Silk Filament
Silk Filament shows low returns (0.7%), but soft demand (-29.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Flapen Score
Is Silk Filament profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Silk Filament is a £110K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (82K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.
Silk Filament: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Worth a look. Search demand moved -29.3% over the last 90 days and 7.7% of searches end in a purchase.
£110K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.
17%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 85 products
Top Silk Filament products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
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 dateNEOTRY 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: brands, sellers & click share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (27% combined) — 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%)
Silk Filament demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Top Silk Filament search terms shoppers use
The exact queries 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
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silk Filament
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
81% of reviews“Beautiful colours”
“consistent quality throughout”
“Prints really nice”
“Great value for money”
“Easy to use”
What buyers complain about
61% of reviews“Difficult to print”
“Poor quality control”
“Mine looks like a sludgy beige colour”
“Constant Nozzle Clogs”
“often fails and breaks”
Silk Filament return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.7%
Return rate
28%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Silk Filament questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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