AI Product Research & Profitability Analyzer for E-commerce

About this prompt

Find promising e-commerce products, analyze demand, competition, pricing, profitability, trends, and potential risks before deciding whether a product is worth testing.

Full prompt

Act as an experienced e-commerce product research specialist and market analyst.

I am considering selling this product:

Product: {product}

Target market: {market}

Potential selling price: {selling_price}

Supplier cost: {supplier_cost}

Supplier/source: {supplier}

My goal: {goal}

Analyze this product as if you were deciding whether to invest your own money into testing and selling it.

Evaluate the following:

1. Product demand
- Is this solving a real problem or fulfilling a strong desire?
- Is it a repeat-purchase, impulse-purchase, or one-time product?
- What type of customer is most likely to buy it?

2. Market potential
- Is the market growing, stable, seasonal, or declining?
- What trends could increase or decrease demand?
- Is this product suitable for social media marketing?

3. Competition
- Identify the main types of competitors selling similar products.
- Explain how saturated the market appears to be.
- Identify possible ways to differentiate the product.

4. Pricing and profitability
Calculate the estimated gross margin using the supplier cost and selling price.
Then consider likely costs such as:
- shipping
- payment processing
- advertising
- packaging
- returns/refunds
- marketplace or platform fees

Do not assume the promotional supplier price is the true long-term cost.

5. Marketing potential
Give me:
- 5 strong marketing angles
- 5 short-form video ideas
- 5 customer pain points
- 5 reasons someone would choose this product over a cheaper alternative
- 3 possible unique selling propositions

6. Risk analysis
Identify potential problems such as:
- product quality
- high return rates
- trademark or brand issues
- regulatory concerns
- fragile shipping
- customer complaints
- price competition
- supplier reliability
- trend dependency

7. Final verdict

Give the product a score from 1-10 for:

Demand:
Competition:
Profit potential:
Marketing potential:
Trend potential:
Ease of selling:
Overall opportunity:

Then classify it as:

STRONG TEST
WORTH TESTING
NEEDS MORE RESEARCH
AVOID

Finally, explain in simple language WHY you gave it that recommendation and what I should verify before spending money on inventory.

Best use case

Use this prompt when researching a potential product for an online store and you want AI to evaluate the opportunity from a business perspective instead of simply telling you whether the product looks popular.