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Crayons

Crayons shows low returns (1.1%), but a small market ($60K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look

Ranks 51 of 104 Arts & Crafts niches · on the category median

Market size 15Growth 35Conversion 61Competition 70Returns 94Price range 83Avg price 90Brand share 28Review moat 52Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 104 niches

Is Crayons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Crayons is a $60K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (53K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Crayons: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +8.0% over the last 90 days and 5.3% of searches end in a purchase.

$60K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+8.0%53K
Conversion rate5.3%
Avg price$21.09

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 52
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market12%
Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 39 products

Sponsored placement74%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,423

Top Crayons products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$2K$5K$7K$10K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

9%

  • Crayola47%
  • Faber-Castell27%
  • YPLUS8%
  • Funbo4%
  • BabyBus3%
  • AquaFalcon3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 9%)

Crayons demand & seasonality

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

Volume53KCVR5.3%Products39Brands14Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate4.1%Rating4.5★Reviews1,423Avg BSR#57
2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Crayons search terms shoppers use

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

  • crayons28K/yr
  • crayons for toddlers 1-39K/yr
  • crayon5K/yr
  • crayons for kids ages 4-86K/yr
  • crayola crayons5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Crayons

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
لون26%

Variety of colors

سيطرة19%

Easy grip

المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي14%

As described

الجودة الشاملة7%

the price for the quality is amazing

القيمة مقابل المال7%

its very reasonably priced

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي33%

The product claims in its name to be non-toxic, but it's a lie

الحجم الكلي17%

Its a small pa key

لون17%

mess her hands with the colors

Crayons return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1الحجم الكلي
31%
2لون
13%
3حالة المنتج
8%
4المواد/الأجزاء المعيبة
8%
5المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي
6%

Common Crayons questions

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

Flapen scores Crayons 52/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Worth a look. The niche generates $60K/yr across 39 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +8.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Crayons on Amazon United Arab Emirates peaks in Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.