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Photo Printer

weak search conversion (0.8%) — Photo Printer doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Market size 60Growth 15Conversion 10Competition 44Returns 50Price range 88Avg price 88Brand share 13Review moat 24Quality gap 80
This niche Category average

Is Photo Printer profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Photo Printer is a £512K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (982K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Photo Printer: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days and 0.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£512K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-20.0%982K
Conversion rate0.8%
Avg price£63.54

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

5%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 91
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market5%
Avg brand age34 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 25 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)7· 6 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews5,161

Top Photo Printer products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£51K£102K£154K£205K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

91

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

3%

  • KODAK41%
  • Nelko28%
  • Canon13%
  • YOTON10%
  • eSynic3%
  • HP2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Photo Printer demand & seasonality

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

Volume982KCVR0.8%Products25Brands8Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.2★Reviews5,161Avg BSR#47
50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Top Photo Printer search terms shoppers use

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

  • photo printer444K/yr
  • mini photo printer92K/yr
  • portable photo printer58K/yr
  • photo printer for iphone27K/yr
  • phone printer53K/yr
  • kodak printer26K/yr
  • phone printer for iphone24K/yr
  • phone photo printer24K/yr
  • photo printer for phone67K/yr
  • colour sticker printer13K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Photo Printer

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

What buyers love

69% of reviews
Ease Of Use15%

Ease of use

Assembly/Installation11%

easy installation

Quality-Overall11%

Excellent Quality in a lovely compact design

Print Quality9%

Great printer

Value For Money7%

Good for the price

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Connectivity-Overall14%

Disconnects a lot

Quality-Overall11%

Poor quality

Value For Money8%

Cartridges are definitely expensive

Functionality-Overall7%

Doesn't work

Ease Of Use5%

Unable to use

Photo Printer return rate & reasons

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

3.0%

Return rate

9%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
22%
2Connectivity-Overall
18%
3Print Quality
8%
4Compatibility-Overall
6%
5Defective Material/Parts
4%

Common Photo Printer questions

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

Flapen scores Photo Printer 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £512K/yr across 25 tracked products. 6 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Photo Printer on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.3× the quietest.