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A3 Printer

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so A3 Printer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Top 36% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +3 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£673K/yr219K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 198 sellers

Flapen Score

A3 Printer against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, A3 Printer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The A3 Printer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for A3 Printer 219K times last year and spent an estimated £673K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 219K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £673K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
219K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
£673Ka year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
a3 printer120K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £169.73.

Listings sell for £169.73 on average, from £36.03 to £489.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £169.73 that is £0 to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£169.73above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£36.03–£489.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£17K
Returns
2.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #221 within Printers & Accessories. It carries 818 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#221in Printers & Accessories
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
818per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top A3 Printer 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£27K£54K£81K£108K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

198

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

0%

  • HP33%
  • Epson32%
  • Canon20%
  • Brother14%
  • Xerox1%

Demand

A3 Printer search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top A3 Printer search terms shoppers use

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

  • a3 printer120K/yr
  • canon pixma ix685011K/yr
  • hp a3 printer8K/yr
  • a3 photo printer8K/yr
  • a3 printer scanner8K/yr
  • printer a38K/yr
  • epson a3 printer7K/yr
  • a3 printers7K/yr
  • a3 printer scanner copier all in one9K/yr
  • a3 colour printer6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about A3 Printer

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Connectivity-Overall10%−0.17

Its just not connecting to any device at all

kept dropping connection

Never connects

Assembly/Installation8%+1.22

Not the most straightforward to set up

Not easy to set up

not easy to install

Print Quality7%+1.74

doesnt print well from my computer

Rubbish print quality

Print quality isnt all that good

Functionality-Overall6%−0.16

DOESN'T WORK CONSISTANTLY

eventually the machine simply refused to work

Didnt work

Ease Of Use6%−0.05

Not much use at all

Not easy

Very hard to operate

Love

Print Quality27%+1.74

Easy to print

Fantastic print quality

Excellent printer

Assembly/Installation12%+1.22

The initial setup was impressively straightforward

EASILY INSTALLED

Easy to set up

Value For Money8%+0.72

Excellent value

Great deal

Good price

Quality-Overall6%+0.08

Quality built Printer

Easy to set up and great quality

Excellent product

Printing Speed5%+0.54

It prints quickly

Fast Printer

excellent print speed

Return

2.8% Return rate 6% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%▆██▇▆▆

DOESN'T WORK CONSISTANTLY

eventually the machine simply refused to work

Didnt work

Connectivity-Overall14%▅▄▆▆▇█

Its just not connecting to any device at all

kept dropping connection

Never connects

Print Quality11%██▇██▇

doesnt print well from my computer

Rubbish print quality

Print quality isnt all that good

Compatibility-Overall6%▄▆▆▆▆█
Size-Overall5%█▆▆▆▆▅

FAQ

Common A3 Printer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.