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Dark Red Pla

Dark Red Pla shows low returns (0.8%), but soft demand (-8.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look

Top 35% of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · +3 vs the category median of 52

Market size 43Growth 21Conversion 80Competition 52Returns 96Price range 63Avg price 81Brand share 55Review moat 56Quality gap 43
This niche Category average · 262 niches

Is Dark Red Pla profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Dark Red Pla is a $228K/yr Amazon United States market (158K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Dark Red 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 -8.1% over the last 90 days and 8.3% of searches end in a purchase.

$228K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-8.1%158K
Conversion rate8.3%
Avg price$17.40

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand, so 28% of the market is open.

28%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 17
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market28%
Avg brand age33 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 · 24 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)8· 5 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,277

Top Dark Red 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 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$9K$18K$27K$37K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

22%

  • 3DHoJor25%
  • MarsWork14%
  • OVERTURE12%
  • JAREES11%
  • ELEGOO11%
  • iSANMATE6%

Dark Red Pla demand & seasonality

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

Volume158KCVR8.3%Products24Brands15Top 5 Brands72%OOS Rate10.5%Rating4.5★Reviews1,277Avg BSR#136
10K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Top Dark Red Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • maroon pla filament18K/yr
  • maroon filament18K/yr
  • maroon pla20K/yr
  • burgundy pla10K/yr
  • dark red pla12K/yr
  • 3dhojor14K/yr
  • burgundy filament8K/yr
  • maroon filament pla8K/yr
  • burgundy pla filament7K/yr
  • 3dhojor pla14K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dark Red Pla

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Color47%

Beautiful color

Quality-Overall15%

Excellent quality

Value For Money8%

Price is reasonable

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

As advertised

Efficiency4%

This filament works really well

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Color22%

Inaccurate Color

Print Quality13%

it caught on itself every time I tried to print

Quality-Overall13%

Poor quality control

Adhesion/Stickiness9%

Had problems with brittleness and adhesion

Compatibility-Overall5%

This did not feed well in my Creality K2

Dark Red Pla return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

66%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
48%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%
3Functionality-Overall
7%
4Print Quality
5%
5Material Quality
5%

Common Dark Red Pla questions

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

Flapen scores Dark Red Pla 55/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $228K/yr across 24 tracked products. 5 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Dark Red Pla on Amazon United States peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 4.2× the quietest.