Skip to content

Glow in the Dark Filament

Glow in the Dark Filament shows a sweet-spot price point ($25.87 avg), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

68
Worth a look

Top 2% of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · +16 vs the category median of 52

Market size 73Growth 21Conversion 63Competition 88Returns 83Price range 86Avg price 95Brand share 77Review moat 49Quality gap 70
This niche Category average · 262 niches

Is Glow in the Dark Filament profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Glow in the Dark Filament is a $806K/yr Amazon United States market (560K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 58% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Worth a look — 68/100.

Glow in the Dark 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 -7.9% over the last 90 days and 5.6% of searches end in a purchase.

$806K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-7.9%560K
Conversion rate5.6%
Avg price$25.87

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 58% of demand, so 42% of the market is open.

42%

open market share

Brands · sellers28 · 34
Top-5 product click share27%
Open market42%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 55 products

Sponsored placement98%
New entrants (1y)9· 7 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,640

Top Glow in the Dark Filament 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (27% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$16K$32K$48K$65K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

37%

  • AMOLEN19%
  • SUNLU16%
  • FLASHFORGE9%
  • YOOPAI7%
  • DURAMIC 3D7%
  • Yousu5%

Glow in the Dark Filament demand & seasonality

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

Volume560KCVR5.6%Products55Brands28Top 5 Brands58%OOS Rate2.9%Rating4.3★Reviews1,640Avg BSR#197
15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Glow in the Dark Filament search terms shoppers use

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

  • glow in the dark filament187K/yr
  • glow in the dark pla68K/yr
  • glow in the dark pla filament48K/yr
  • glow filament27K/yr
  • glow in the dark filament pla30K/yr
  • 3d printer filament glow in dark29K/yr
  • glow pla23K/yr
  • pla glow in the dark filament22K/yr
  • filament glow in the dark19K/yr
  • glow in the dark 3d printer filament18K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glow in the Dark Filament

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Brightness/Shine/Glow35%

Good Glow

Color17%

🌈 Pretty color

Quality-Overall10%

Very good filament, nice glow

Material Quality5%

good quality material

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

Works as intended

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Brightness/Shine/Glow26%

Doesn't glow

Print Quality10%

Difficult to print

Quality-Overall9%

The quality is horrible it lis nothing like regular PLA

Color6%

Colors are way off

Strength5%

So brittle it broke apart in my fingers

Glow in the Dark Filament return rate & reasons

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

1.6%

Return rate

49%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
27%
2Compatibility-Overall
14%
3Functionality-Overall
9%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Color
7%

Common Glow in the Dark Filament questions

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

Flapen scores Glow in the Dark Filament 68/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $806K/yr across 55 tracked products. 7 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -7.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Glow in the Dark Filament on Amazon United States peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.