calligraphy brush
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.9%), but soft demand (-22.9% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.9%return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
Brand share
Great53%top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche
Competition
Great38%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Price range
Good$5.35–$34.47cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Good1,222avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Good$12.89avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Conversion
Good4.0%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Bad$81K$81K/yr · 157K searches
Growth
Bad-22.9%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
37 rising
Sellers
80
Top-5 brand share
53%
Open market
42%
- Corciosy20%
- Marspark11%
- SEAMEW9%
- TIUSUTA8%
- I-MART6%
- Winsor & Newton4%
Product shelf
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 54 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Marspark 12 Pieces Chinese Calligraphy Brushes Painting Writing Watercolor Ink Brushes Set for Kanji Japanese Sumi Drawing with Roll-up Holder
Marspark$15.974.6★595 rev
SEAMEW 10-Piece Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set - Premium Writing Brushes with Roll-up Bamboo Brush Holder
SEAMEW$14.224.4★337 rev
Corciosy 13PCS Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Writing Brush with Bamboo Storage Scoll Japanese or Chinese Kanji Sumi-E Drawing Watercolor Brush
Corciosy$15.674.4★1,227 rev
TIUSUTA Store Set of 4 Chinese Painting Brushes Set Flower Bird Line-Drawing Brushes
TIUSUTA$8.804.3★1,066 rev
Winsor & Newton Series 150 Bamboo Short Round #6 Handle Brush
Winsor & Newton$10.334.3★1,122 rev
Newest
by launch date
10 Piece Calligraphy Brush Set Chinese Chinese Calligraphy Brush with Roll-up Bamboo Holder Japanese Writing Brushes for Beginners and Artists Painting Sumi Brushes for Traditional Art
Viliqiou$9.222 rev
3 Pack Chinese Calligraphy Set 3 Sizes Chinese Calligraphy Brush Traditional Wooden Watercolor Ink Pens Chinese-Writing Brushes for Beginner Writing Painting Watercolor Art Tools
Qulkws$5.851 rev
Chinese Painting Brushes Set 3 Sizes Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Flower Bird Line-Drawing Brushes Writing Brush Painting with Bamboo Pen Holder Traditional Art Sumi
Eldraqth$5.872 rev
6 Pcs Chinese Calligraphy Brush 3 Sizes Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Painting Brushes Black White Red Traditional Art Sumi Brushes (Large Medium Small Size)
SynHHergyx$7.362 rev
Corciosy 25PCS Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Writing Brush with Bamboo Storage Scoll Japanese or Chinese Kanji Sumi-E Drawing Watercolor Brush
Corciosy$31.271,227 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum10 Piece Calligraphy Brush Set Chinese Chinese Calligraphy Brush with Roll-up Bamboo Holder Japanese Writing Brushes for Beginners and Artists Painting Sumi Brushes for Traditional Art
Viliqiou$9.224.0★
Corciosy 3 Sizes Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Chinese Writing Brushes Wooden Ink Watercolor Painting Brushes Traditional Art Sumi Brush Goat and Wolf Hair (Large Medium Small)
Corciosy$9.654.8★
Corciosy 3 Sizes Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Chinese Writing Brushes Wooden Ink Watercolor Painting Brushes Traditional Art Sumi Brush Wolf Hair (Large Medium Small)
Corciosy$9.574.8★
Corciosy 25PCS Chinese Calligraphy Brush Set Writing Brush with Bamboo Storage Scoll Japanese or Chinese Kanji Sumi-E Drawing Watercolor Brush
Corciosy$31.274.4★
3 Pack Chinese Calligraphy Set 3 Sizes Chinese Calligraphy Brush Traditional Wooden Watercolor Ink Pens Chinese-Writing Brushes for Beginner Writing Painting Watercolor Art Tools
Qulkws$5.855.0★
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -22.9% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“The variety is perfect”
“They were inexpensive”
“Lovely to Paint With”
“The brushes were really easy to work and were smooth and flowed nicely”
“They are extremely durable”
“They are smooth”
“They write superbly”
“they really held water nicely”
“I do like the style”
“blend washes beautifully”
What buyers complain about
“The brushes arent the highest quality”
“The brushes run very big”
“Dull color, bleeds”
“The ink also bleeds slightly”
“This is a serious issue if you are especially using acrylic paint”
“Doesn't match description”
“Does not work”
“value for money is not there”
“Bamboo does occasionally split”
“The refilled ink not enough to write even one word”