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Red Pla

Fail

Prices span $7.28–$12.14, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Red Pla is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 422 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£122K/yr70K searches / yr
90-day growth
-35.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Red Pla against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red Pla market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Red Pla 70K times last year and spent an estimated £122K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

17.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 70K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £122K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
70K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-35.2%
Conversion, latest week
17.1%
Market size, estimated
£122Ka year
Peak month
November3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
red pla29K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.23.

Listings sell for £10.23 on average, from £7.28 to £12.14. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.23 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.28–£12.14
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #75 within 3D Printing & Scanning. It carries 3,873 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.5%
Average rank
#75in 3D Printing & Scanning
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,873per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Red 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

12%

  • SUNLU24%
  • eSUN24%
  • ELEGOO22%
  • 3DHoJor9%
  • ANYCUBIC5%
  • JAYO4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 12%)

Demand

Red Pla search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Holiday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Red Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • red pla29K/yr
  • red pla filament12K/yr
  • red filament11K/yr
  • pla red8K/yr
  • red filament pla5K/yr
  • pla filament red5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Pla

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

Complain

Color19%+1.08

Colour is different

the colour is bland

Not a strong colour at all

Rope/Wire Tangling13%−0.09

Tangled on spool

it's all over the place so I'm expecting tangles

Keeps getting tangled very annoying

Jamming/Clogging12%−0.08

this specific red one is terrible for clogging

Problems have included various jams

clogs the nozzle

Print Quality10%−0.03

has ruined 3 prints out of 6

does not print successfully

Roll jammed multiple times and ruined prints

Quality-Overall10%+1.52

Quality control is non existing

cheap

Poor quality - buy something else

Love

Color32%+1.08

Love the colour

has decent colour depth

The color is vibrant

Quality-Overall25%+1.52

This PLA+ filament in red is excellent quality

Good quality

Great PLA filament – very reliable

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.89

Exactly what I was expecting to get

The product was as specified

Print Quality6%−0.03

It feeds smoothly through the printer and produces consistent prints with clean layers and good detail

the finished prints look great

Prints really well

Value For Money6%+0.66

Great value for Bambu A1

Good value, no issues

Return

0.6% Return rate 60% Fixable by listing

Color48%▇▅██▇▇

Colour is different

the colour is bland

Not a strong colour at all

Functionality-Overall10%▂▄█▄▁▆

Not wound properly

Print Quality8%█▃▁█▄▂

has ruined 3 prints out of 6

does not print successfully

Roll jammed multiple times and ruined prints

Quality-Overall6%█▇▃▃▃▃

Quality control is non existing

cheap

Poor quality - buy something else

Compatibility-Overall4%▅▄▁▂█▆

FAQ

Common Red Pla questions

Answered from the same tracked data.