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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 95% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 26Growth 17Conversion 41Competition 16Returns 100Price range 90Avg price 95Brand share 12Review moat 44Quality gap 83

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$30.06

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$13.44–$40.02

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

Quality gap

Great4.2★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Okay2,095.67

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Okay3.3%

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

Market size

Okay$108K

$108K/yr · 109K searches

Growth

Bad-16.8%

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

Competition

Bad81%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad95%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products capture 81% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

515

Top-5 brand share

95%

Open market

2%

  • Medtrition61%
  • Vital Proteins26%
  • FITWISE3%
  • NOW Foods3%
  • HEARTHY FOODS2%
  • Great Lakes Wellness2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

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%$11K20%$22K30%$32K40%$43K1001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 12 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -16.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
4K3KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Quality-Overall23%

“Good quality and very easy to dissolve”

Taste-Overall10%

“No funny taste”

Nutritional Content10%

“Easy protein with great taste”

Solubility8%

“Dissolves better in cold water”

Value For Money6%

“Good Price”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“As advertised”

Ease Of Use5%

“Easy to use”

Flavor3%

“great flavor”

Baking3%

“Good for baking”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“Clean ingredients”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall23%

“Chemical taste”

Flavor11%

“flavors were very artificial”

Smell10%

“Unpleasant odor”

Texture/Consistency-Overall4%

“has a strange texture”

Nutritional Content4%

“probably not what l needed with my protein needs”

Chunk/Clump/Collection3%

“These were clumpy”

Value For Money3%

“expensive”

Sweetness2%

“To sweet”

Quality-Overall1%

“Not great quality”

Ease Of Use1%

“it is so hard to consume”

Top return reasons

Leak-Proof45%
Sour12%
Flavor12%
Smell9%
Functionality-Overall9%
Thickness5%
Taste-Overall5%
Texture/Consistency-Overall3%