How competitive is the Block Printing Ink niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

5 brands and 17 sellers compete in Block Printing Ink on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Block Printing Ink products take 71% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Block Printing Ink?

Block Printing Ink buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.5%.

What does it cost to enter the Block Printing Ink niche?

Block Printing Ink sells for £11.22 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £4.31–£24.39. The average incumbent carries 220 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Block Printing Ink

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Block Printing Ink doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Block Printing Ink profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Block Printing Ink is a £56K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (68K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.

Block Printing Ink: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -25.6% over the last 90 days and 7.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£56K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K

Search volume / yr-25.6%68K

Conversion rate7.3%

Avg price£11.22

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 17

Top-5 product click share71%

Open market0%

Avg brand age53 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 · 12 products

Top Block Printing Ink 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

Essdee Premium Quality Block Printing Ink (Pack of 5 Primary Colours) 19 x 18 x 4 cm

Price: £19.26
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,439
Age: 10y ago

Essdee Block Printing Ink Black 300ml

Price: £7.92
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 471
Age: 11y ago

Essdee Block Printing Ink Sky Blue 100ml

Price: £4.31
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 12
Age: 1y ago

Lino Block Printing Ink Pack of 6 x 300ml Art Print Paint Set Assorted Colours

Price: £24.39
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 58
Age: 8y ago

Essdee Block Printing Ink Yellow Ochre 100ml

Price: £4.54
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

COOZEE Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink 6-Color Printmaking Ink Set for Linoleum Block 100ML

Price: £14.09
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 4
Age: 1y ago

5 Water-Based Block Printing Inks | Black Blue Red White & Yellow | 38ml High Concentration Tubes | Easy-to-Mix | High Opacity - by Zieler

Price: £17.56
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 37
Age: 1y ago

Essdee Block Printing Ink Sky Blue 100ml

Price: £4.31
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 12
Age: 1y ago

Essdee Block Printing Ink Yellow Ochre 100ml

Price: £4.54
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 1y ago

Essdee Block Printing Ink Burnt Sienna 100ml

Price: £5.38
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

ESSDEE76%
scola10%
Zieler6%
COOZEE6%
Schmincke2%

Block Printing Ink demand & seasonality

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

Volume68KCVR7.3%Products12Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate23.8%Rating4.7★Reviews220Avg BSR#155

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

Top Block Printing Ink search terms shoppers use

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

lino printing ink25K/yr -24.8%4.5% conv.
lino ink15K/yr -24.3%4.9% conv.
block printing ink14K/yr -21.3%4.3% conv.
printing ink for lino cutting5K/yr -18.0%5.3% conv.
essdee block printing ink5K/yr -43.6%7.4% conv.
lino print ink4K/yr -32.5%6.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Block Printing Ink

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews

Quality-Overall38%

“Great quality”

Print Quality17%

“A great product for us crafters idea for my Lino printing”

Color17%

“Sunny”

Ink Refill8%

“Just what one would expect from water based inks”

Value For Money8%

“certainly I feel for 300ml this is good value”

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews

Value For Money75%

“bit expensive”

Block Printing Ink return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof

25%

2Functionality-Overall

17%

3Paint Quality

4Adhesion/Stickiness

5Size-Overall

Common Block Printing Ink questions

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

Flapen scores Block Printing Ink 36/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £56K/yr across 12 tracked products. Search demand moved -25.6% over the last 90 days.