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Plasma Cutter

Fail

Prices span $76.18–$320.16, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plasma Cutter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,901 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£65K/yr64K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 13 sellers

Flapen Score

Plasma Cutter against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Plasma Cutter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plasma Cutter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plasma Cutter 64K times last year and spent an estimated £65K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 64K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £65K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
64K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£65Ka year
Peak month
November1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
plasma cutter52K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £121.23.

Listings sell for £121.23 on average, from £76.18 to £320.16. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £121.23 that is £0 to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£121.23above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£76.18–£320.16
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£12K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 25.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #36 within Power Tools. It carries 12 reviews at 3.88 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
25.8%
Average rank
#36in Power Tools
Average rating
3.88 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
12per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Plasma Cutter 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£13K£20K£26K110100 Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Reboot40%
  • SPRIGHOLLY25%
  • SUSEMSE10%
  • PLASMARGON6%
  • Static Arc5%
  • Zahala Battery3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)

Demand

Plasma Cutter search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Plasma Cutter search terms shoppers use

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

  • plasma cutter52K/yr
  • plasma cutter with built in compressor9K/yr
  • plasma cutting equipment3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasma Cutter

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall27%−0.52

again it has suddenly stopped working

Not working

After 2 short goes it failed so returned

Quality-Overall15%−0.17

It's cheap

Very poor quality

Rubbish

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting10%−0.10

The instructions are not the best

Lack of operating manual or safety instructions

This has the worst instruction manual I have ever read

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.04

false advertising

Durability4%−0.05

broke after 5 months

Love

Value For Money20%+1.15

It performs much better than expected considering it's budget price

Good value

Excellent value

Quality-Overall14%−0.17

overall its a very solid piece of kit

Good quality

Very well made machine with excellent quality

Ease Of Use13%+1.10

Ease of Use

easy to read

A great wee tool, very handy

Assembly/Installation12%+0.95

First off, the setup

Easy to use and assemble

Setup was easy

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.04

Perfect for what I needed it for

it does exactly what is stated in the advertisement on the Amazon site

it's performed way better than I expected

Return

3.2% Return rate 7% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall35%▆█▆▅▃▄

again it has suddenly stopped working

Not working

After 2 short goes it failed so returned

Defective Material/Parts18%▅▃█▄▄▃

Not working properly unfortunately

Durability10%█▁▁▃▁█

broke after 5 months

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁▁▁▁█▁

false advertising

Strength6%▁▁▁▁█▁

FAQ

Common Plasma Cutter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.