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Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.1%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 79Growth 12Conversion 96Competition 55Returns 100Price range 93Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 44Quality gap 15

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Incredible13.0%

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

Avg price

Incredible$41.56

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$12.53–$99.84

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

Market size

Great$1.1M

$1.1M/yr · 203K searches

Competition

Good52%

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

Review moat

Okay2,107.25

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Quality gap

Bad4.8★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Bad-26.4%

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

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • doTERRA60%
  • Young Living39%
  • Manuka Doctor1%

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%$44K8%$88K12%$132K16%$176K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 56 weeks — -26.4% search growth over the last 90 days.
8K6KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall21%

“Delicious and effective”

Cough Relief15%

“Really works for cough”

Quality-Overall13%

“Doterra has the best products”

Value For Money6%

“Fair price”

Flavor5%

“Love the flavor”

Smell5%

“Smells great and is very helpful with germ clearance”

Immunity Booster3%

“Great product to support immune system”

Oral Hygiene3%

“I feel it gets my teeth really clean”

Ease Of Cleaning3%

“Cleans well and great scent”

Cold Relief3%

“Great supplement-it kept my cold to a day”

What buyers complain about

Value For Money24%

“Costs too much”

Taste-Overall17%

“Horrible taste”

Allergies4%

“I had a severe allergy attack on a cruise”

Quality-Overall4%

“Complete garbage”

Sweetness4%

“Its too sweet”

Smell3%

“This barely has ANY scent to it so if you're wanting a cleaner with a nice natural scent this is NOT it”

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing3%

“Hard to eat at all”

Hard Feel2%

“Feeling rough”

Size-Overall2%

“Small”

Functionality-Overall2%

“Did not work”

Top return reasons

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%
Leak-Proof15%
Taste-Overall13%
Smell13%
Flavor6%
Value For Money5%
Nutritional Content3%
Artificial Sweeteners3%
Oily/Greasy3%
Cough Relief2%