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Nylon Filament

Nylon Filament shows a sweet-spot price point ($27.71 avg), but soft demand (-14.7% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look

Ranks 148 of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · −2 vs the category median of 52

Market size 37Growth 18Conversion 51Competition 30Returns 92Price range 83Avg price 95Brand share 20Review moat 93Quality gap 78
This niche Category average · 262 niches

Is Nylon Filament profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Nylon Filament is a $182K/yr Amazon United States market (159K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Nylon 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 -14.7% over the last 90 days and 4.1% of searches end in a purchase.

$182K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-14.7%159K
Conversion rate4.1%
Avg price$27.71

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 11
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market8%
Avg brand age37 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 · 18 products

Sponsored placement72%
New entrants (1y)5· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews139

Top Nylon 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

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$9K$18K$27K$36K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • SUNLU36%
  • Polymaker23%
  • yxpolyer16%
  • OVERTURE11%
  • Kingroon6%
  • ELEGOO3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Nylon Filament demand & seasonality

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

Volume159KCVR4.1%Products18Brands9Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate4.4%Rating4.3★Reviews139Avg BSR#271
5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Nylon Filament search terms shoppers use

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

  • nylon filament99K/yr
  • pa6 filament15K/yr
  • pa filament13K/yr
  • pa610K/yr
  • nylon 3d printer filament10K/yr
  • nylon filament 1.75mm7K/yr
  • filament nylon3K/yr
  • 3d printer filament nylon3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nylon Filament

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

What buyers love

79% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Decent Quality

Value For Money13%

Good value

Material Quality12%

Good material

Strength12%

Strong parts with nice finish

Ease Of Use7%

easy to work with

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Print Quality21%

had a few prints fail

Adhesion/Stickiness10%

Bad layer adhesion

Strength9%

A bit brittle

Quality-Overall7%

Poor quality filament with lumps and inconsistent diameter

Value For Money6%

Not the cheapest

Nylon Filament return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

16%

Fixable by listing

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

1Print Quality
21%
2Functionality-Overall
14%
3Compatibility-Overall
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%
5Material Quality
8%

Common Nylon Filament questions

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

Flapen scores Nylon Filament 50/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $182K/yr across 18 tracked products. 2 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Nylon Filament on Amazon United States peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.