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unflavored protein powder

Launch it

A $8.8M/yr market growing +3.8% this quarter with returns at 0.0% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 100Growth 30Conversion 74Competition 41Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 94Brand share 16Review moat 23Quality gap 76

Market size

Incredible$8.8M

$8.8M/yr · 2.7M searches

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Price range

Incredible$20.84–$98.60

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

Avg price

Great$46.71

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Quality gap

Great4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Good6.9%

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

Competition

Okay60%

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

Growth

Okay+3.8%

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

Review moat

Bad7,055.1

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad94%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

94%

Open market

4%

  • NAKED68%
  • Isopure11%
  • Nutricost7%
  • Orgain4%
  • BulkSupplements4%
  • Levels Nutrition2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

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%$878K20%$1.8M30%$2.6M40%$3.5M1001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 20 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +3.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
150K100KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Nutritional Content21%

“Excellent protein supplement”

Taste-Overall13%

“No weird taste”

Quality-Overall8%

“well reviewed product”

Flavor8%

“Good flavor”

Solubility6%

“Easy to mix”

Ingredients-Overall4%

“Clean ingredients”

Blend/Ratio4%

“it blends very well”

Value For Money3%

“Reasonable price”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“As described”

Sweetness1%

“Slightly sweet”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall21%

“Metallic taste”

Flavor10%

“Inconsistent flavor”

Solubility7%

“Dissolves Poorly”

Nutritional Content6%

“The protein and nutritional content of the product, we have an issue”

Value For Money5%

“High price”

Artificial Sweeteners2%

“Contains Sucralose, possibly the worst artificial sweetener”

Texture/Consistency-Overall2%

“gritty texture”

Smell2%

“Chemical smell and taste”

Quality-Overall2%

“Horrible quality control”

Ingredients-Overall1%

“Limited ingredients”

Top return reasons

Value For Money100%