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Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 77Growth 22Conversion 78Competition 6Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 94Brand share 0Review moat 22Quality gap 42

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Price range

Incredible$17.18–$93.52

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

Avg price

Great$48.41

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Great7.8%

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

Market size

Great$981K

$981K/yr · 260K searches

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Bad-5.8%

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

Review moat

Bad10,211.29

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

Bad93%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products capture 93% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 rising

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • Dymatize89%
  • Six Star8%
  • GHOST4%

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%15%$147K30%$294K45%$441K60%$588K1001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 7 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -5.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
8K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall42%

“Absolutely Delicious”

Nutritional Content15%

“This protein powder was very good I like it”

Flavor11%

“Flavor is REALLY strong”

Quality-Overall4%

“Quality product”

Value For Money3%

“Worth the money”

Sweetness3%

“Fruity”

Solubility3%

“really easy to mix”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“This has a smooth clean consistency”

Ease Of Use1%

“Its pretty easy to use too”

Blend/Ratio1%

“Blends nicely”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall39%

“Does not taste good”

Flavor8%

“the flavor is very artificial”

Value For Money7%

“Too expensive”

Nutritional Content5%

“likely losing a bunch of the protein”

Smell3%

“It smells and tastes like burnt plastic”

Sweetness2%

“It's not overly sweet like many”

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled1%

“it got old very quickly”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“DECEPTIVELY MARKETED PRODUCT”

Dilute/Watery1%

“Not very filling”

Quality-Overall1%

“Aftertaste and overall quality are bad, not a great feeling”