Pla
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $23.4M a year here. But demand is soft, at -2.4% this quarter, so Pla is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 63 / 100Top 8% of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · +11 vs the category median of 5263
- Market size
- $23.4M/yr22.3M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -2.4%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 36%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 242 sellers
Flapen Score
Pla against its category
The dotted line is the Industrial & Scientific average. Past it, Pla is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Pla market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Pla 22.3M times last year and spent an estimated $23.4M. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 22.3M 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 -2.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $23.4M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 22.3M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -2.4%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $23.4Ma year
- Peak month
- December2.6× the quietest month
- Top search term
- filament3.9M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $31.85.
Listings sell for $31.85 on average, from $10.59 to $139.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At $31.85 that is $398K to $478K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $31.85inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $10.59–$139.18
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 600K–800K
- Units per listing a year
- 12,500–15,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $398K–$478K
- Returns
- 0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #54 within Additive Manufacturing Products. It carries 2,689 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 96%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #54in Additive Manufacturing Products
- Average rating
- 4.47 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,689per listing
- Listings tracked
- 45
04 · Newcomers
5 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 5
- Successful launches
- 5Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 30 months
Products
Top Pla 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 only 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
18 falling
Sellers
242
Top-5 brand share
76%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
36%
Top 20: 75%
Open market
18%
- Brand 141%
- Brand 214%
- Brand 38%
- Brand 47%
- Brand 57%
- Brand 65%
Demand
Pla search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×
Search terms
Top Pla search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- filament3.9M/yr
- pla5.1M/yr
- 3d printer filament3.9M/yr
- pla filament3.5M/yr
- bambu labs filament746K/yr
- sunlu pla749K/yr
- 3d filament541K/yr
- 3d printing filament584K/yr
- sunlu343K/yr
- sunlu filament370K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pla
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“not really good on printing”
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.
16 topics
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