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liquid protein

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 75Growth 13Conversion 38Competition 56Returns 99Price range 95Avg price 95Brand share 50Review moat 71Quality gap 89

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$44.65

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Incredible$20.22–$90.91

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

Quality gap

Great4.1★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Great$858K

$858K/yr · 632K searches

Review moat

Good670.53

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

Good52%

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

Brand share

Good75%

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

Conversion

Okay3.0%

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

Growth

Bad-23.2%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

75%

Open market

22%

  • Pure Genius42%
  • FUELMATE11%
  • Frog Fuel10%
  • Proteinex6%
  • BariatricPal5%
  • ProT Gold4%

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%4%$34K8%$69K12%$103K16%$137K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

All 34 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -23.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
35K25KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall24%

“Surprisingly refreshing taste”

Nutritional Content22%

“Great protein supplement”

Flavor8%

“Flavor is good”

Quality-Overall5%

“EXCELLENT PRODUCT”

Ease Of Use4%

“Easy to Take”

Crispiness4%

“Great crisp”

Value For Money2%

“Worth every penny”

Sweetness1%

“Taste is super sweet”

Solubility1%

“Mixes well”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“Good texture”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall36%

“Cardboard taste”

Flavor7%

“Lacks flavor”

Value For Money5%

“too expensive”

Nutritional Content4%

“The worst thing about a high protein”

Sweetness2%

“cuts the sweetness”

Salt Content2%

“Taste is very salty and gross”

Sour2%

“Extremely sour”

Texture/Consistency-Overall2%

“Didn't love the texture”

Moist/Dry2%

“A little dry”

Bitter1%

“They are bitter”

Top return reasons

Taste-Overall31%
Leak-Proof17%
Flavor11%
Nutritional Content7%
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%
Ingredients-Overall4%
Smell2%
Contamination2%
Stale/Rotten/Spoiled2%
Sour2%