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Dark Grey Pla

Dark Grey Pla shows low returns (0.7%), but a small market ($88K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look

Ranks 148 of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · −2 vs the category median of 52

Market size 22Growth 22Conversion 93Competition 49Returns 96Price range 67Avg price 80Brand share 33Review moat 36Quality gap 45
This niche Category average · 262 niches

Is Dark Grey Pla profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Dark Grey Pla is a $88K/yr Amazon United States market (45K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Dark Grey Pla: 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 -5.8% over the last 90 days and 11.5% of searches end in a purchase.

$88K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-5.8%45K
Conversion rate11.5%
Avg price$17.07

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 17
Top-5 product click share55%
Open market15%
Avg brand age41 months

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 · 20 products

Sponsored placement80%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,949

Top Dark Grey Pla 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 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$9K$18K$26K$35K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • ANYCUBIC35%
  • SUNLU26%
  • Polymaker9%
  • ZIRO9%
  • INLAND6%
  • OVERTURE5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Dark Grey Pla demand & seasonality

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

Volume45KCVR11.5%Products20Brands10Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate5.0%Rating4.5★Reviews2,949Avg BSR#88
6K4KMar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Dark Grey Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • dark grey pla13K/yr
  • dark gray pla11K/yr
  • dark grey filament6K/yr
  • dark grey pla filament5K/yr
  • dark gray pla filament5K/yr
  • dark gray filament5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dark Grey Pla

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Quality-Overall28%

Overall, it performed exactly like a typical quality PLA should

Value For Money17%

Great deal

Color11%

Color is accurate and consistent

Material Quality8%

Good Quality PLA

Efficiency7%

Works great

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Print Quality21%

you will not get a smooth print like that

Quality-Overall16%

Low quality

Adhesion/Stickiness10%

Doesnt adhere as good as bar brand

Color9%

This is NOT GRAY

Functionality-Overall6%

Sunlu Black PLA failed

Dark Grey Pla return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

41%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
20%
2Functionality-Overall
13%
3Size-Overall
10%
4Print Quality
9%
5Compatibility-Overall
9%

Common Dark Grey Pla questions

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

Flapen scores Dark Grey Pla 50/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $88K/yr across 20 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.8% over the last 90 days.
Dark Grey Pla buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Print Quality, Quality-Overall, Adhesion/Stickiness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.7%.