Silk Filament
MaybeReturns run at only 0.7% of orders. But demand is soft, at -29.3% this quarter, so Silk Filament is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 52 / 100Top 35% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +3 vs the category median of 4952
- Market size
- £110K/yr82K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -29.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 27%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 27 sellers
Flapen Score
Silk Filament against its category
The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Silk Filament is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Silk Filament market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Silk Filament 82K times last year and spent an estimated £110K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
7.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 82K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £110K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 82K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -29.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 7.7%
- Market size, estimated
- £110Ka year
- Top search term
- flashforge filament41K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £17.37.
Listings sell for £17.37 on average, from £8.17 to £245.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £17.37 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £17.37inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £8.17–£245.41
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 5K–6K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- £0–£2K
- Returns
- 0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #85 within 3D Printing & Scanning. It carries 1,201 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 87%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 15.1%
- Average rank
- #85in 3D Printing & Scanning
- Average rating
- 4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,201per listing
- Listings tracked
- 85
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 44 months
Products
Top Silk Filament 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
LANDU Silk Tri-Color PLA Filament 1.75mm 1Kg Triple Color Silk PLA Filament Rainbow PLA Filament Neatly Wound 3D Printer Filament 3 in 1 Multi Color Filament +/-0.02mm Red Blue Green
- Price
- £12.62
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 499
- Age
- 2y ago

FLASHFORGE Silk Tri-Color PLA Filament 1.75mm Coextrusion Red Yellow Blue Triple Color Rainbow 3D Printer Filament Enchanting Silk Finish with 360 Multicolor Shifting Color Effect
- Price
- £15.49
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 455
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE 3D Printer Filament PLA PRO Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool (2.2lbs) Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm for FDM 3D Printers Better Tenacity & No Knotting (Black)
- Price
- £12.90
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 62
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE High Speed PLA Filament 1.75mm 500mm/s High Speed Printing Rapid 3D Printer Filament Tough and High Flow for Fast Printing 1kg(2.2lbs)/Spool Dimensional Accuracy 0.02mm(Black)
- Price
- £13.53
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,752
- Age
- 2y ago

Reprapper PLA Filament 1.75mm 1KG Red/Gold/Blue Tri Colour Silk PLA Filament Multicolour Filament for 3D Printing High Glossy Co-Extrusion 3D Printer Filament Smooth & Easy Printing
- Price
- £10.02
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,656
- Age
- 4y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
NEOTRY Silk Tri Colour PLA Filament 1.75mm 1kg Multicolor 3D Printer Filament Filament 3D Printing Materials for Most FDM 3D Printer Silk PLA Red Yellow Blue Rainbow PLA Filament 1.75mm 0.02
- Price
- £11.89
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 59
- Age
- 6mo ago

FLASHFORGE 3D Printer Filament PLA PRO Filament 1.75mm 1KG Spool (2.2lbs) Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm for FDM 3D Printers Better Tenacity & No Knotting (Green)
- Price
- £12.71
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 62
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE Glow in The Dark Rapid PLA Filament 1.75mm High Flow Speedy 3D Printer Filament Luminous Green Max 500mm/s High-Speed Printing High Brightness and Long-Lasting Glowing Effect
- Price
- £14.50
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 394
- Age
- 1y ago

Reprapper 4X 250g Color Pack Dual Color PLA Filament 1.75mm for 3D Printer & 3D Pen Multicolour Filament 4 x 250g Matte Red/Blue Matte Purple/Green Silk Red/Blue and Silk Purple/Green
- Price
- £16.01
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,656
- Age
- 3y ago

FLASHFORGE High Speed PETG Filament 1.75mm Updated Stronger Impact Resistance 3D Printer Filament 1kg (2.2lbs) Spool-Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm Fit Most FDM Printer (Burnt Titanium)
- Price
- £12.34
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 18
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch date
NEOTRY Silk Tri Colour PLA Filament 1.75mm 1kg Multicolor 3D Printer Filament Filament 3D Printing Materials for Most FDM 3D Printer Silk PLA Red Yellow Blue Rainbow PLA Filament 1.75mm 0.02
- Price
- £11.89
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 59
- Age
- 6mo ago

SUNLU Silk PLA+ Filament Shiny Metallic Silk 3D Filament 1.75mm High Strength PLA Plus 3D Printer Filament 1KG Spool Silver
- Price
- £12.82
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 4,101
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE Silk Tri-Color PLA Filament 1.75mm Coextrusion Red Yellow Blue Triple Color Rainbow 3D Printer Filament Enchanting Silk Finish with 360 Multicolor Shifting Color Effect
- Price
- £15.49
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 455
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE Silk Tri-Color PLA Filament 1.75mm Coextrusion Red Blue Green Triple Color Rainbow 3D Printer Filament Enchanting Silk Finish with 360 Multicolor Shifting Color Effect
- Price
- £13.23
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 455
- Age
- 1y ago

FLASHFORGE Silk PLA Gradient Gold to Red Filament Silk Multicolored Color Change 3D Printing Filament Gold Red Shiny Fast Color-Changing Each 8M Gradually Silky Texture & Ultra-High Glossiness
- Price
- £14.92
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 455
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take only 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
17 falling
Sellers
27
Top-5 brand share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
27%
Top 20: 60%
Open market
13%
- FLASHFORGE51%
- SUNLU12%
- RepRapper9%
- LANDU7%
- ERYONE5%
- Creality4%
- Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 13%)
Demand
Silk Filament search demand
Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.
Search terms
Top Silk Filament search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- flashforge filament41K/yr
- silk filament9K/yr
- pla multicolour5K/yr
- multicolour filament4K/yr
- flash forge filaments5K/yr
- flashforge pla filament5K/yr
- pla filament multicolour4K/yr
- filament sunlu3K/yr
- flashforge pla4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silk Filament
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Difficult to print
Even the simplest print caused problems
now it doesn't print anything at all
Poor quality control
Absolute Garbage
this is the most awful quality
Mine looks like a sludgy beige colour
Not the colour you expect
Not a bit of any other colour
Constant Nozzle Clogs
Jammed everything up
jams constantly
often fails and breaks
Broke after a month
Please help, the machine damaged itself after just two days of use
Love
Beautiful colours
Beautiful colour
Good variety of colour
consistent quality throughout
Excellent quality
The build quality is excellent it's a sold well built machine that produces good results
Prints really nice
Prints look fantastic
easy to print with
Great value for money
Fair Price
Great value
Easy to use
it was very easy to sort out
it is generally easy to print with
Return
0.7% Return rate 28% Fixable by listing
now it doesn't print anything at all
Just don't work
Never worked
Not fit for purpose
Thought they would of been bigger
is way bigger than I expected
Difficult to print
Even the simplest print caused problems
now it doesn't print anything at all
Mine looks like a sludgy beige colour
Not the colour you expect
Not a bit of any other colour
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