epson 405 ink cartridges
Worth a lookShows searches that convert (18.6% search→purchase), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.
Conversion
Incredible18.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.4%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Incredible£25.63avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Great£14.43–£92.02cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Great4.3★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Good1,277.38avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Okay£226K£226K/yr · 47K searches
Brand share
Okay86%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Competition
Bad74%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Growth
Bad-9.5%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, epson 405 ink cartridges is a £226K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (47K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
epson 405 ink cartridges market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 500–750/product
- Revenue / yr
- £256K–£320K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 18.6%
- Avg BSR
- #467
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 100%
- Out of stock
- 5.4%
- Avg brand age
- 33 months
- Avg seller age
- 178 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.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 & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -9.5% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top epson 405 ink cartridges search terms
- 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
Top epson 405 ink cartridges products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 13 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Epson 405 Suitcase Genuine Multipack 4-colours Ink Cartridges DURABrite Ultra Ink
Epson£35.064.4★4,000 rev
Epson 405XL Suitcase High Yield Genuine Multipack 4-colours Ink Cartridges DURABrite Ultra Ink
Epson£92.024.4★4,000 rev
Epson 405XL Black Suitcase High Yield Genuine DURABrite Ultra Ink XL High Capacity
Epson£31.814.4★4,000 rev
Denvoer 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack Compatible with Epson 405 for Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4820 Ink Cartridges WF-3820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7840 WF-4830 WF 3820 WF 7310 WF 7830 (10-Pack)
Denvoer£20.664.4★309 rev
Paeolos Replacement for 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack Compatible Ink Cartridges with Epson Workforce Pro WF-3820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-4820 WF-7835 WF-7840 WF-3825 Printer 12 Pack
Paeolos£18.194.2★42 rev
Newest
by launch date
Greenjob Compatible 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack Replacement for Epson 405 XL Compatible with Workforce Pro WF-3820 WF-4820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7835 WF-7840 WF-3825 WF-4825 WF-4830 Printer (12-Pack)
Greenjob£17.6839 rev
Hookink WF-4820 Ink Cartridges Multipack Compatible with Epson 405XL for WorkForce Pro WF-4820 WF-3820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7840 WF-4830 WF 3820 WF 7310 WF 7830 WF 4820 (10 Pack)
Hookink£16.378 rev
Clorisun Replacement for 405XL Multipack Compatible with Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4820 Ink Cartridge WF-3820 WF-7830 WF-7840 WF-7310 WF-4830 WF 3820 WF 7310 WF 7830 WF 4820
Clorisun£20.2418 rev
Torvon Ink Cartridges Replacement for Epson 405 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack for WorkForce Pro WF-3820 WF-3825 WF-4820 WF-4825 WorkForce WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7835 WF-7840 (10-Pack)
Torvon£14.4379 rev
Replacement for 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack Compatible with Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4820 Ink Cartridges WF-3820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7840 WF-4830 WF 3820 WF 7310 WF 7830 10 Pack
PACITEK£15.6316 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumGreenjob Compatible 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack Replacement for Epson 405 XL Compatible with Workforce Pro WF-3820 WF-4820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7835 WF-7840 WF-3825 WF-4825 WF-4830 Printer (12-Pack)
Greenjob£17.684.2★
Clywenss 10-Pack Compatible 405XL Ink Cartridges Replacement for Epson 405 XL Multipack for WorkForce Pro WF-4820 WF-3820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7835 WF-7840 WF-4830 WF4820 WF3820 WF7830 WF7840 Printer
Clywenss£16.244.2★
Hookink WF-4820 Ink Cartridges Multipack Compatible with Epson 405XL for WorkForce Pro WF-4820 WF-3820 WF-7310 WF-7830 WF-7840 WF-4830 WF 3820 WF 7310 WF 7830 WF 4820 (10 Pack)
Hookink£16.373.4★
DOUBLE D 405XL Ink Cartridges Multipack for Epson 405 XL Ink for Epson Workforce Pro WF-4820DTWF WF-7830DWF WF-3820 WF-7840DTWF WF-4830DTWF WF-4820DWF WF-3825DWF WF-4825DWF WF-7835DTWF Printer 10 Pack
DOUBLE D£19.774.8★
Epson 405XL Black Suitcase High Yield Genuine DURABrite Ultra Ink XL High Capacity
Epson£31.814.4★
What buyers say about epson 405 ink cartridges
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Much cheaper than the branded inks”
“As described”
“Good quality”
“Easy to install”
“fit well”
“They are very easy to use”
“This is a pack of 12 ink cartridges compatible with my Epsom workforce 405 printer”
“Print and colour quality is good”
“Lovely rich colour”
“Long lasting to last drop”
What buyers complain about
“Expensive to buy”
“no black, then the light grey that was unreadable then in end dark grey rather than black”
“Honestly a rubbish amount of ink in each cartridge”
“Not compatible”
“don't last”
“Did not work”
“AVOID - within a week of installing them my printer head was so blocked up two of the four colours would not work”
“it took a good hour trying to get it to recognise it”
“the reviews may have been misleading”
“Quality control sorely lacking”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is epson 405 ink cartridges profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £226K/yr across 13 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -9.5%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (56/100).
- How competitive is the epson 405 ink cartridges niche?
- 10 brands and 81 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 74% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in epson 405 ink cartridges?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Color, Cartridge Capacity. The return rate is 0.4%.
- When does demand for epson 405 ink cartridges peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the epson 405 ink cartridges niche?
- Listings span £14.43–£92.02; the average listing price is £25.63 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,277 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.