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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 92% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 29Growth 23Conversion 74Competition 34Returns 100Price range 81Avg price 92Brand share 20Review moat 51Quality gap 45

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$21.66

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$10.01–$38.97

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

Conversion

Good6.9%

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

Review moat

Good1,473.27

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Okay65%

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

Market size

Okay$128K

$128K/yr · 85K searches

Growth

Bad-4.0%

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

Brand share

Bad92%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

92%

Open market

3%

  • BulkSupplements38%
  • Nutricost33%
  • BEYOND RAW9%
  • EHP Labs7%
  • NOW Foods5%
  • XPRS Nutra5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 3%)

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%$13K20%$26K30%$38K40%$51K1001K10K 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 99 weeks — -4.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
6K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall18%

“Cheap and good to fix deficiencies”

Focus Enhancement7%

“Great for energy and fat burning, and has the benefits of being good for your brain as well”

Weight Loss7%

“Does help with losing weight with a strict diet”

Value For Money6%

“Great price for the amount of servings”

Flavor5%

“It absolutely has flavor”

Efficiency5%

“Oh it WORKS”

Energy Level4%

“Clean energy magic”

Solubility4%

“I love how quickly it dissolves in water the flavor is great”

Sweetness4%

“Sweet lemon taste”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“Works as expected”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall19%

“Taste is way bettee than it smells”

Smell17%

“When we opened the product strong fishy smell”

Sour8%

“REALLY SOUR TASTE”

Weight Loss6%

“Definitely didnt notice any weight loss from this”

Moist/Dry4%

“Powder dried and crumping”

Flavor4%

“Not the best flavor”

Salt Content3%

“Salty and fishy”

Solubility3%

“Doesnt dissolve whatsoever”

Side Effects2%

“I've never had more of an upset stomach”

Dosage2%

“after one dose gave me sever intestinal discomfort”

Top return reasons

Advertised Vs Actual Product50%
Taste-Overall50%