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Rainbow Pla

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -14.9% this quarter, so Rainbow Pla is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 31% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£103K/yr144K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Rainbow Pla against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rainbow Pla market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rainbow Pla 144K times last year and spent an estimated £103K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 144K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £103K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
144K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
£103Ka year
Top search term
creality filament41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.59.

Listings sell for £14.59 on average, from £8.83 to £37.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.59 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.59under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.83–£37.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #85 within 3D Printing & Scanning. It carries 1,237 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
14.4%
Average rank
#85in 3D Printing & Scanning
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,237per listing
Listings tracked
63

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Rainbow 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 only 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

10%

  • Creality52%
  • ZIRO16%
  • ERYONE10%
  • RepRapper4%
  • YUANEANG4%
  • LANDU4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 10%)

Demand

Rainbow Pla search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1× · 10 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Rainbow Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • creality filament41K/yr
  • rainbow filament18K/yr
  • rainbow pla16K/yr
  • rainbow pla filament12K/yr
  • ziro filament9K/yr
  • rainbow filament pla6K/yr
  • creality hyper pla10K/yr
  • hyper pla7K/yr
  • creality pla6K/yr
  • creality pla filament4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rainbow Pla

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

Complain

Print Quality20%−0.02

cause the print to fail

do not print well

causing issues in print

Quality-Overall12%+0.56

Terrible quality

poor quality also 200g missing from new

Absolute Garbage

Color10%+2.10

Not the colour you expect

Worth a try just poor colours

the colour is way off

Jamming/Clogging9%−0.20

jams constantly

Constant Nozzle Clogs

Jammed everything up

Adhesion/Stickiness6%−0.04

I had major adhesion issues

Worst filament I have used does not adhere to the plate never buying again

This one keeps sticking to the nozzle or printing blotchy no matter what setting I swap to

Love

Print Quality23%−0.02

easy to print with

amazingly the prints are brilliant

Good print quality

Color21%+2.10

The color is vibrant

Great colour

Beautiful colours

Quality-Overall16%+0.56

Excellent quality

Good filament

Good looking and quality filament

Adhesion/Stickiness5%−0.04

adhesion is rock solid

No adhesion issues

bed adhesion was excellent

Value For Money4%

Its affordable

Good for the price

Excellent value for money

Return

0.4% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall16%█▃▄▆▄▇

The cardboard spool is not fit for purpose

is way bigger than I expected

Print Quality14%▆▆█▅█▆

cause the print to fail

do not print well

causing issues in print

Color13%█▆█▃▃▇

Not the colour you expect

Worth a try just poor colours

the colour is way off

Functionality-Overall13%▃▇▃█▅▅
Compatibility-Overall11%█▂▆██▄

FAQ

Common Rainbow Pla questions

Answered from the same tracked data.