Metal Filament
MaybeAn estimated 0.8% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -19.2% this quarter, so Metal Filament is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 51 / 100Ranks 140 of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · −1 vs the category median of 5251
- Market size
- $125K/yr130K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -19.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 44%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 24 sellers
Flapen Score
Metal Filament against its category
The dotted line is the Industrial & Scientific average. Past it, Metal Filament is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Metal Filament market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Metal Filament 130K times last year and spent an estimated $125K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Apr. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 130K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $125K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 130K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -19.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $125Ka year
- Peak month
- April2.1× the quietest month
- Top search term
- metal filament31K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $29.27.
Listings sell for $29.27 on average, from $13.67 to $193.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $29.27 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $29.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $13.67–$193.03
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 4K–5K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- $3K–$7K
- Returns
- 0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #252 within Additive Manufacturing Products. It carries 3,519 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 81%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 5.7%
- Average rank
- #252in Additive Manufacturing Products
- Average rating
- 4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 3,519per listing
- Listings tracked
- 36
04 · Newcomers
3 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 7
- Successful launches
- 3Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 39 months
Products
Top Metal Filament products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
16 flat
Sellers
24
Top-5 brand share
68%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
44%
Top 20: 83%
Open market
27%
- Brand 124%
- Brand 218%
- Brand 313%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 56%
- Brand 65%
Demand
Metal Filament search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×
Search terms
Top Metal Filament search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- metal filament31K/yr
- geeetech filament17K/yr
- metal pla15K/yr
- pla metal13K/yr
- metal 3d printer filament12K/yr
- metal filament 3d printer8K/yr
- metal pla filament8K/yr
- geeetech4K/yr
- pla metal filament4K/yr
- metal infused filament4K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Filament
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Very dull color”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
17 topics
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