Photo Scanner
FailDemand is soft, at -26.3% this quarter, so Photo Scanner is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 37 / 100Ranks 728 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −5 vs the category median of 4237
- Market size
- £854K/yr293K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -26.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 79%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 115 sellers
Flapen Score
Photo Scanner against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Photo Scanner is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Photo Scanner market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Photo Scanner 293K times last year and spent an estimated £854K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 293K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £854K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 293K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -26.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £854Ka year
- Peak month
- January5.6× the quietest month
- Top search term
- scanner106K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £127.69.
Listings sell for £127.69 on average, from £39.92 to £376.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £127.69 that is £32K to £64K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £127.69above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £39.92–£376.70
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 4K–5K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £32K–£64K
- Returns
- 4.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #7 within Scanners & Accessories. It carries 2,623 reviews at 4.14 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 100%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #7in Scanners & Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.14 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,623per listing
- Listings tracked
- 14
04 · Newcomers
2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 2Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 45 months
Products
Top Photo Scanner products & what they sell for
The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.
Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 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
estimated 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 date
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 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
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 79% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 falling
Sellers
115
Est. top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Est. 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%)
Demand
Photo Scanner search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.6×
Search terms
Top Photo Scanner search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated 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
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Photo Scanner
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“After spending hours trying to deal variously with the Scan Utility App”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
17 topics
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FAQ
Common Photo Scanner questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data









