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Plasma Ball

Plasma Ball shows a sweet-spot price point ($18.89 avg), but soft demand (-28.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 25Growth 11Conversion 39Competition 59Returns 70Price range 78Avg price 85Brand share 58Review moat 64Quality gap 80
This niche Category average

Is Plasma Ball profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Plasma Ball is a £100K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (167K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Plasma Ball: 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 -28.1% over the last 90 days and 3.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£100K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-28.1%167K
Conversion rate3.1%
Avg price£18.89

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 25
Top-5 product click share50%
Open market30%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews931

Top Plasma Ball products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

23%

  • Theefun32%
  • Science Mad13%
  • CGBOOM9%
  • Junxave8%
  • Riserva8%
  • SENQIU7%

Plasma Ball demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume167KCVR3.1%Products24Brands16Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate9.0%Rating4.2★Reviews931Avg BSR#398
13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.6×

Top Plasma Ball search terms shoppers use

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

  • plasma ball118K/yr
  • plasma lamp10K/yr
  • plasma globe9K/yr
  • plasma6K/yr
  • plasma ball lamp10K/yr
  • electric ball6K/yr
  • plasma ball touch sensitive4K/yr
  • plasma light4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasma Ball

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Value For Money22%

Was worth the money spent

Gifting Purpose20%

Fun Christmas present

Size-Overall13%

fits great on the desk doesnt over take the space

Quality-Overall13%

Quality was alright

Efficiency8%

It's working

What buyers complain about

85% of reviews
Functionality-Overall15%

Did not work

Durability15%

Broken before i could even test it

Quality-Overall10%

Poor quality

Adhesion/Stickiness10%

The glue they must use at manufacturing very poor

Size-Overall10%

Small

Plasma Ball return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

2.2%

Return rate

8%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
29%
2Defective Material/Parts
24%
3Size-Overall
7%
4Connectivity-Overall
6%
5Durability
5%

Common Plasma Ball questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Plasma Ball 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £100K/yr across 24 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -28.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Plasma Ball on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 7.6× the quietest.