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Canon 581 Ink Cartridges

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Canon 581 Ink Cartridges is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Top 39% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +2 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£94K/yr18K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 76 sellers

Flapen Score

Canon 581 Ink Cartridges against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Canon 581 Ink Cartridges is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Canon 581 Ink Cartridges market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Canon 581 Ink Cartridges 18K times last year and spent an estimated £94K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 18K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £94K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
18K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.2%
Conversion, latest week
16.9%
Market size, estimated
£94Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
canon 580 & 581 ink cartridges8K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £30.75.

Listings sell for £30.75 on average, from £9.47 to £65.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £30.75 that is £3K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£30.75inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.47–£65.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£8K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

36% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #592 within Printers & Accessories. It carries 916 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
36%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#592in Printers & Accessories
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
916per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Canon 581 Ink Cartridges 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 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£9K£19K£28K£37K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

76

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Canon80%
  • SMARTOMI12%
  • KINGJET3%
  • CATJOY2%
  • IC-Office2%

Demand

Canon 581 Ink Cartridges search demand

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

700500Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Canon 581 Ink Cartridges search terms shoppers use

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

  • canon 580 & 581 ink cartridges8K/yr
  • canon 581 ink cartridges7K/yr
  • canon 5812K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Canon 581 Ink Cartridges

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

Complain

Value For Money39%+2.00

Wish they were a bit cheaper

which is expensive

if rather expensive

Compatibility-Overall22%−0.15

Not compatible

My printer will only accept Canon

Color6%−0.01

Not best colour

Love

Value For Money32%+2.00

Great value

Great deal

Great value for money

Quality-Overall20%+1.28

But I was encouraged by the good reviews

Good quality

Great product

Cartridge/Ink Quality9%+0.73

Good ink for cannon

Very good cartridges

Great ink

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.01

Does what you would expect

As described

as described

Print Quality7%+0.51

as described gives a great print I use canon all the time

Very good quality photo prints produced

As described good print quality

Return

0.4% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall46%▅▄▆▅▇█

Not compatible

My printer will only accept Canon

Functionality-Overall13%█▂▆▆▅▁
Ink Refill13%▇▄▅█▁▁
Size-Overall11%▁▆▁▄██
Cartridge/Ink Quality3%▁▁▇▁▅█

FAQ

Common Canon 581 Ink Cartridges questions

Answered from the same tracked data.