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Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice

Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look

Top 14% of 3,978 Pet Supplies niches · +9 vs the category median of 51

Market size 59Growth 20Conversion 87Competition 79Returns 100Price range 88Avg price 95Brand share 4Review moat 54Quality gap 55
This niche Category average · 3,978 niches

Is Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice is a $492K/yr Amazon United States market (140K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -10.1% over the last 90 days and 9.9% of searches end in a purchase.

$492K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-10.1%140K
Conversion rate9.9%
Avg price$35.46

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 99% of demand, so 1% of the market is open.

1%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 82
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market1%
Avg brand age85 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 52 products

Sponsored placement48%
New entrants (1y)6· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,334

Top Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice 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$15K$30K$44K$59K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

1%

  • Evanger's57%
  • Blue Buffalo38%
  • IAMS1%
  • Purina ONE1%
  • Natural Balance1%
  • Cesar1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice demand & seasonality

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

Volume140KCVR9.9%Products52Brands7Top 5 Brands99%OOS Rate1.1%Rating4.4★Reviews1,334Avg BSR#269
4K3KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice search terms shoppers use

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

  • evangers canned dog food51K/yr
  • lamb wet dog food16K/yr
  • evangers dog food14K/yr
  • blue buffalo dog food lamb10K/yr
  • blue buffalo lamb8K/yr
  • evangers wet dog food10K/yr
  • evangers8K/yr
  • blue buffalo lamb and brown rice9K/yr
  • lamb dog food wet5K/yr
  • blue buffalo lamb dog food6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Pet Friendly36%

Dog loves it

Quality-Overall11%

Quality is superb

Taste-Overall8%

My dogs actually like the food

Value For Money7%

well worth the money

Flavor6%

Apparently has great flavor

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Value For Money18%

Its a bit too expensive

Allergies13%

They have food allergies. and are just picky jerks

Indigestion12%

some reason too long of diarrhea

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

False advertising I definitely should have read the bag prior to purchase

Smell5%

it does have an odor to it

Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

18%

Fixable by listing

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

1Indigestion
24%
2Value For Money
18%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
18%
4Flavor
12%
5Quality-Overall
6%

Common Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice questions

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

Flapen scores Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice 60/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $492K/yr across 52 tracked products. 3 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice on Amazon United States peaks in Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.