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Black Pla

Maybe

Buyers convert on 18.0% of searches. But demand is soft, at -13.1% this quarter, so Black Pla is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 23% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£252K/yr111K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 13 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Pla against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Black Pla is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Pla market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Pla 111K times last year and spent an estimated £252K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

18.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 111K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £252K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
111K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.1%
Conversion, latest week
18.0%
Market size, estimated
£252Ka year
Peak month
January1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
black pla56K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.67.

Listings sell for £12.67 on average, from £7.35 to £38.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £12.67 that is £13K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.67under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.35–£38.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£16K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #28 within 3D Printing & Scanning. It carries 2,970 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#28in 3D Printing & Scanning
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,970per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Black Pla 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£15K£23K£30K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

3%

  • SUNLU25%
  • ELEGOO21%
  • Deeplee15%
  • eSUN13%
  • JAYO12%
  • 3DHoJor11%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 3%)

Demand

Black Pla search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

6K4KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Black Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • black pla56K/yr
  • black pla filament15K/yr
  • black filament15K/yr
  • pla black14K/yr
  • black filament pla6K/yr
  • pla filament black5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Pla

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall19%

poor quality control

Poor quality

Absolutely rubbish quality wouldn't buy again at all

Jamming/Clogging16%−0.14

Clogs printer

Consistently clogs

constant feed jams

Print Quality12%−0.01

The print quality is extremely poor compared to other brands I have used

stopping my print

brittle when you try to print

Adhesion/Stickiness9%−0.07

Adhesion issues

Bad bed adhesion

Doesn't adhere - waste of time and money

Rope/Wire Tangling6%−0.05

Tangles easily

Tangled

Tangles terribly

Love

Print Quality20%−0.01

Good print

easy to print with

is a good choice for everyday printing

Quality-Overall20%

Good quality filament

Great filament

Good Quality

Value For Money17%+2.18

great value for money

Fair Price

Great value

Material Quality9%+0.41

Excellent material

Seems a good plastic

Good quality PLA

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.47

It does what it is supposed to do

Just as described

Just what I needed

Return

0.4% Return rate 20% Fixable by listing

Print Quality14%█▃▄█▇▅

The print quality is extremely poor compared to other brands I have used

stopping my print

brittle when you try to print

Functionality-Overall12%▆▆▆▇█▆

Doesnt work straight out the box

Fails every time

I have been battling with prints for a while now, particularly with base warping and general failures

Size-Overall12%▆██▄▇▅

isn't even CLOSE to fitting

Had many filament from DEEPLEE great colours good all round filament shame they changed the spools to a huge size which now dont fit my holder

Careful, the spool is not intended for Bambu A1 AMS lite as the central hole is too big

Quality-Overall11%█▇█▅▇▄

poor quality control

Poor quality

Absolutely rubbish quality wouldn't buy again at all

Adhesion/Stickiness9%▆█▇▇▃▃

Adhesion issues

Bad bed adhesion

Doesn't adhere - waste of time and money

FAQ

Common Black Pla questions

Answered from the same tracked data.