metallic pla
Worth a lookShows low returns (1.0%), but soft demand (-23.7% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Great1.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Incredible$33.88avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good42%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Price range
Good$14.51–$146.94cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Good5.1%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Good4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Market size
Okay$271K$271K/yr · 156K searches
Review moat
Okay2,660.66avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Brand share
Bad91%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Growth
Bad-23.7%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, metallic pla is a $271K/yr Amazon United States market (156K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.
Data updated Aug 6, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
metallic pla market data
- Units sold / yr
- 6K–8K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- $203K–$271K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 5.1%
- Avg BSR
- #98
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 76%
- Out of stock
- 0.2%
- Avg brand age
- 34 months
- Avg seller age
- 198 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
12 flat
Sellers
18
Top-5 brand share
91%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
42%
Top 20: 81%
Open market
6%
- SUNLU62%
- YOOPAI20%
- AMOLEN3%
- ERYONE3%
- UJOYBIO3%
- GIANTARM2%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 6%)
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 51 weeks — -23.7% search growth over the last 90 days.Top metallic pla search terms
- sunlu silk pla28K/yr
- metallic pla20K/yr
- sunlu silk19K/yr
- silk filament bundle15K/yr
- sunlu pla silk14K/yr
- silk pla bundle12K/yr
- silk pla filament bundle8K/yr
- pla metallic filament6K/yr
- sunlu silk pla filament3K/yr
- pla metallic5K/yr
Top metallic pla products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
SUNLU 3D Printer Silk Filament Shiny Silk PLA Filament 1.75mm Smooth Silky Surface Great Easy to Print for 3D Printers Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm Silk Silver 1KG
SUNLU$16.574.5★4,513 rev
SUNLU Silk PLA+ Filament 1.75mm Chrome Like Gloss Finish Smooth Silk Texture Upgraded Formula for Stable Printing 1kg(2.2lbs) PLA Plus 3D Printer Filament Silver
YOOPAI$18.034.6★1,201 rev
SUNLU 3D Printer Silk Filament Shiny Silk PLA Filament 1.75mm Smooth Silky Surface Great Easy to Print for 3D Printers Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm Silk Light Gold 1KG
SUNLU$17.304.5★4,513 rev
SUNLU Silk Pla Plus Filament 4kg Bundle (Blue+Purple+Green+Silver)
SUNLU$49.844.7★26 rev
SUNLU Multicolor 4-Color Silk PLA+ Filament Bundle 4kg in Total
SUNLU$71.174.5★35 rev
Newest
by launch date
UJOYBIO Metallic PLA Filament 1.75mmm Metal-Like Shiny 3D Printer Filament Metallic Silk 3D Filament Compatible with Most FDM 3D Printers 0.25KG Metal Silk 8 Rolls
UJOYBIO$33.05105 rev
250g Silk PLA+ Filament 1.75mm Bundle SUNLU 3D Printer Filament Glossy Smooth Silky Surface 250g Spool 8 Rolls Gold+Silver+Red+Bronze+Copper+Blue+Pink+Orange
YOOPAI$47.181,305 rev
SUNLU PLA+ Silk Rainbow Filament 1.75mm 8 Rainbow Color
SUNLU$43.4722 rev
SUNLU 250G Silk Quadruple Color PLA Filament Bundle Muticolor 1kg in Total
SUNLU$25.6834 rev
SUNLU Silk PLA Filament 1.75mm 1KG(2.2lbs) 330 Meters Silky Light Gold
SUNLU$16.3342 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumUJOYBIO Metallic PLA Filament 1.75mmm Metal-Like Shiny 3D Printer Filament Metallic Silk 3D Filament Compatible with Most FDM 3D Printers 0.25KG Metal Silk 8 Rolls
UJOYBIO$33.054.1★
250g Silk PLA+ Filament 1.75mm Bundle SUNLU 3D Printer Filament Glossy Smooth Silky Surface 250g Spool 8 Rolls Gold+Silver+Red+Bronze+Copper+Blue+Pink+Orange
YOOPAI$47.184.4★
SUNLU Silk Pla Plus Filament 4kg Bundle (Blue+Purple+Green+Silver)
SUNLU$49.844.7★
SUNLU Silk PLA Filament 1.75mm 1KG(2.2lbs) 330 Meters Silky Light Gold
SUNLU$16.334.6★
SUNLU Silk Triple Color Pla Filament Silk PLA 3D Printer Filament 1.75mm Shiny Silk Texture Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm 1KG Spool (2.2 lbs) PLA Silk Triple Color (Blue Green Purple)
SUNLU$20.974.5★
What buyers say about metallic pla
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Color is true”
“Amazing quality”
“Good Quality Material Perfect with integrated Bambu Lab default Settings”
“Good Price”
“Very bright”
“-Excellent bed adhesion”
“Easy to Use”
“Other filaments work fine”
“Compatible with most printers”
“as advertised”
What buyers complain about
“Color off”
“I'm not that great at printing things”
“poor quality control”
“These do not fit”
“Not shiny as advertised”
“Misleading Picture”
“Wont stick to itself”
“Breaks easily”
“slowing the machine down”
“Will not fit in AMS”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is metallic pla profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $271K/yr across 38 tracked products. 7 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -23.7%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (53/100).
- How competitive is the metallic pla niche?
- 12 brands and 18 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 42% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 91% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in metallic pla?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Color, Print Quality, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 1.0%.
- What does it cost to enter the metallic pla niche?
- Listings span $14.51–$146.94; the average listing price is $33.88 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 2,661 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.