Portable Scanner
soft demand (-28.8% this quarter) — Portable Scanner doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Portable Scanner profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Portable Scanner is a £88K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (68K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.
Portable 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 -28.8% over the last 90 days and 2.3% of searches end in a purchase.
£88K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand, so 28% of the market is open.
28%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 21 products
Top Portable 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
Portable Document Scanner 900DPI Hand Held USB Image Scanner A4 Colour Photo Mobile Scanner Handy Scan (JPG/PDF Format High Speed USB 2.0 Micro Need SD/TF Card But Not Included)
- Price
- £42.59
- Rating
- 3.9/5
- Reviews
- 1,235
- Age
- 9y ago
AOZBZ Portable Document Scanner 900DPI Hand Held USB Image Scanner A4 Colour Photo Mobile Scanner Handy Scan (JPG/PDF Format High Speed USB 2.0) (Scanner+16GTF Card)
- Price
- £43.29
- Rating
- 3.7/5
- Reviews
- 611
- 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
Portable Document Scanner 900DPI Mini Handheld Photo Scanner
- Price
- £40.79
- Rating
- 3.8/5
- Reviews
- 56
- Age
- 2y ago
Epson Workforce ES-50 Ultra Portable A4 Document Scanner USB 3.0 200-600dpi 5.5 seconds per page Scan to Cloud or e-mail Searchable PDF
- Price
- £74.94
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 1,211
- Age
- 7y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Red Portable Document Scanner 900dpi Handheld A4 Photo Scanner Wand USB 2.0 Supports Microsd/Tf Card 1g32gb High-Resolution Scanning for Home Office Travel (No Card Included)
- Price
- £21.70
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 1y ago
Portable Document Scanner 900DPI Mini Handheld Photo Scanner
- Price
- £37.96
- Rating
- 3.8/5
- Reviews
- 56
- Age
- 2y 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
IRIScan Book Rule Scanner Portable Wireless Battery v7: A4 Document Scanner Free PDF Editor Scan to Word PDF XLS SD Card Scan Via USB Win Mac
- Price
- £107.32
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 44
- Age
- 11mo ago
Youool Handheld Scanner Document Scanner A4 900 DPI High Resolution Colour Photo Portable Scanner JPG/PDF Format USB 2.0 Mobile Scanner Portable Document Scanner for Documents Receipts Photos
- Price
- £38.72
- Rating
- 3.5/5
- Reviews
- 33
- Age
- 9mo ago
Newest
by launch dateYouool Handheld Scanner Document Scanner A4 900 DPI High Resolution Colour Photo Portable Scanner JPG/PDF Format USB 2.0 Mobile Scanner Portable Document Scanner for Documents Receipts Photos
- Price
- £38.72
- Rating
- 3.5/5
- Reviews
- 33
- Age
- 9mo ago
Bryzal Portable Scanner Portable Scanner for Documents
- Price
- £40.28
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 3
- Age
- 9mo ago
IRIScan Book Rule Scanner Portable Wireless Battery v7: A4 Document Scanner Free PDF Editor Scan to Word PDF XLS SD Card Scan Via USB Win Mac
- Price
- £107.32
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 44
- Age
- 11mo ago
Red Portable Document Scanner 900dpi Handheld A4 Photo Scanner Wand USB 2.0 Supports Microsd/Tf Card 1g32gb High-Resolution Scanning for Home Office Travel (No Card Included)
- Price
- £21.70
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 1y ago
Laroal Portable Handheld Document Scanner A4 Size Scanner 900DPI High Resolution JPG and PDF Format Scanning for Documents Receipts Photos and More
- Price
- £30.34
- Rating
- 3.3/5
- Reviews
- 75
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
14 rising
Sellers
89
Top-5 brand share
72%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
60%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
22%
- DEECOZY24%
- tobo14%
- Brother12%
- Canon11%
- ZONJIE10%
- Youool7%
Portable Scanner demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×
Top Portable Scanner search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- portable scanner32K/yr
- handheld scanner8K/yr
- iscan9K/yr
- portable scanners for documents7K/yr
- portable document scanner4K/yr
- iscan portable scanner5K/yr
- hand scanner3K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Portable 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”
“Easy to install”
“Overall good price and easy to set up and use”
What buyers complain about
72% 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”
“This product didn't work”
“This level of quality control is unacceptable, especially for high-resolution scanning at 1200 DPI and above, where even minor marks can noticeably affect scan quality and compromise image integrity”
“Connection issue”
Portable Scanner return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
4.5%
Return rate
3%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Portable Scanner questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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