Portable Scanner
FailDemand is soft, at -28.8% this quarter, so Portable Scanner is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 44 / 100Top 39% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +2 vs the category median of 4244
- Market size
- £88K/yr68K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -28.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 60%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 89 sellers
Flapen Score
Portable Scanner against its category
The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Portable Scanner is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Portable Scanner market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Portable Scanner 68K times last year and spent an estimated £88K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 68K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -28.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £88K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 68K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -28.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £88Ka year
- Peak month
- November2.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- portable scanner32K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £55.91.
Listings sell for £55.91 on average, from £21.70 to £107.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £55.91 that is £0 to £6K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £55.91inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £21.70–£107.32
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 1K–2K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- £0–£6K
- Returns
- 4.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads.
95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #93 within Scanners & Accessories. It carries 866 reviews at 3.96 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 95%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 5.9%
- Average rank
- #93in Scanners & Accessories
- Average rating
- 3.96 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 866per listing
- Listings tracked
- 21
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 44 months
Products
Top Portable Scanner products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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 date
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

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
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%
Demand
Portable Scanner search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×
Search terms
Top Portable Scanner search terms shoppers use
The exact words 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
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Portable Scanner
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
After spending hours trying to deal variously with the Scan Utility App
it hangs and fails to scan every time
Scanner did not work
The error message saying that it is not compatible with this version
Compatibility issues
Not MacBook compatible
This product didn't work
Does not work - TWICE
Didn't work at all i returned it
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
Poor quality
Not the best quality
Connection issue
It relies on an obsolete Mini-USB B connection
On Windows it says that it cannot find any connection
Love
Great quality scanner for the price
Brilliant product, easy setup, works well and scans to a high quality
Great scanner
Easy to use
and convenient for travelling
easy to use gadget
Good, quality for the price and easy to set up & use
Appears to be well made
Good quality
Easy to install
Easy to set up
I installed it okay
Overall good price and easy to set up and use
Great value
Good value
Return
4.5% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing
The error message saying that it is not compatible with this version
Compatibility issues
Not MacBook compatible
After spending hours trying to deal variously with the Scan Utility App
it hangs and fails to scan every time
Scanner did not work
This product didn't work
Does not work - TWICE
Didn't work at all i returned it
Connection issue
It relies on an obsolete Mini-USB B connection
On Windows it says that it cannot find any connection
After spending hours trying to deal variously with the Scan Utility App, deciper error codes, relate this back to the. so called
Software is a bit primitive
Software was fiddly to get set up
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FAQ
Common Portable Scanner questions
Answered from the same tracked data.









