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clear protein powder

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A $7.4M/yr market growing +6.7% this quarter with returns at 0.1% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 100Growth 33Conversion 48Competition 75Returns 100Price range 92Avg price 95Brand share 36Review moat 44Quality gap 85

Market size

Incredible$7.4M

$7.4M/yr · 5.9M searches

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$33.31

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$13.60–$53.91

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

Quality gap

Great4.2★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Good40%

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

Conversion

Okay3.8%

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

Review moat

Okay2,086.08

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Okay83%

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

Growth

Okay+6.7%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 40% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

83%

Open market

11%

  • OATH NUTRITION38%
  • Isopure16%
  • Protein2o13%
  • SEEQ9%
  • Clean Simple Eats7%
  • Bloom Nutrition6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

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%$372K10%$745K15%$1.1M20%$1.5M101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 38 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +6.7% search growth over the last 90 days.
225K175KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall29%

“Doesn't taste terrible”

Nutritional Content18%

“Great Protein Powder”

Flavor14%

“Amazing flavor”

Solubility5%

“Easy to mix”

Blend/Ratio2%

“blends perfectly”

Quality-Overall2%

“overall the product is very good and consistent”

Sweetness2%

“Not overly sweet”

Freshness1%

“Fresh to my taste”

Value For Money1%

“Great Value for the money”

Ease Of Use1%

“Amazing and convenient”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall20%

“Horrible after taste”

Solubility8%

“Won't dissolve”

Flavor7%

“Flavor is odd”

Sweetness5%

“your tolerance for sweetness is very low”

Nutritional Content5%

“you cannot tell there is protein in it”

Value For Money4%

“A little expensive”

Texture/Consistency-Overall2%

“Gritty texture”

Mixing/Blending2%

“Trouble mixing”

Artificial Sweeteners2%

“I can be super picky about artificial flavors or the taste of artificial sweeteners”

Dilute/Watery1%

“Needs a lot of water”

Top return reasons

Taste-Overall19%
Flavor18%
Solubility12%
Nutritional Content11%
Leak-Proof10%
Advertised Vs Actual Product7%
Texture/Consistency-Overall5%
Ingredients-Overall4%
Dilute/Watery3%
Value For Money2%