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Typewriter

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.3% of searches, so Typewriter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 399 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · on the category median
Market size
£66K/yr246K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 79 sellers

Flapen Score

Typewriter against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Typewriter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Typewriter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Typewriter 246K times last year and spent an estimated £66K. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 246K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £66K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
246K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.4%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
£66Ka year
Peak month
December2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
typewriter153K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £81.24.

Listings sell for £81.24 on average, from £11.51 to £647.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £81.24 that is £0 to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£81.24inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.51–£647.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£8K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 84% ship with Prime. On an average day, 17.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #401 within Office Electronics. It carries 213 reviews at 3.07 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
84%
Out of stock, average day
17.6%
Average rank
#401in Office Electronics
Average rating
3.07 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
213per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Typewriter products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£13K£20K£26K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)4 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

79

Est. top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

28%

  • Fdit25%
  • ZXNQ13%
  • ROKR12%
  • ROBOTIME8%
  • MEIEST8%
  • Keenso7%

Demand

Typewriter search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Typewriter search terms shoppers use

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

  • typewriter153K/yr
  • manual typewriter11K/yr
  • kids typewriter17K/yr
  • type writer machine10K/yr
  • electric typewriters13K/yr
  • typewriter machine10K/yr
  • type writer9K/yr
  • typewriters9K/yr
  • electric typewriter4K/yr
  • vintage typewriter5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Typewriter

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

25%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
23%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
1.0%of orders come back
“Ridiculous thing to put together”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”23% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Typewriter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data