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

Market size 15Growth 40Conversion 90Competition 5Returns 100Price range 79Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 39Quality gap 40

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$27.03

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Great10.7%

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

Price range

Great$9.28–$37.97

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

Growth

Okay+12.2%

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

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Okay2,636.86

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Market size

Bad$62K

$62K/yr · 21K searches

Competition

Bad94%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products capture 94% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

2 flat

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • Quest79%
  • Premier Protein21%

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%$9K30%$19K45%$28K60%$37K101001K10K 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 — +12.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
13K8KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.3×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall34%

“Absolutely delicious”

Nutritional Content22%

“Great protein powder”

Flavor17%

“The flavor is rich”

Quality-Overall3%

“Good quality”

Sweetness3%

“It blends perfectly and adds just the right amount of sweetness and creaminess, plus Im getting a solid protein boost to start the day”

Texture/Consistency-Overall3%

“The consistency is smooth”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“It came as advertised”

Value For Money1%

“well worth the money”

Satisfaction/Pleasure1%

“Satisfied”

Blend/Ratio1%

“it blends easily without being gritty or overly sweet”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall23%

“Funky taste”

Sweetness17%

“Too Sweet”

Flavor11%

“The flavor was really artificial tasting”

Value For Money6%

“cheaper from Amazon”

Salt Content4%

“Tastes more like maple syrup than salted caramel”

Nutritional Content3%

“Need more protein”

Artificial Sweeteners2%

“The flavor was really artificial tasting”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“The texture is a little denser than I expected”

Blood Sugar Level1%

“also alcohol sugars”

Leak-Proof1%

“Two of the bottles were leaking”