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Soft demand (-36.3% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 8Growth 7Conversion 60Competition 51Returns 99Price range 48Avg price 58Brand share 63Review moat 87Quality gap 28

Returns

Incredible0.2%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Review moat

Great255.1

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Good67%

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

Conversion

Good5.1%

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

Avg price

Good$12.98

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Competition

Good55%

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

Price range

Okay$2.28–$26.86

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

Quality gap

Okay4.6★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Bad$31K

$31K/yr · 47K searches

Growth

Bad-36.3%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

67%

Open market

27%

  • Gya Labs32%
  • Sun Essential Oils16%
  • Essences Bulgaria7%
  • Sheer Essence7%
  • SALENDA6%
  • H'ana6%

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%10%$3K20%$6K30%$9K40%$12K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

All 20 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 27 weeks — -36.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K750Spike '26Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall18%

“Excellent quality with a fresh aroma”

Smell16%

“Nice smell”

Flavor13%

“Good flavor”

Value For Money11%

“Good price”

Freshness7%

“Fresh and flavorful”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“As Described”

Efficiency5%

“It works really well for me”

Taste-Overall4%

“Tasty”

Health Benefits-Overall3%

“Big healthy leaves”

Baking3%

“Good in my homemade soups”

What buyers complain about

Chunk/Clump/Collection16%

“leaves all broken in small pieces”

Powdered/Crumbled11%

“All the rest are crushed”

Smell7%

“rather unpleasant scent”

Size-Overall7%

“Smaller bottle and the eye dropper doesnt fit the bottle”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“Did not come with eye dropper as advertised”

Quality-Overall5%

“The problem is the product”

Durability5%

“This stuff didn't even last me a week”

Moist/Dry5%

“Dry and broken into small pieces”

Value For Money5%

“Price high”

Color4%

“Not very green”

Top return reasons

Smell32%
Advertised Vs Actual Product18%
Size-Overall14%
Skin Health14%
Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%
Value For Money7%
Quality-Overall4%
Vegan/Organic4%