Tryptophan
FailShoppers spend only $37K a year here, so Tryptophan is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 42 / 100Ranks 1,521 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −6 vs the category median of 4842
- Market size
- £37K/yr45K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -12.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 81%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 11 sellers
Flapen Score
Tryptophan against its category
The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Tryptophan is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Tryptophan market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tryptophan 45K times last year and spent an estimated £37K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
8.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 45K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £37K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 45K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -12.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 8.6%
- Market size, estimated
- £37Ka year
- Peak month
- October1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- tryptophan19K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £9.52.
Listings sell for £9.52 on average, from £6.59 to £16.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £9.52 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £9.52under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £6.59–£16.21
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 4K–5K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £2K–£5K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #683 within Alternative Medicine. It carries 773 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 3.1%
- Average rank
- #683in Alternative Medicine
- Average rating
- 4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 773per listing
- Listings tracked
- 10
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 43 months
Products
Top Tryptophan products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
L-Tryptophan 220mg with BioPerine - 90 Vegan Capsules Naturally Fermented L-Tryptophan Supplement with Black Pepper Extract for Increased Bioavailability - 3 Months Supply - By Alpha01
- Price
- £6.59
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 114
- Age
- 6y ago

Vegavero L-Tryptophan 220 mg | 120 Capsules (4 Months Supply) | NO Additives | Lab-Tested | Pure Tryptophan Supplement | Vegan
- Price
- £13.73
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 142
- Age
- 2y ago

L-Tryptophan 220mg | 120 Vegan Tablets | High Strength Amino Acid | Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans | by Horbaach
- Price
- £7.17
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 170
- Age
- 5y ago

Ashwagandha KSM 66 Complex 3000mg Enhanced with L-Tryptophan & Vitamin B6 (2 Month Supply) Ashwagandha High Strength Capsules with 250mg Extract (Not Gummies or Powder) - Vegan UK Made
- Price
- £7.26
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 6,943
- Age
- 3y ago

Nutriodol Fermentation-Derived L-Tryptophan 220 mg 90 Vegan Capsules | Essential Amino Acid | Clean-Label HPMC Capsules Minimal Excipients | UK-Compliant Dose | 3-Month Supply | EU GMP/ISO Made
- Price
- £7.08
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 10mo ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Ashwagandha High Strength KSM-66 Valerian Root & L-Tryptophan Supplement with Magnesium Zinc & Vitamin B6 UK Made 2 Month Supply 60 Vegan Capsules
- Price
- £8.33
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 30
- Age
- 6mo ago

Nutriodol Fermentation-Derived L-Tryptophan 220 mg 90 Vegan Capsules | Essential Amino Acid | Clean-Label HPMC Capsules Minimal Excipients | UK-Compliant Dose | 3-Month Supply | EU GMP/ISO Made
- Price
- £7.08
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 10mo ago

Ashwagandha KSM 66 Complex 3000mg Enhanced with L-Tryptophan & Vitamin B6 (2 Month Supply) Ashwagandha High Strength Capsules with 250mg Extract (Not Gummies or Powder) - Vegan UK Made
- Price
- £7.26
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 6,943
- Age
- 3y ago

L-Tryptophan 220mg | 120 Vegan Tablets | High Strength Amino Acid | Suitable for Vegetarians and Vegans | by Horbaach
- Price
- £7.17
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 170
- Age
- 5y ago

NaturaVive+ L-Tryptophan Complex 120 Capsules | One a Day | with Vitamin B6 Niacin and Magnesium | Food Supplement
- Price
- £16.21
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 10mo ago
Newest
by launch date
Ashwagandha High Strength KSM-66 Valerian Root & L-Tryptophan Supplement with Magnesium Zinc & Vitamin B6 UK Made 2 Month Supply 60 Vegan Capsules
- Price
- £8.33
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 30
- Age
- 6mo ago

NaturaVive+ L-Tryptophan Complex 120 Capsules | One a Day | with Vitamin B6 Niacin and Magnesium | Food Supplement
- Price
- £16.21
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 10mo ago

Nutriodol Fermentation-Derived L-Tryptophan 220 mg 90 Vegan Capsules | Essential Amino Acid | Clean-Label HPMC Capsules Minimal Excipients | UK-Compliant Dose | 3-Month Supply | EU GMP/ISO Made
- Price
- £7.08
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 10mo ago

L-Tryptophan Sleep Complex with Lemon Balm & Chamomile Enhanced with Magnesium Niacin & Vitamin B6 - Natural Night Complex Alternative to Melatonin - 120 Capsules (4-Month Supply) - Made in the UK
- Price
- £8.24
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 72
- Age
- 2y ago

Vegavero L-Tryptophan 220 mg | 120 Capsules (4 Months Supply) | NO Additives | Lab-Tested | Pure Tryptophan Supplement | Vegan
- Price
- £13.73
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 142
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
10 falling
Sellers
11
Top-5 brand share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
15%
- ALPHA0134%
- Vegavero24%
- Horbäach11%
- Nutrition Geeks7%
- Nutriodol5%
- swiss bioenergetics4%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 15%)
Demand
Tryptophan search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Tryptophan search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- tryptophan19K/yr
- l tryptophan12K/yr
- l-tryptophan10K/yr
- tryptophan supplement4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tryptophan
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Not enough to be clinically effective at all
Apparently it very under dosed someone did some testing its a waste of money check on YT
Definitely not dosed as advertised
Ingredients have changed
Low quality, much lower amount of active ingredient than stated
Very disappointed in the reports of independent third party testing showing that this product has almost zero active ingredient
Disrupted sleep
Didn't help with Sleep
don't help me sleep
I've found a strange side effect at the outset of taking a capsule, a weird
After taking these for a few day I was experiencing really bad pain in my abdomen
I think they can actually cause the opposite effect or makes symptoms worse
misleading
its label is false advertising
False advertising
Love
Helped me sleep
Great for sleep
Helps sleep quality, seems effective
Excellent product
Well-Balanced Supplement with Quality Ingredients
appears to be well made
calming daily stressors
Good to reduce stress
Less stressed
Not to expensive
Good value
Good Value for money
Good value, easily swallowed supplement
Easy to swallow
Each of the capsules are small enough to be swallowed easily
Return
0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing
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