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Ink Tank Printer

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Ink Tank Printer is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 766 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −6 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£469K/yr180K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 112 sellers

Flapen Score

Ink Tank Printer against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Ink Tank Printer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ink Tank Printer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ink Tank Printer 180K times last year and spent an estimated £469K. All 3 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 180K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £469K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
180K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£469Ka year
Peak month
March1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
hp smart tank printer31K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £166.01.

Listings sell for £166.01 on average, from £120.32 to £224.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £166.01 that is £17K to £42K a year per listing.

Average price
£166.01above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£120.32–£224.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£42K
Returns
3.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Printers & Accessories. It carries 2,089 reviews at 3.99 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#70in Printers & Accessories
Average rating
3.99 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,089per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Ink Tank Printer 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£47K£94K£141K£188K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

112

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • HP65%
  • Epson33%
  • Canon1%

Demand

Ink Tank Printer search demand

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

7K5KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Ink Tank Printer search terms shoppers use

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

  • hp smart tank printer31K/yr
  • ink tank printer25K/yr
  • hp smart tank14K/yr
  • tank printer17K/yr
  • eco tank printers uk11K/yr
  • ink tank printers for home use9K/yr
  • smart tank printer7K/yr
  • tank printers for home use6K/yr
  • printer with refillable ink tank6K/yr
  • eco tank printer7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ink Tank Printer

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

Complain

Connectivity-Overall10%−0.18

Impossible to connect up

Connectivity is terrible

Keeps disconnecting

Print Quality8%+1.64

Bad print quality also

doesnt print well from my computer

Rubbish print quality

Assembly/Installation8%+0.82

Not easy to set up

It's a pain to installl

over complicated to set up

Functionality-Overall8%−0.18

Did not work

It stopped working

DOESN'T WORK CONSISTANTLY

Ease Of Use5%−0.05

Not easy

Not user friendly

Not much use at all

Love

Print Quality26%+1.64

Good print quality

Excellent printer

Perfect for my printing needs

Assembly/Installation11%+0.82

It was fairly easy to put together

Easy to set up

Easy installation

Value For Money7%+0.73

Good for the money

Great deal

Great value for money

Quality-Overall6%

Easy to set up and great quality

I mostly like that it looks like really good solid quality for long time of use

Excellent product

Printing Speed6%+0.71

good print quality at reasonable speed

The printing speed is also very good

Fast printer

Return

3.0% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%▆█▆▇▇▆

Did not work

It stopped working

DOESN'T WORK CONSISTANTLY

Connectivity-Overall16%▆▄▇▆▆█

Impossible to connect up

Connectivity is terrible

Keeps disconnecting

Print Quality13%█▆█▆▇▆

Bad print quality also

doesnt print well from my computer

Rubbish print quality

Compatibility-Overall6%▃▇▇▆█▇
Double-Sided Printing5%▄▆▅█▅▄

Does not have double-sided printing. somehow

This does not automatically print both sides

Does not do duplex automatic printing

FAQ

Common Ink Tank Printer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.