3d Printer
FailBuyers convert on only 0.2% of searches, so 3d Printer is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 43 / 100Ranks 551 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −6 vs the category median of 4943
- Market size
- £1.1M/yr3.0M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -8.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 59%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 11 sellers
Flapen Score
3d Printer against its category
The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, 3d Printer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The 3d Printer market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 3d Printer 3.0M times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
0.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 3.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 3.0M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -8.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.2%
- Market size, estimated
- £1.1Ma year
- Peak month
- December2.8× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 3d printer2.3M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £181.86.
Listings sell for £181.86 on average, from £56.10 to £284.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £181.86 that is £45K to £91K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £181.86above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £56.10–£284.19
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 8K–10K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £45K–£91K
- Returns
- 5.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads.
91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within 3D Printing & Scanning. It carries 160 reviews at 4.00 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 91%
- Prime listings
- 91%
- Out of stock, average day
- 7.7%
- Average rank
- #14in 3D Printing & Scanning
- Average rating
- 4.00 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 160per listing
- Listings tracked
- 22
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 6 of last year's 9 launches as successful.
9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 26 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 9
- Successful launches
- 6Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 26 months
Products
Top 3d Printer 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
Flashforge Adventurer 5X 3D Printer with Multi-Color Printing Customize with IFS AD5X Multi-Material/Full-auto leveling 3D Printer Max Speed: 600mm/s Auto 4kg Filament Refill Compact Integrated Design
- Price
- £245.41
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 540
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE AD5M 3D Printer Fully Auto Calibration Print with 1-Click Max 600mm/s Speed All-Metal CoreXY Structure Precise Printing Easy-Maintenance Quick-Swap Nozzle Print Size 220x220x220mm
- Price
- £174.18
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 118
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE AD5X Multi-Material 3D Printer 4-Color Printing 600mm/s Speed 1-Click Print with DIY IFS Creations Full-Auto Calibration & Filament Backup AD5X- Multi-Color Productivity Booster
- Price
- £248.35
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 480
- Age
- 1y ago

TINA2S 3D Printer WEEFUN 3D Printer Fully Assembled with WiFi Cloud Print Silent Mini 3D Printers for Beginners and Kids Auto Bed Leveling DIY 3D Printers with Resume Print Fully Open Source
- Price
- £150.40
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 60
- Age
- 2y ago

Tina2 Plus 3D Printer WEEFUN 250mm/s High Speed FDM 3D Printers Fully Open Source Auto Leveling Mini 3D Printer with WiFi Cloud Print Fully Assembly 3D Printers for Beginners Office Home School
- Price
- £173.08
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 65
- Age
- 2y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Anycubic Kobra X Multicolor 3D Printer for Kids and Beginners 15-Min Easy Setup with Native 4-Color Printing 600mm/s Fast 3D Printers with AI Camera Quiet 45dB Perfect for Family DIY Projects
- Price
- £230.11
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 108
- Age
- 4mo ago

Anycubic Kobra X 3D Printer 600mm/s High-Speed FDM Printer with 4-Color Printing 49-Point Auto-Leveling Smart AI Detection for Beginners & Professionals 260x260x260 mm
- Price
- £242.01
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 38
- Age
- 4mo ago

TINA2C 3D Printer WEEFUN 3D Printers Fully Assembled with WiFi Cloud Print APP Smart Control Mini 3D Printer for Beginners and Kids Auto Leveling DIY 3D Printers Fully Open Source for Home School
- Price
- £152.80
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 478
- Age
- 7mo ago

Creality K2 SE 3D Printer 500mm/s High-Speed Printing Support Multi Color 3D Printing Needs CFS Solid Metal Build Auto Leveling Direct Drive Extruder Quick-Swap Nozzle 220×215×245mm Print Size
- Price
- £191.75
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 8
- Age
- 7mo ago

LUCKDANO Beginner 3D Printer Easy to Use for Beginners Compact with 100x100x100mm Printing Size 0.05mm High Resolution PLA TPU Filament (Black)
- Price
- £56.10
- Rating
- 2.8/5
- Reviews
- 15
- Age
- 8mo ago
Newest
by launch date
Anycubic Kobra X Multicolor 3D Printer for Kids and Beginners 15-Min Easy Setup with Native 4-Color Printing 600mm/s Fast 3D Printers with AI Camera Quiet 45dB Perfect for Family DIY Projects
- Price
- £230.11
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 108
- Age
- 4mo ago

Anycubic Kobra X 3D Printer 600mm/s High-Speed FDM Printer with 4-Color Printing 49-Point Auto-Leveling Smart AI Detection for Beginners & Professionals 260x260x260 mm
- Price
- £242.01
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 38
- Age
- 4mo ago

TINA2C 3D Printer WEEFUN 3D Printers Fully Assembled with WiFi Cloud Print APP Smart Control Mini 3D Printer for Beginners and Kids Auto Leveling DIY 3D Printers Fully Open Source for Home School
- Price
- £152.80
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 478
- Age
- 7mo ago

Creality K2 SE 3D Printer 500mm/s High-Speed Printing Support Multi Color 3D Printing Needs CFS Solid Metal Build Auto Leveling Direct Drive Extruder Quick-Swap Nozzle 220×215×245mm Print Size
- Price
- £191.75
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 8
- Age
- 7mo ago

LUCKDANO Beginner 3D Printer Easy to Use for Beginners Compact with 100x100x100mm Printing Size 0.05mm High Resolution PLA TPU Filament (White)
- Price
- £56.18
- Rating
- 2.8/5
- Reviews
- 15
- Age
- 8mo ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
8 falling
Sellers
11
Top-5 brand share
94%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
59%
Top 20: 98%
Open market
4%
- FLASHFORGE53%
- WEEFUN20%
- Creality14%
- LUCKDANO3%
- ANYCUBIC3%
- AOSEED3%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)
Demand
3d Printer search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×
Search terms
Top 3d Printer search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 3d printer2.3M/yr
- 3d printers136K/yr
- 3d printer for kids53K/yr
- bambu lab a1 3d printer47K/yr
- flashforge40K/yr
- 3d printers for beginners44K/yr
- creality 3d printer44K/yr
- snapmaker u119K/yr
- bambu lab a1 mini 3d printer31K/yr
- 3d-printer44K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about 3d Printer
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
fall apart easily
Not durable
Broke after a month
Malfunctioning
Never worked
Doesnt work
not printing
print quality is slightly less than Creality
now it doesn't print anything at all
Pretty low quality garbage
Bad quality
Garbage
Connection problems
the signal here isn't amazing
Then it wouldn't connect to a server
Love
Good for price
Great value
Great value
Easy to use if you follow steps
Easy to use
easy to set up and lots of things print
is well built
Excellent product
The build quality is excellent it's a sold well built machine that produces good results
Nice little machine easy to put together
easy setup
Set-up is very straightforward and the instructions are clear and concise
straightforward instructions were clear to follow
Easy to follow instructions
thw instructions are ok
Return
5.1% Return rate 2% Fixable by listing
Malfunctioning
Never worked
Doesnt work
not printing
print quality is slightly less than Creality
now it doesn't print anything at all
Connection problems
the signal here isn't amazing
Then it wouldn't connect to a server
The printer had cut a cable on the heating head, destroyed the heating block and nozzle
The heater wouldn't heat
Overheats
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