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Weak search conversion (1.7%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 30Growth 59Conversion 21Competition 37Returns 100Price range 45Avg price 74Brand share 36Review moat 23Quality gap 38

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Good$102.76

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Growth

Good+35.0%

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

Price range

Okay$44.24–$167.51

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

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Okay63%

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

Brand share

Okay83%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Market size

Okay$132K

$132K/yr · 76K searches

Review moat

Bad7,462.1

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Bad1.7%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

544

Top-5 brand share

83%

Open market

12%

  • Optimum Nutrition42%
  • BSN20%
  • Animal11%
  • COLOSSAL LABS6%
  • Ascent5%
  • RIVAL NUTRITION4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

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%$13K20%$26K30%$40K40%$53K1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 21 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +35.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
6K4KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Nutritional Content21%

“Great protein powder”

Taste-Overall13%

“Amazing Taste”

Flavor8%

“Good flavor”

Quality-Overall8%

“Good quality and arrived safely on time”

Value For Money7%

“Good deal”

Solubility6%

“Dissolves easily”

Blend/Ratio4%

“It mixes smoothly”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“Good clean ingredients”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“Does the job”

Weight Loss2%

“In all, I like it, which is good considering I have 10 lbs”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall15%

“Something is different in the taste”

Value For Money12%

“Too expensive”

Flavor8%

“The flavor is very artificial”

Nutritional Content7%

“Not a healthy product”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“ingredient list is unreal”

Texture/Consistency-Overall3%

“The texture is not good”

Solubility2%

“does not dissolve well in water”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“This is highly misleading”

Sweetness2%

“less sweet than competitors”

Artificial Sweeteners2%

“doesnt include artificial flavors or sweeteners”