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Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,255 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£124K/yr27K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla 27K times last year and spent an estimated £124K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

12.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 27K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 12.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £124K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
27K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.0%
Conversion, latest week
12.5%
Market size, estimated
£124Ka year
Peak month
June2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
optimum nutrition whey protein vanilla14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £36.66.

Listings sell for £36.66 on average, from £9.25 to £107.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £36.66 that is £4K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£36.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.25–£107.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£9K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

30% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #62 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 2,309 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
30%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.0%
Average rank
#62in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,309per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 71 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
71 months

Products

Top Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£19K£37K£56K£74K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Optimum Nutrition93%
  • Applied Nutrition7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

800600Spike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla search terms shoppers use

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

  • optimum nutrition whey protein vanilla14K/yr
  • vanilla ice cream protein powder8K/yr
  • gold standard whey protein vanilla5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Taste-Overall34%−0.14

Strange taste

tastes synthetic

Horrible taste

Sweetness5%−0.03

too sweet

TOO MUCH sugar

Too much sugar inside

Nutritional Content5%+1.46

the protein is only 17g

Not gluten free

Also not great for anyone with IBS

Value For Money4%+0.51

too expensive

price increased

if not the cheapest option

Dilute/Watery4%−0.02

very watery when made as per the instructions

Even when mixed with milk, it still tastes watery and, quite frankly, is undrinkable

if you make it as per pack instructions with water then it tastes very watery and strange

Love

Taste-Overall26%−0.14

Delicious taste

it tastes lovely

Very tasty stuff

Nutritional Content18%+1.46

Good protein powder

Great protein boost

Good amount of protein

Quality-Overall11%+1.30

Overall, good quality and easy to drink,

Reliable seller of a quality item

Excellent product

Flavor10%+0.36

Great flavour

I personally like the vanilla flavour

Love this flavour. vanilla ice cream

Value For Money6%+0.51

Good value for money

Fair price

good value for money

Return

0.1% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts33%▁▁▁▁█▁
Size-Overall33%
Flavor17%▁▁▁▁▁█

people always talk about the horrible flavour

wrong flavor and consistency

Its okay, however the flavour of vanilla is a bit strange

Quality-Overall17%▁▁▁▁▁█

Not good quality

FAQ

Common Gold Standard Whey Protein Vanilla questions

Answered from the same tracked data.