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Canon 545xl

Fail

Shoppers spend only $33K a year here, so Canon 545xl is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 498 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · on the category median
Market size
£33K/yr10K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Canon 545xl against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Canon 545xl is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Canon 545xl market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Canon 545xl 10K times last year and spent an estimated £33K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 10K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £33K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
10K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.8%
Conversion, latest week
16.2%
Market size, estimated
£33Ka year
Peak month
September1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
545xl6K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.66.

Listings sell for £20.66 on average, from £11.84 to £35.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £20.66 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.84–£35.79
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #173 within Printers & Accessories. It carries 4,025 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#173in Printers & Accessories
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,025per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Canon 545xl 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 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Canon51%
  • Washope13%
  • Salols13%
  • Cebhink10%
  • LIFOR6%
  • Neiber5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Canon 545xl search demand

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

300200Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Canon 545xl search terms shoppers use

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

  • 545xl6K/yr
  • pg-545xl2K/yr
  • canon 545 xl1K/yr
  • canon pg-545xl1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Canon 545xl

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

Complain

Compatibility-Overall25%−0.08

NOT COMPATIBLE

Do not work well in my printer

Cartridge not recognised by printer

Functionality-Overall14%−0.06

Didn't work properly

the cartridge failed to work

Did not work

Value For Money8%+1.85

It is a bit expensive

a more expensive set

Over priced

Quality-Overall6%+1.07

Cheap

Not the best

Bad quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.50

Misleading

The box containing the ink is different to the one in the photo

Wrongly advertised

Love

Value For Money24%+1.85

Excellent value for money

GREAT VALUE

Excellent value

Quality-Overall18%+1.07

Excellent Product

They feel just as reliable as the branded versions

The build quality seemed solid

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.50

As advertised

Does exactly what it should

Exactly as described

Cartridge/Ink Quality8%+0.40

Excellent quality ink

Great quality ink cartridge

good quality ink as expected *****

Print Quality7%+0.30

Perfect printing inks

The printings was very good and clear

good print quality

Return

1.4% Return rate 23% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall39%█▆▆██▆

NOT COMPATIBLE

Do not work well in my printer

Cartridge not recognised by printer

Size-Overall16%▆█▇▅▃▄

Cartridge doesnt fit

This product does not fit my printer even though it states in the description my specific model

It didn't fit

Functionality-Overall16%▃▇▇▇██

Didn't work properly

the cartridge failed to work

Did not work

Ink Refill9%▄█▅▃▄▆
Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▅▆█▇▅▆

Misleading

The box containing the ink is different to the one in the photo

Wrongly advertised

FAQ

Common Canon 545xl questions

Answered from the same tracked data.