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Soft demand (-35.3% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 20Growth 7Conversion 25Competition 80Returns 100Price range 85Avg price 95Brand share 26Review moat 24Quality gap 38

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$30.17

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$8.84–$59.69

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

Competition

Great35%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Brand share

Okay89%

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

Conversion

Okay2.0%

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

Review moat

Bad5,590.03

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Market size

Bad$81K

$81K/yr · 133K searches

Growth

Bad-35.3%

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

Competition

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (35% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

89%

Open market

7%

  • Premier Protein70%
  • Labrada6%
  • GNC5%
  • Quest4%
  • FlavCity4%
  • Pure Protein4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 7%)

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%3%$2K6%$5K9%$7K12%$10K101001K10K100K 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 39 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -35.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
10K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.0×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall37%

“Absolutely delicious”

Nutritional Content20%

“Great amount of protein”

Flavor19%

“Refreshing flavor”

Value For Money3%

“BEST PRICE”

Quality-Overall3%

“Same quality as expected from this brand”

Sweetness2%

“The taste is delicious sweet vanilla”

Ease Of Use1%

“Easier to open”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“Great consistency”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“As advertised”

Soft Feel1%

“Smooth and creamy”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall25%

“Bland taste”

Flavor16%

“The flavor is strange”

Value For Money7%

“Too expensive”

Sweetness5%

“not as sweet”

Nutritional Content4%

“that make it difficult to manage my nutritional intake”

Thickness1%

“Its not as thick as some of the other flavors”

Quality-Overall1%

“Need Quality Control”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“the texture was too thin for me”

Dilute/Watery1%

“Watery Consistency”

Ingredients-Overall1%

“Full of horrible ingredients”

Top return reasons

Flavor60%
Quality-Overall20%
Size-Overall20%