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Epson 405 Ink Cartridges

Maybe

Buyers convert on 18.6% of searches. But demand is soft, at -9.5% this quarter, so Epson 405 Ink Cartridges is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 7% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +14 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£226K/yr47K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

Epson 405 Ink Cartridges against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Epson 405 Ink Cartridges is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Epson 405 Ink Cartridges market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Epson 405 Ink Cartridges 47K times last year and spent an estimated £226K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

18.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 47K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £226K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
47K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.5%
Conversion, latest week
18.6%
Market size, estimated
£226Ka year
Peak month
October1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
epson 405 ink cartridges9K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £25.63.

Listings sell for £25.63 on average, from £14.43 to £92.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £25.63 that is £13K to £19K a year per listing.

Average price
£25.63inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£14.43–£92.02
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£19K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #467 within Components & Replacement Parts. It carries 1,277 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.4%
Average rank
#467in Components & Replacement Parts
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,277per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Epson 405 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£23K£45K£68K£90K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Epson61%
  • Denvoer10%
  • Paeolos6%
  • Greenjob5%
  • Torvon4%
  • DOUBLE D4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Demand

Epson 405 Ink Cartridges search demand

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

1K750Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Epson 405 Ink Cartridges search terms shoppers use

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

  • epson 405 ink cartridges9K/yr
  • 405xl ink cartridges8K/yr
  • epson 405xl6K/yr
  • epson wf 4820 ink cartridges4K/yr
  • epson wf-3820 ink cartridges4K/yr
  • epson 4054K/yr
  • 405xl4K/yr
  • epson workforce wf-7840 ink cartridges3K/yr
  • epson 405xl ink cartridges multipack3K/yr
  • epson workforce pro wf-4820 ink cartridges2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Epson 405 Ink Cartridges

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

Complain

Value For Money22%+1.93

Expensive to buy

very expensive

cost is the reason for the mark down

Color16%−0.16

no black, then the light grey that was unreadable then in end dark grey rather than black

some faint colours

There was no magenta in this pack, just cyan, yellow and two blacks

Cartridge Capacity14%−0.11

Honestly a rubbish amount of ink in each cartridge

Personal pet peeve is the capacity of the standard sized cartridges is too small

sure enough is empty

Compatibility-Overall10%−0.09

Not compatible

not compatible with the Epson despite listing the printer in the description

Durability7%−0.02

don't last

doesnt lastl long

Also, aim for the higher capacity cartridges, as these don't last very long

Love

Value For Money31%+1.93

Much cheaper than the branded inks

Good value

Excellent Value

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+1.23

As described

Exactly what was required

They work as expected

Quality-Overall14%+0.80

Good quality

Excellent product

the quality is just as good

Assembly/Installation10%+0.33

Easy to install

No problem with installation

Works OK once set up

Size-Overall8%+0.47

fit well

The Paeolos cartridges fitted without out problem

fit perfectly and work well

Return

0.4% Return rate 30% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall24%▇▅█▅▇▁

Did not work

This didnt work on my printer

It is not working for me

Compatibility-Overall24%█▅▆█▆▇

Not compatible

not compatible with the Epson despite listing the printer in the description

Size-Overall18%▃▄▇▇█▄
Color7%▅█▄▁▁▁

no black, then the light grey that was unreadable then in end dark grey rather than black

some faint colours

There was no magenta in this pack, just cyan, yellow and two blacks

Value For Money4%▁▁▅▁▅█

Expensive to buy

very expensive

cost is the reason for the mark down

FAQ

Common Epson 405 Ink Cartridges questions

Answered from the same tracked data.