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Tryptophan

Fail

Shoppers spend only $37K a year here, so Tryptophan is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,521 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −6 vs the category median of 48
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.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

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.

2K2KSpike '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Dosage13%−0.13

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-Overall12%−0.11

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

Sleep Quality10%+0.74

Disrupted sleep

Didn't help with Sleep

don't help me sleep

Side Effects8%−0.08

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

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.06

misleading

its label is false advertising

False advertising

Love

Sleep Quality20%+0.74

Helped me sleep

Great for sleep

Helps sleep quality, seems effective

Quality-Overall14%+1.03

Excellent product

Well-Balanced Supplement with Quality Ingredients

appears to be well made

Stress/Anxiety8%+0.37

calming daily stressors

Good to reduce stress

Less stressed

Value For Money7%+0.61

Not to expensive

Good value

Good Value for money

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing6%+0.28

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

Certifications100%▁▁█▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Tryptophan questions

Answered from the same tracked data.