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Plasma Cutter

Fail

Prices span $103.64–$819.80, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plasma Cutter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 7,340 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$4.7M/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Plasma Cutter against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Plasma Cutter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plasma Cutter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Plasma Cutter 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated $4.7M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $4.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
$4.7Ma year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
plasma cutter887K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $234.33.

Listings sell for $234.33 on average, from $103.64 to $819.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $234.33 that is $176K to $234K a year per listing.

Average price
$234.33above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$103.64–$819.80
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$176K–$234K
Returns
2.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Welding & Soldering. It carries 794 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
11.4%
Average rank
#15in Welding & Soldering
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
794per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Plasma Cutter products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$467K$935K$1.4M$1.9M101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ARCCAPTAIN63%
  • S711%
  • YESWELDER11%
  • Reboot7%
  • bestarc6%
  • Futelo2%

Demand

Plasma Cutter search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Plasma Cutter search terms shoppers use

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

  • plasma cutter887K/yr
  • plasma cutter machine122K/yr
  • arccaptain65K/yr
  • arc captain36K/yr
  • arccaptain welder54K/yr
  • plasma45K/yr
  • arccaptain plasma cutter56K/yr
  • plasma cutter with built in air compressor26K/yr
  • arc captain plasma cutter28K/yr
  • yeswelder plasma cutter24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasma Cutter

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
20%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
2.9%of orders come back
“Did not work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”20% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plasma Cutter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.