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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 94% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 21Growth 33Conversion 75Competition 20Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 94Brand share 16Review moat 42Quality gap 55

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Price range

Incredible$14.76–$98.21

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

Avg price

Great$48.54

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Good6.9%

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

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Okay2,345.53

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Okay+6.0%

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

Market size

Bad$86K

$86K/yr · 25K searches

Competition

Bad76%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad94%

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

9 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

94%

Open market

6%

  • Nutricost38%
  • Optimum Nutrition33%
  • NAKED9%
  • PEScience8%
  • Ascent3%
  • It's Just!3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

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%$9K20%$17K30%$26K40%$34K1001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 15 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 102 weeks — +6.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K750Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall23%

“Tastes, great and mixes smoothly”

Nutritional Content16%

“Excellent protein”

Quality-Overall10%

“Reliable quality and fresh”

Flavor8%

“it also adds to the flavor”

Value For Money6%

“Good deal”

Blend/Ratio4%

“Mixes great”

Solubility3%

“Mixes really well as well”

Sleep Quality3%

“Good for bedtime”

Baking2%

“I love this it is really great in baking”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“Otherwise, the product appears as described”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall16%

“doesnt taste like it”

Texture/Consistency-Overall14%

“Weird texture”

Flavor5%

“Unflavored”

Sweetness5%

“Not overly sweet”

Solubility5%

“Doesn't mix or dissolve well”

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

“claiming that is not true”

Value For Money4%

“$$ Pricey”

Nutritional Content3%

“this protein has been just awful”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“form potentially harmful compounds”

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing2%

“Difficult to scoop”

Top return reasons

Ingredients-Overall100%