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Epson 542

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Epson 542 is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 40% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$335K/yr35K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
91%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Epson 542 against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Epson 542 is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Epson 542 market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Epson 542 35K times last year and spent an estimated $335K. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 25.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 35K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 25.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $335K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
35K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.4%
Conversion, latest week
25.0%
Market size, estimated
$335Ka year
Peak month
November1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
epson 542 ink refill bottles23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $38.74.

Listings sell for $38.74 on average, from $22.09 to $81.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $38.74 that is $39K to $48K a year per listing.

Average price
$38.74inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$22.09–$81.70
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$39K–$48K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #265 within Printmaking. It carries 252 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#265in Printmaking
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
252per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are young.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 26 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Epson 542 products & what they sell for

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

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 91% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 174%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 44%

Demand

Epson 542 search demand

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

1K750Spike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Epson 542 search terms shoppers use

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

  • epson 542 ink refill bottles23K/yr
  • epson 542 ink11K/yr
  • 542 ink epson539/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Epson 542

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Print Quality”
19%of negative reviews mention “Jamming/Clogging”
0.4%of orders come back
“Off brands will clog the printer over time”
A buyer, on “Jamming/Clogging”19% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Epson 542 questions

Answered from the same tracked data.