Scanner
Scanner shows beatable incumbent ratings (4.1★), but soft demand (-27.8% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Flapen Score
Top 13% of 1,375 Computer & Zubehör niches · +11 vs the category median of 41
Is Scanner profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Scanner is a €1.3M/yr Amazon Germany market (875K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.
Scanner: 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 -27.8% over the last 90 days and 1.0% of searches end in a purchase.
€1.3M
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.
10%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 40 products
Top Scanner 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
Canon LiDE 300 Scanner CanoScan Flachbettscanner DIN A4 (2.400 x 2.400 DPI 4 Scantasten Stromversorgung über USB ca. 10 s/Farbseite 300 DPI 48 Bit interne Farbtiefe) schwarz
- Price
- €58.14
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 4,236
- Age
- 7y ago
Canon Lide 400 Scanner (A4-Flachbett CIS Sensor 4 800 x 4 800 DPI USB-Stromversorgung 5 Scan-Buttons Halter für senkrechte Aufstellung) schwarz
- Price
- €74.27
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 5,449
- Age
- 7y ago
Epson Workforce ES-50 tragbarer A4 Dokumentenscanner mit hoher Scangeschwindigkeit Scanner für hochauflösende Dokumente ideal für kleine Büros und Home Offices schwarz
- Price
- €93.10
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,233
- Age
- 7y ago
Workforce DS-410: Kompakter A4 Business-Scanner mit Blattzufuhr automatischem Dokumenteneinzug für 50 Blatt und Epson Document Capture Pro-Software
- Price
- €239.06
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 500
- Age
- 8y ago
ScanSnap iX2500 Schwarz Dokumentenscanner Ultraschneller Duplex-Scanner mit 45 S./Min. 100-Blatt-ADF 600DPI 5 Touchscreen WLAN/Bluetooth/USB-Konnektivität
- Price
- €321.82
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 88
- Age
- 1y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Venkillian A3 Tragbarer Dokumentenscanner: 13MP Hochauflösende Dokumentenkamera mit OCR für 130 Sprachen Kurvenkorrektur USBAnschluss Windows Kompatibel (Nicht für Mac) ideal für Heim Büro Schule
- Price
- €117.13
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 4mo ago
Ricoh SCANSNAP IX2500 Scanner A4
- Price
- €313.66
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 89
- Age
- 1y ago
ScanSnap iX2500 Schwarz Dokumentenscanner Ultraschneller Duplex-Scanner mit 45 S./Min. 100-Blatt-ADF 600DPI 5 Touchscreen WLAN/Bluetooth/USB-Konnektivität
- Price
- €321.82
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 88
- Age
- 1y ago
IRIScan Executive 4 Mobiler Duplex-Dokumentenscanner Schwarz für A4-Dokumente ideal für kleine Büros und Home Offices scannt PDFs Word- und XLS-Dateien mit OCR USB für Windows inkl. Readiris PDF
- Price
- €86.05
- Rating
- 3.5/5
- Reviews
- 106
- Age
- 3y ago
Canon DR-C225 II - imageFORMULA Dokumentenscanner (Duplex Einzug Farbe 600dpi 25 Seiten/Min PDF OCR kompakt schwarz)
- Price
- €225.79
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 107
- Age
- 7y ago
Newest
by launch dateVenkillian A3 Tragbarer Dokumentenscanner: 13MP Hochauflösende Dokumentenkamera mit OCR für 130 Sprachen Kurvenkorrektur USBAnschluss Windows Kompatibel (Nicht für Mac) ideal für Heim Büro Schule
- Price
- €117.13
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 4mo ago
ScanSnap iX2500 Schwarz Dokumentenscanner Ultraschneller Duplex-Scanner mit 45 S./Min. 100-Blatt-ADF 600DPI 5 Touchscreen WLAN/Bluetooth/USB-Konnektivität
- Price
- €321.82
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 88
- Age
- 1y ago
Ricoh SCANSNAP IX2500 Scanner A4
- Price
- €313.66
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 89
- Age
- 1y ago
Brother ADS-1800W - Kompakter und tragbarer Dokumentenscanner mit WLAN
- Price
- €229.65
- Rating
- 3.9/5
- Reviews
- 175
- Age
- 2y ago
Epson Wi-Fi Scanner ES-C320W kompakter A4 Business Scanner mit geringem Stromverbrauch Duplex-Einzugscanner mit vielseitiger Medienverarbeitung schwarz
- Price
- €209.27
- Rating
- 3.9/5
- Reviews
- 88
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 40% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
14 rising
Sellers
360
Top-5 brand share
90%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
40%
Top 20: 82%
Open market
8%
- Canon29%
- Epson29%
- ScanSnap14%
- Brother13%
- HP5%
- CZUR2%
- Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 8%)
Scanner demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
Top Scanner search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- scanner275K/yr
- dokumentenscanner161K/yr
- scanner dokumentenscanner122K/yr
- flachbettscanner48K/yr
- scanner a435K/yr
- scanner & zubehör27K/yr
- dokumentenscanner duplex24K/yr
- scanner mit einzug25K/yr
- scanner duplex einzug18K/yr
- duplex scanner22K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scanner
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
76% of reviews“Super, Scanner”
“Die Qualität der gescannten Fotos, der PDF-Dateien und Kopien ist für mich okay”
“Für das Geld optimal”
“Super Produkt”
“einfache Handhabe”
What buyers complain about
62% of reviews“Streifen in den Scans”
“Verbindungsprobleme”
“Unzuverlässige Funktionsweise”
“Installation nicht möglich”
“Gerät Top, App Flop”
Scanner return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
2.6%
Return rate
0%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Scanner questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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