How competitive is the Pla Refill niche on Amazon United States?

11 brands and 20 sellers compete in Pla Refill on Amazon United States. The top 5 Pla Refill products take 33% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the Pla Refill niche?

Pla Refill sells for $29.94 on average on Amazon United States, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $11.60–$47.17. The average incumbent carries 737 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Pla Refill

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

Flapen Score

Worth a look

Top 28% of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · +4 vs the category median of 52

This niche Category average · 262 niches

Is Pla Refill profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Pla Refill is a $399K/yr Amazon United States market (415K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Pla Refill: 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 -23.9% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

$399K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K

Search volume / yr-23.9%415K

Conversion rate3.2%

Avg price$29.94

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 20

Top-5 product click share33%

Open market7%

Avg brand age32 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 · 55 products

Top Pla Refill products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

ELEGOO PLA Basic Refill Filament 1.75mm Black 1KG 3D Printer Filament No Spool Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm 3D Printing PLA for Reusable Spool Refilling

Price: $12.18
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 931
Age: 1y ago

SUNLU PLA+ Refill Filament 1.75mm Olive Green+Bone White+Coffee Brown+Oak

Price: $45.24
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 312
Age: 1y ago

SUNLU PLA+ Refill Filament 1.75mm 4KG Black*4

Price: $43.78
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 312
Age: 1y ago

SUNLU PLA+2.0 3D Printer Filament Refill 1.75mm 4KG 1KG/Roll Black*4

Price: $44.58
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 185
Age: 9mo ago

SUNLU Matte PLA Filament Refill 1.75mm 4KG White*4

Price: $43.43
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 174
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

OVERTURE 4 Pack 1kg High Speed Refill PLA+ Filament Black*4

Price: $37.56
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 17
Age: 5mo ago

SUNLU PLA+ Refill Filament 1.75mm 1KG Black

Price: $11.60
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 312
Age: 5mo ago

SUNLU Matte PLA Filament Refill 1.75mm 1KG Black

Price: $14.79
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 174
Age: 5mo ago

SUNLU PLA+2.0 3D Printer Filament Refill 1.75mm 4KG 1KG/Roll Black*4

Price: $44.58
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 185
Age: 9mo ago

SUNLU PLA+2.0 3D Printer Filament Refill 1.75mm 4 Packs 4KG

Price: $46.73
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 185
Age: 9mo ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (33% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

SUNLU58%
ELEGOO15%
OVERTURE9%
ANYCUBIC7%
MarsWork4%
Polymaker2%
Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 4%)

Pla Refill demand & seasonality

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

Volume415KCVR3.2%Products55Brands11Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate12.4%Rating4.4★Reviews737Avg BSR#122

Top Pla Refill search terms shoppers use

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

filament refill80K/yr -20.7%1.1% conv.
pla refill70K/yr -19.6%1.8% conv.
sunlu refill45K/yr -26.7%1.3% conv.
pla filament refill44K/yr -20.1%2.0% conv.
sunlu pla refill41K/yr -30.9%2.2% conv.
refill filament14K/yr -19.0%1.0% conv.
3d printer filament refill15K/yr -29.9%0.7% conv.
black pla refill11K/yr -5.4%11.4% conv.
pla refill filament15K/yr -36.1%1.7% conv.
sunlu filament refill14K/yr -33.6%1.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pla Refill

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews

Quality-Overall26%

“Absolute quality”

Value For Money19%

“Excellent value”

Color11%

“Color is accurate and consistent”

Material Quality8%

“I also like the fact that the spools are a sturdy material”

Compatibility-Overall5%

“Its easy to use its compatible”

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews

Print Quality17%

“Has messed up every print Ive tried with it”

Quality-Overall16%

“It is very low quality”

Adhesion/Stickiness8%

“Does not adhere at all”

Size-Overall8%

“A lot smaller then expected”

Color7%

“The color is actually a little darker”

Pla Refill return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

55%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall

39%

2Compatibility-Overall

13%

3Functionality-Overall

4Advertised Vs Actual Product

5Color

Common Pla Refill questions

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

Flapen scores Pla Refill 56/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $399K/yr across 55 tracked products. 8 of 17 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -23.9% over the last 90 days.

Pla Refill buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Print Quality, Quality-Overall, Adhesion/Stickiness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.8%.