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premier protein shake

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A $173.0M/yr market growing +116.7% this quarter with returns at 0.0% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 100Growth 95Conversion 96Competition 70Returns 100Price range 81Avg price 95Brand share 19Review moat 20Quality gap 37

Market size

Incredible$173.0M

$173.0M/yr · 50.2M searches

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Incredible13.4%

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

Growth

Incredible+116.7%

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

Avg price

Incredible$25.64

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$8.30–$46.57

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

Competition

Good43%

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

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Bad12,341.58

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad92%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

143

Top-5 brand share

92%

Open market

5%

  • Premier Protein73%
  • Core Power7%
  • Oikos5%
  • Ensure4%
  • Muscle Milk4%
  • Pure Protein3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 5%)

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%$6.9M8%$13.8M12%$20.8M16%$27.7M1001K10K100K 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 — +116.7% search growth over the last 90 days.
1.3M750KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall36%

“Absolutely delicious”

Nutritional Content23%

“Great Nutrition”

Flavor14%

“Absolutely delicious Vanilla flavor”

Quality-Overall4%

“Same quality as expected from this brand”

Value For Money4%

“fair price”

Ease Of Use1%

“Ease of use”

Sweetness1%

“Its not too sweet”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“As advertised”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“Great consistency”

Soft Feel1%

“Smooth and creamy”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall26%

“Chalky Taste”

Flavor10%

“The flavor is strange”

Value For Money9%

“Not Worth It”

Nutritional Content6%

“Unhealthy”

Sweetness4%

“Horribly sweet”

Dilute/Watery3%

“watered down”

Quality-Overall2%

“Lowest quality”

Thickness2%

“It lacked the thick”

Artificial Sweeteners2%

“Artificial sweetener taste”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“has some unhealthy ingredients”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall40%
Flavor20%
Temperature Control20%
Functionality-Overall20%