

Value For Money2%

“Very affordable”

Sweetness2%

“Tastes sweet in a good way”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall28%

“Bad aftertaste”

Flavor6%

“The flavor tastes very artificial”

Nutritional Content6%

“not even half the bag was filled with protein”

Texture/Consistency-Overall5%

“Terrible Texture”

Sweetness5%

“Sickeningly sweet”

Value For Money4%

“it was expensive”

Artificial Sweeteners4%

“Tastes like just artificial sugar”

Solubility2%

“not easily soluble”

Thickness1%

“Doesn't thicken though”

Ingredients-Overall1%

“Changed ingredients”

Top return reasons

Product Condition100%