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whey protein powder bag

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 41Growth 35Conversion 54Competition 75Returns 100Price range 76Avg price 90Brand share 40Review moat 19Quality gap 43

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Great$58.79

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$21.32–$124.43

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

Competition

Great40%

top-5 click share — an open shelf

Conversion

Good4.5%

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

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Okay$214K

$214K/yr · 82K searches

Brand share

Okay81%

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

Growth

Okay+8.2%

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

Review moat

Bad14,423.11

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (40% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

595

Top-5 brand share

81%

Open market

16%

  • Optimum Nutrition24%
  • Dymatize24%
  • It's Just!19%
  • NAKED8%
  • Nutricost5%
  • Transparent Labs3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

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%$9K8%$17K12%$26K16%$34K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 45 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 62 weeks — +8.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
2K2KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall23%

“Clean taste”

Nutritional Content19%

“Good nutrition”

Quality-Overall11%

“Best quality”

Flavor9%

“Strong flavor”

Solubility5%

“Mixes easily”

Blend/Ratio4%

“blends well”

Value For Money4%

“Cant beat the price”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“Good ingredients”

Sweetness2%

“intense sweet”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“As advertised”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall19%

“Chalky taste”

Value For Money9%

“Very costly”

Flavor9%

“Has a dynamic artificial flavor”

Nutritional Content6%

“Something is off with this protein”

Solubility4%

“Didn't dissolve well”

Sweetness4%

“Disgustingly sweet”

Artificial Sweeteners3%

“the stevia gives it a horrible taste”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“Totally false advertising”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“Bad Ingredients and tastes gross”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“the texture was not good”

Top return reasons

Value For Money100%