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Block Printing Ink

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Block Printing Ink is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 5,242 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −15 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£56K/yr68K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Block Printing Ink against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Block Printing Ink is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Block Printing Ink market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Block Printing Ink 68K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.3% 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, 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
68K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.3%
Market size, estimated
£56Ka year
Peak month
November3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
lino printing ink25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.22.

Listings sell for £11.22 on average, from £4.31 to £24.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.22 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.31–£24.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

25% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 23.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #155 within Drawing. It carries 220 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
25%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
23.8%
Average rank
#155in Drawing
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
220per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Block Printing Ink 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£11K£17K£22K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ESSDEE76%
  • scola10%
  • Zieler6%
  • COOZEE6%
  • Schmincke2%

Demand

Block Printing Ink search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Holiday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Block Printing Ink search terms shoppers use

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

  • lino printing ink25K/yr
  • lino ink15K/yr
  • block printing ink14K/yr
  • printing ink for lino cutting5K/yr
  • essdee block printing ink5K/yr
  • lino print ink4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Block Printing Ink

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

Complain

Value For Money75%−0.31

bit expensive

Expensive

bit too pricey though

Love

Quality-Overall38%+2.97

Great quality

found the quality good

appear quality product

Print Quality17%−0.11

A great product for us crafters idea for my Lino printing

it does give good prints

Printmaking ink

Color17%+1.02

Sunny

Rich colour

Vibrant colours

Ink Refill8%+0.47

Just what one would expect from water based inks

Value For Money8%−0.31

certainly I feel for 300ml this is good value

Good value and works well

Return

0.5% Return rate 17% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof25%▁▁█▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall17%█▁▁█▁▁
Paint Quality8%▁▁▁█▁▁
Adhesion/Stickiness8%▁▁▁▁▁█
Size-Overall8%

FAQ

Common Block Printing Ink questions

Answered from the same tracked data.