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Printer Cable

Fail

Prices span $1.26–$8.31, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Printer Cable is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 498 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · on the category median
Market size
£157K/yr168K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Printer Cable against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Printer Cable is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Printer Cable market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Printer Cable 168K times last year and spent an estimated £157K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

21.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 168K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 21.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £157K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
168K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.2%
Conversion, latest week
21.1%
Market size, estimated
£157Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
printer cable72K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.43.

Listings sell for £4.43 on average, from £1.26 to £8.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £4.43 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.43under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.26–£8.31
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£9K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #390 within Cables & Accessories. It carries 9,649 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
3.1%
Average rank
#390in Cables & Accessories
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
9,649per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Printer Cable products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%

Demand

Printer Cable search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Printer Cable search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Printer Cable

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Connectivity-Overall25%−0.02

would not connect at all across multiple devices using the app

Had Some Connection Issues

hassle trying to fix the WiFi connection

Durability16%−0.07

Broken

Stopped working after a month

not sure of longevity

Compatibility-Overall13%−0.02

would not print from my laptop

not Compatible with my printer

Ease Of Use6%−0.04

I've been messing with it

Functionality-Overall6%−0.05

Not working

Sorry it does not work

Love

Quality-Overall27%+2.24

Also seems a decent build quality

The cable itself feels decent quality

Decent quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%+0.75

works as expected

It worked better than expected

Worked as it should

Value For Money15%+0.39

Cheap price

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Efficiency6%+0.61

Does the job fine

Works fantastic

As described, works well

Size-Overall5%+0.42

Fits perfectly

Fits my Canon printer perfectly

Fitted like the original

Return

0.8% Return rate 17% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall27%▇█▇█▅█

would not print from my laptop

not Compatible with my printer

Functionality-Overall21%▇▄▇▇█▆

Not working

Sorry it does not work

Connectivity-Overall17%▆█▅▅█▃

would not connect at all across multiple devices using the app

Had Some Connection Issues

hassle trying to fix the WiFi connection

Size-Overall14%▅▅▅▆▄█
Defective Material/Parts5%▃▂▂▃█▇

Product failure

FAQ

Common Printer Cable questions

Answered from the same tracked data.