How competitive is the 302xl Ink Cartridges niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

9 brands and 114 sellers compete in 302xl Ink Cartridges on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 302xl Ink Cartridges products take 71% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 89% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in 302xl Ink Cartridges?

302xl Ink Cartridges buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Compatibility-Overall, Functionality-Overall, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.8%.

What does it cost to enter the 302xl Ink Cartridges niche?

302xl Ink Cartridges sells for £22.59 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £11.76–£34.74. The average incumbent carries 23,886 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

302xl Ink Cartridges

302xl Ink Cartridges shows searches that convert (15.8% search→purchase), but a deep review moat (23,886 avg reviews) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

Worth a look

This niche Category average

Is 302xl Ink Cartridges profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, 302xl Ink Cartridges is a £1.1M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (312K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

302xl Ink Cartridges: 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 -15.5% over the last 90 days and 15.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.1M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K

Search volume / yr-15.5%312K

Conversion rate15.8%

Avg price£22.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 114

Top-5 product click share71%

Open market11%

Avg brand age48 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Top 302xl Ink Cartridges 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

HP F6U66AE 302 Original Ink Cartridge Black Single Pack

Price: £15.40
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 89,943
Age: 11y ago

HP X4D37AE 302 Original Ink Cartridges Black and Tri-color 2 Count (Pack of 1)

Price: £30.28
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 98,001
Age: 11y ago

302XL Ink Cartridges Black and Colour 2-Pack Replacement for HP 302 Ink Cartridges Combo Pack for HP Envy 4520 4527 4524 4523 OfficeJet 3835 3830 3831 4650 5230 DeskJet 3630 1110 DeskJet 3630 Printer

Price: £19.96
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 617
Age: 1y ago

302 302XL Ink Cartridges 4527 4520 3630 for HP302XL Black and Colour

Price: £18.90
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 577
Age: 7mo ago

302XL Ink Cartridges Black and Colour Replacement for HP 302 Ink Cartridges Combo Pack for HP 302XL Printer Ink 302 XL for Envy 4520 4527 4523 4524 Officejet 3835 5230 4650 Deskjet 3630 2130 3636

Price: £19.01
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 1,660
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

Gureef 302XL Ink Cartridges for HP 302 Ink Cartridges Black and Colour for HP Printer Ink 302 XL for hp302 for hp302xl for HP Envy 4527 4520 4524 DeskJet 3630 OfficeJet 3831 3835 5230 4650

Price: £19.46
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 53
Age: 3mo ago

302XL Black Ink Cartridge Replacement for HP 302 HP302 Ink Cartridges High Capacity - Printer Ink for HP302 XL for Envy 4527 4520 4523 4524 Officejet 5230 3830 Deskjet 3630 3637 2130 (1 Pack)

Price: £11.76
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 4mo ago

HP 302/304 Black/Tri-Color Original Ink Cartridge 2-Pack (B82L1AE)- Works DeskJet 1110 2130 3630 2600 & 3700 series OfficeJet 3830 4650 series ENVY 4520 series 5020 5030 5032

Price: £28.13
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 98,001
Age: 5mo ago

302 302XL Ink Cartridges 4527 4520 3630 for HP302XL Black and Colour

Price: £18.90
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 577
Age: 7mo ago

302XL Ink Cartridges Combo Pack Replacement for HP 302 Ink Cartridges Black and Colour for HP Envy 4520 4527 4524 4523 OfficeJet 3835 3830 3831 4650 5230 DeskJet 3630 1110 Printer

Price: £23.14
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 52
Age: 8mo ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

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

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

114

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

HP60%
Washope11%
INFITONER9%
SUNPRINTZ5%
Gureef5%
DRPRINTON4%
Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

302xl Ink Cartridges demand & seasonality

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

Volume312KCVR15.8%Products15Brands9Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews23,886Avg BSR#250

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top 302xl Ink Cartridges search terms shoppers use

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

hp 302 ink cartridges black and colour54K/yr -15.5%20.6% conv.
hp 302 black ink cartridge40K/yr -23.1%19.8% conv.
302 hp ink cartridges38K/yr -26.1%16.9% conv.
hp 30230K/yr -22.6%14.1% conv.
hp302 black and colour ink cartridge8K/yr +102.5%19.4% conv.
hp302black ink cartridge14K/yr -21.0%24.8% conv.
hp 302 ink13K/yr -18.3%12.8% conv.
302xl ink cartridges12K/yr -10.4%16.6% conv.
hp envy 4527 ink cartridge11K/yr -2.2%11.7% conv.
hp 302 ink cartridges combo pack13K/yr -31.1%6.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 302xl Ink Cartridges

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews

Value For Money25%

“Good Value”

Quality-Overall19%

“Excellent Product”

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

“Was as advertised”

Cartridge/Ink Quality7%

“Excellent quality cartridges”

Compatibility-Overall6%

“no compatibility issues”

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews

Compatibility-Overall13%

“Are not compatible with printer”

Functionality-Overall12%

“Ink cartridge failed”

Value For Money9%

“Quite expensive”

Quality-Overall9%

“Absolute rubbish”

Cartridge Capacity6%

“Low Ink Levels”

302xl Ink Cartridges return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall

32%

2Functionality-Overall

19%

3Ink Refill

11%

4Size-Overall

5Cartridge/Ink Quality

Common 302xl Ink Cartridges questions

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

Flapen scores 302xl Ink Cartridges 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.1M/yr across 15 tracked products. 4 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -15.5% over the last 90 days.