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Printer Cable

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.26–$8.31) — Printer Cable doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 33Growth 18Conversion 100Competition 30Returns 96Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 61Review moat 22Quality gap 21
This niche Category average

Is Printer Cable profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Printer Cable is a £157K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (168K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Printer Cable: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -14.2% over the last 90 days and 21.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£157K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-14.2%168K
Conversion rate21.1%
Avg price£4.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 20
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market31%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews9,649

Top Printer Cable 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 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£16K£31K£47K£63K1101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

26%

  • ArobiaSB23%
  • RAVIAD22%
  • G-PLUG9%
  • XGMATT8%
  • SUCESO6%
  • C2G6%

Printer Cable demand & seasonality

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

Volume168KCVR21.1%Products19Brands15Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate3.1%Rating4.7★Reviews9,649Avg BSR#390
4K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Printer Cable search terms shoppers use

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

  • printer cable72K/yr
  • usb printer cable27K/yr
  • printer cable to usb16K/yr
  • printer usb cable12K/yr
  • hp printer cable8K/yr
  • usb printer cable 2m5K/yr
  • usb to printer cable5K/yr
  • printer to usb cable4K/yr
  • printer lead4K/yr
  • printer usb3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Printer Cable

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Quality-Overall27%

Also seems a decent build quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%

works as expected

Value For Money15%

Cheap price

Efficiency6%

Does the job fine

Size-Overall5%

Fits perfectly

What buyers complain about

88% of reviews
Connectivity-Overall25%

would not connect at all across multiple devices using the app

Durability16%

Broken

Compatibility-Overall13%

would not print from my laptop

Ease Of Use6%

I've been messing with it

Functionality-Overall6%

Not working

Printer Cable return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

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

1Compatibility-Overall
27%
2Functionality-Overall
21%
3Connectivity-Overall
17%
4Size-Overall
14%
5Defective Material/Parts
5%

Common Printer Cable questions

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

Flapen scores Printer Cable 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £157K/yr across 19 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Printer Cable on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.