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Purple Pla

Maybe

An estimated 0.7% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -16.5% this quarter, so Purple Pla is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 11% of 262 Industrial & Scientific niches · +9 vs the category median of 52
Market size
$759K/yr369K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Purple Pla against its category

The dotted line is the Industrial & Scientific average. Past it, Purple Pla is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Purple Pla market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Purple Pla 369K times last year and spent an estimated $759K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 369K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $759K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
369K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.5%
Conversion, latest week
11.2%
Market size, estimated
$759Ka year
Peak month
May2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
purple filament83K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.36.

Listings sell for $18.36 on average, from $9.25 to $49.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $18.36 that is $18K to $23K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.36inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.25–$49.33
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$18K–$23K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #72 within Additive Manufacturing Products. It carries 2,324 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.8%
Average rank
#72in Additive Manufacturing Products
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,324per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Purple 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

16 flat

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Purple Pla search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

10K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Purple Pla search terms shoppers use

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

  • purple filament83K/yr
  • purple pla91K/yr
  • purple pla filament56K/yr
  • pla purple21K/yr
  • purple filament pla21K/yr
  • pla filament purple21K/yr
  • filament purple12K/yr
  • dark purple pla12K/yr
  • 3d printer filament purple10K/yr
  • purple 3d printer filament10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Purple Pla

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

25%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Print Quality”
0.7%of orders come back
“Has messed up every print Ive tried with it”
A buyer, on “Print Quality”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Purple Pla questions

Answered from the same tracked data.