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A concentrated shelf (top 5 take 87% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 27Growth 21Conversion 19Competition 11Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 90Brand share 14Review moat 72Quality gap 45

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Price range

Incredible$39.99–$71.07

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

Avg price

Great$60.03

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Good622.11

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Okay$116K

$116K/yr · 130K searches

Growth

Bad-8.7%

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

Conversion

Bad1.5%

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

Brand share

Bad94%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

Bad87%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Competition

The top 5 products capture 87% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

94%

Open market

2%

  • Lineage Provisions55%
  • The Fittest Ever18%
  • Ancestral Supplements9%
  • HEART & SOIL7%
  • Equip5%
  • Paleo Pro4%
  • 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%$12K20%$23K30%$35K40%$46K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 9 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 66 weeks — -8.7% search growth over the last 90 days.
5K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.9×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall25%

“Clean Taste”

Nutritional Content21%

“Excellent protein powder”

Quality-Overall12%

“Great quality,easy on the taste buds”

Flavor7%

“Strong flavor”

Solubility4%

“Mixes well”

Ingredients-Overall4%

“Clean ingredients”

Blend/Ratio4%

“Blends up great”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“has a smooth consistency”

Sweetness1%

“a sweet tooth”

Value For Money1%

“is relatively affordable”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall21%

“Chalky taste”

Solubility7%

“Impossible to dissolve”

Value For Money7%

“Too EXPENSIVE”

Flavor5%

“Weird flavor”

Artificial Sweeteners5%

“Stevia tastes awful”

Sweetness5%

“Too Sweet”

Nutritional Content4%

“this protein powder is disappointing”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“Its not the same”

Bitter2%

“Too strong and bitter”

Ingredients-Overall1%

“Formula change not good”

Top return reasons

Leak-Proof67%
Calcium33%