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Canon 551 Ink Cartridges

Canon 551 Ink Cartridges shows searches that convert (24.2% search→purchase), but a small market ($50K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 12Growth 16Conversion 100Competition 53Returns 97Price range 86Avg price 89Brand share 32Review moat 42Quality gap 40
This niche Category average

Is Canon 551 Ink Cartridges profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Canon 551 Ink Cartridges is a £50K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (10K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Canon 551 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 -17.5% over the last 90 days and 24.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£50K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr-17.5%10K
Conversion rate24.2%
Avg price£20.62

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 98
Top-5 product click share53%
Open market14%
Avg brand age81 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 · 27 products

Sponsored placement59%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,296

Top Canon 551 Ink Cartridges products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 53% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

98

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

11%

  • Canon56%
  • ejet13%
  • HALLOLUX8%
  • CATJOY5%
  • Coloran4%
  • Uniwork3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 11%)

Canon 551 Ink Cartridges demand & seasonality

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

Volume10KCVR24.2%Products27Brands14Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate2.0%Rating4.5★Reviews2,296Avg BSR#861
225175Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Canon 551 Ink Cartridges

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Value For Money31%

Excellent value

Compatibility-Overall14%

No problems with compatibility

Quality-Overall13%

Product is ace as always

Color9%

The colours are excellent with lines and characters sharp

Cartridge/Ink Quality9%

Good quality inks

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Compatibility-Overall25%

Cartridges not recognised by my printer

Value For Money18%

Far too expensive

Jamming/Clogging10%

Cheap inks can clog

Display Colors5%

Please sell colours separate

Cartridge Capacity5%

this ink does not fit the printer

Canon 551 Ink Cartridges return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

21%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall
32%
2Ink Refill
21%
3Functionality-Overall
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%
5Color
7%

Common Canon 551 Ink Cartridges questions

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

Flapen scores Canon 551 Ink Cartridges 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £50K/yr across 27 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days.
Canon 551 Ink Cartridges buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Compatibility-Overall, Value For Money, Jamming/Clogging, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.5%.