Photo Scanner
soft demand (-26.3% this quarter) — Photo Scanner doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Photo Scanner profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Photo Scanner is a £854K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (293K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.
Photo Scanner: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -26.3% over the last 90 days and 2.3% of searches end in a purchase.
£854K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.
5%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 14 products
Top Photo Scanner 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
Canon LiDE 300 Colour Flatbed Scanner - Black
- Price
- £39.92
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 4,162
- Age
- 7y ago
Canon LiDE 400 Colour Flatbed Scanner (Black) - Space Saving Design with USB Type-C Connectivity Easy One-Touch Operation - Ideal for Home or Office
- Price
- £54.92
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 5,351
- Age
- 7y ago
Epson Perfection V39 II Photo and Document Scanner Black
- Price
- £75.06
- Rating
- 3.7/5
- Reviews
- 561
- Age
- 3y ago
Plustek Photo Scanner Ephoto Z300 Scans 4x6 Inch Photos in 2 Seconds Auto Crop and Deskew with CCD Sensor Supports Mac and PC
- Price
- £148.01
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 9,434
- Age
- 9y ago
Brother DS-640 Document Scanner USB 3.0 DSMobile Portable 15PPM A4 Scanner Includes Micro USB Cable White
- Price
- £72.36
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 1,986
- Age
- 6y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Epson WorkForce DS-1730 Compact Flatbed Scanner For Small Businesses And Home Offices
- Price
- £164.66
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 6
- Age
- 11mo ago
Photo & Slide Scanner 4-in-1 Film Negative Scanner with 5 LCD Screen Converts 135/110 Negatives Slides Photos & Business Cards to 22MP Digital Images Includes 8GB SD Card
- Price
- £106.05
- Rating
- 3.2/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 4mo ago
Epson WorkForce ES-500WII Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 High-speed (35ppm) Up to A4 (27-413 GSM) 50 Page Auto Feed Colour Scanner with OCR Software
- Price
- £210.26
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 4
- Age
- 5y ago
Brother DS-740D Document Scanner USB 3.0 DSMobile Portable 2 Sided Scanning 15PPM A4 Scanner Includes Micro USB Cable White
- Price
- £103.79
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 1,052
- Age
- 6y ago
Canon LiDE 300 Colour Flatbed Scanner - Black
- Price
- £39.92
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 4,162
- Age
- 7y ago
Newest
by launch datePhoto & Slide Scanner 4-in-1 Film Negative Scanner with 5 LCD Screen Converts 135/110 Negatives Slides Photos & Business Cards to 22MP Digital Images Includes 8GB SD Card
- Price
- £106.05
- Rating
- 3.2/5
- Reviews
- 13
- Age
- 4mo ago
Epson WorkForce DS-1730 Compact Flatbed Scanner For Small Businesses And Home Offices
- Price
- £164.66
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 6
- Age
- 11mo ago
Canon imageFORMULA R30 Document Scanner | Double-sided Scanning with USB for Home & Office | 60 Sheet Feeder | Easy Driverless Setup with Built-in Canon CaptureOnTouch Lite Software | Supports OCR
- Price
- £193.39
- Rating
- 3.1/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 3y ago
Epson Perfection V39 II Photo and Document Scanner Black
- Price
- £75.06
- Rating
- 3.7/5
- Reviews
- 561
- Age
- 3y ago
Epson WorkForce ES-500WII Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 High-speed (35ppm) Up to A4 (27-413 GSM) 50 Page Auto Feed Colour Scanner with OCR Software
- Price
- £210.26
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 4
- Age
- 5y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 falling
Sellers
115
Top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
79%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
2%
- Canon60%
- Epson18%
- Plustek7%
- Brother7%
- DigitPro3%
- tobo3%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)
Photo Scanner demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.6×
Top Photo Scanner search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- scanner106K/yr
- photo scanner45K/yr
- scanners for computers27K/yr
- document scanner23K/yr
- flatbed scanner19K/yr
- scanners16K/yr
- photo scanner for old photos to digital11K/yr
- a4 scanner9K/yr
- document scanners7K/yr
- photo scanners6K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Photo Scanner
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
77% of reviews“Great quality scanner for the price”
“Easy to use”
“Good, quality for the price and easy to set up & use”
“Set up was quick”
“Worth every penny”
What buyers complain about
69% of reviews“After spending hours trying to deal variously with the Scan Utility App”
“The error message saying that it is not compatible with this version”
“Add to this software seemed very crude and poor”
“Does not work”
“Poor quality”
Photo Scanner return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
4.9%
Return rate
4%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Photo Scanner questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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