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Protein Pulver

Protein Pulver clears our launch bar: a $8.9M/yr market growing +12.5% this quarter with returns at 0.1%.

Flapen Score

70
Launch it

Top 1% of 2,966 Drogerie & Körperpflege niches · +21 vs the category median of 49

Market size 100Growth 41Conversion 31Competition 79Returns 100Price range 87Avg price 95Brand share 67Review moat 28Quality gap 72
This niche Category average · 2,966 niches

Is Protein Pulver profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Protein Pulver is a €8.9M/yr Amazon Germany market (10.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Verdict: Launch it — 70/100.

Protein Pulver: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +12.5% over the last 90 days and 2.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€8.9M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr300K
Search volume / yr+12.5%10.2M
Conversion rate2.5%
Avg price€35.09

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand, so 35% of the market is open.

35%

open market share

Brands · sellers20 · 53
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market35%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 53 products

Sponsored placement87%
New entrants (1y)4· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews3,681

Top Protein Pulver products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€266K€533K€799K€1.1M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

29%

  • Optimum Nutrition23%
  • ESN14%
  • Bulk11%
  • IronMaxx11%
  • Body Attack6%
  • betterprotein6%

Protein Pulver demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume10.2MCVR2.5%Products53Brands20Top 5 Brands65%OOS Rate9.5%Rating4.3★Reviews3,681Avg BSR#12
450K350KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Protein Pulver search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • protein pulver3.4M/yr
  • whey protein1.9M/yr
  • protein1.0M/yr
  • whey protein pulver610K/yr
  • protein shake370K/yr
  • whey421K/yr
  • eiweiss protein pulver491K/yr
  • eiweißpulver335K/yr
  • protein powder215K/yr
  • proteinpulver189K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Protein Pulver

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt26%

Yummy

Geschmack13%

The whey flavour good 7/10

Ernährungs Gehalt11%

Beste Protein

Qualität insgesamt10%

Top Quality

Löslichkeit9%

Löslichkeit perfekt

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt18%

Ungenießbar

Geschmack10%

Geschmacklich nicht ganz neutral

Süße10%

klumpt beim Mischen - zu süß

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis7%

Enorme Preiserhöhung

Ernährungs Gehalt6%

Wow noch nie so en schlechtes Whey Protein gekauft

Protein Pulver return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Geschmack
19%
2Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
14%
3Geschmack insgesamt
14%
4Geruch
8%
5Qualität insgesamt
7%

Common Protein Pulver questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Protein Pulver 70/100 on Amazon Germany — Launch it. The niche generates €8.9M/yr across 53 tracked products. 4 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +12.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Protein Pulver on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.