Scanner
brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Scanner doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Scanner profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Scanner is a £513K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (223K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.
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 -24.7% over the last 90 days and 2.2% of searches end in a purchase.
£513K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.
0%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 10 products
Top 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
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
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
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
Trending
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
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
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
Newest
by launch dateEpson 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
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
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products capture 86% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
4 falling
Sellers
95
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
86%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Canon68%
- Epson20%
- Brother8%
- tobo4%
Scanner demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top Scanner search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- scanner106K/yr
- scanners for computers27K/yr
- document scanner23K/yr
- flatbed scanner19K/yr
- scanners16K/yr
- a4 scanner9K/yr
- document scanners7K/yr
- computer scanners6K/yr
- epson scanner5K/yr
- canon scanner4K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about 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”
“Set up was quick”
“Good, quality for the price and easy to set up & use”
“Works With Linux Mint”
What buyers complain about
74% 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”
“Does not work”
“think this should be made clearer on the description”
“After spending hours trying to deal variously with the Scan Utility App, deciper error codes, relate this back to the. so called”
Scanner return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
4.8%
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 Scanner questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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