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Grey Pla

Grey Pla shows low returns (0.8%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

61
Worth a look

Top 11% of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · +9 vs the category median of 52

Market size 92Growth 23Conversion 92Competition 49Returns 96Price range 67Avg price 95Brand share 16Review moat 59Quality gap 53
This niche Category average · 262 niches

Is Grey Pla profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Grey Pla is a $1.8M/yr Amazon United States market (570K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–May–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 61/100.

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 -5.0% over the last 90 days and 11.3% of searches end in a purchase.

$1.8M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-5.0%570K
Conversion rate11.3%
Avg price$28.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 15
Top-5 product click share55%
Open market6%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 25 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,151

Top 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$180K$360K$540K$720K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

2%

  • ANYCUBIC61%
  • SUNLU15%
  • ELEGOO6%
  • OVERTURE6%
  • eSUN5%
  • 3DHoJor4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Grey Pla demand & seasonality

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

Volume570KCVR11.3%Products25Brands7Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate4.0%Rating4.4★Reviews1,151Avg BSR#40
18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, May, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Grey Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • anycubic filament181K/yr
  • grey pla52K/yr
  • gray pla47K/yr
  • anycubic pla48K/yr
  • grey filament28K/yr
  • gray pla filament27K/yr
  • grey pla filament27K/yr
  • gray filament24K/yr
  • pla grey17K/yr
  • anycubic pla filament22K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 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 Money19%

Good deal

Color14%

Good value and accurate color

Material Quality7%

Good Quality PLA

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Works as it should, excellent

What buyers complain about

84% of reviews
Print Quality21%

but does not print like PLA nor PETG

Color18%

Color is incorrect

Quality-Overall17%

Seems a bit inconsistent in quality

Adhesion/Stickiness10%

Terrible layer adhesion

Value For Money5%

Maybe cheaper,

Grey Pla return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

51%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
32%
2Print Quality
9%
3Value For Money
9%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Functionality-Overall
8%

Common Grey Pla questions

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

Flapen scores Grey Pla 61/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $1.8M/yr across 25 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Grey Pla on Amazon United States peaks in Jan–May–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.