How competitive is the Hp 203x niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

10 brands and 115 sellers compete in Hp 203x on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Hp 203x products take 62% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 89% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Hp 203x?

Hp 203x buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Print Quality, Durability, Color, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.8%.

What does it cost to enter the Hp 203x niche?

Hp 203x sells for £70.28 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £31.58–£174.35. The average incumbent carries 399 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Hp 203x

a small market ($62K/yr) — Hp 203x doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals High Price

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Hp 203x profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hp 203x is a £62K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (17K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Hp 203x: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -11.1% over the last 90 days and 5.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£62K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr750

Search volume / yr-11.1%17K

Conversion rate5.2%

Avg price£70.28

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 115

Top-5 product click share62%

Open market11%

Avg brand age50 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 · 14 products

Top Hp 203x products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

GPC Image 203X Toner Cartridges Compatible for HP 203X 203A CF540X for HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP MFP M281fdw M254dw M254nw M281fdn M280nw M281cdw M254dn (Black Cyan Magenta Yellow 4-Pack)

Price: £44.70
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 70
Age: 2y ago

HP CF541X 203X High Yield Original LaserJet Toner Cartridge Cyan Single Pack

Price: £78.57
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 493
Age: 9y ago

HP CF540A 203A Original LaserJet Toner Cartridge Black Single Pack

Price: £60.26
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,179
Age: 8y ago

203X M281fdw M254dw Toner Cartridge: Compatible for HP 203X 203A Color Laserjet Pro MFP M281fdw M254dw M281fdn M280nw M281cdw M254nw M254dn M281 CF540X CF540A Black Cyan Yellow Magenta 4-Pack

Price: £46.00
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 1,232
Age: 10y ago

HP CF543X 203X High Yield Original LaserJet Toner Cartridge Magenta Single Pack

Price: £78.62
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 611
Age: 9y ago

Newest

by launch date

203X 203A M254dw M281fdw High Yield Toner Cartridges Set CF540X 4 Pack

Price: £167.50
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 6
Age: 5mo ago

PRINKUS 203A 203X M254dw M281fdw Multipack Set CF540X CF540A 4 Pack Toner

Price: £174.35
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 3
Age: 6mo ago

Nestink 203X CF540X Toner Cartridge(1 Black 1 Cyan 1 Magenta 1 Yellow) Compatible with HP Color Laserjet Pro MFP M281fdw Toner M254dw M254nw M281fdn M280nw M281cdw M254dn 203A CF541X CF542X(4-pack)

Price: £33.16
Rating: 3.9/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 1y ago

Palmtree 203X 203A Toner Compatible for HP 203X for HP 203A CF540X for M281fdw Toner for Colour Laserjet Pro MFP M281fdw M254dw M254nw M281fdn M280nw M281cdw M254dn Black Cyan Yellow Magenta 4-Pack

Price: £46.54
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 27
Age: 1y ago

colorfly 203X CF540X Toner Cartridge Compatible for HP 203X 203A CF540X/CF541X/CF542X/CF543X as Replacement with Color Laserjet Pro M254dw/M254nw/M254dn MFP M281fdw/M281fdn/M281cdw/M280nw (4 Pack)

Price: £31.58
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 6
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

115

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

HP42%
GPC Image19%
Amstech11%
WOWTONER8%
EETU4%
colorfly4%
Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)

Hp 203x demand & seasonality

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

Volume17KCVR5.2%Products14Brands10Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate5.0%Rating4.5★Reviews399Avg BSR#616

Peak months: Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Top Hp 203x search terms shoppers use

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

hp 203x3K/yr -3.3%5.4% conv.
hp 203x black3K/yr -18.6%1.6% conv.
hp mfp m281fdw toner cartridges2K/yr +2.5%5.5% conv.
203x toner cartridges2K/yr -8.1%4.3% conv.
hp 203x multipack2K/yr -13.6%1.5% conv.
hp m254dw toner2K/yr -17.2%2.6% conv.
m254dw toner cartridges2K/yr -18.0%1.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hp 203x

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews

Value For Money19%

“Amazing value”

Quality-Overall18%

“Quality product”

Print Quality15%

“Print quality has been consistently sharp and clear, even on detailed documents and graphics”

Compatibility-Overall8%

“Great compatibility”

Cartridge/Ink Quality7%

“Good quality toner cartridge”

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews

Print Quality22%

“the print started to become faded”

Durability14%

“I'm not aware that the cartridges should degrade with time”

Color11%

“lately I've found that the magenta cartridge is spattering over pages that aren't even printed in colour”

Quality-Overall10%

“Cheaper then other”

Value For Money8%

“Maybe a little more expensive than non-HP branded”

Hp 203x return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

30%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall

35%

2Color

11%

3Size-Overall

10%

4Functionality-Overall

5Advertised Vs Actual Product

Common Hp 203x questions

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

Flapen scores Hp 203x 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £62K/yr across 14 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.1% over the last 90 days.