How competitive is the Permanent Marker niche on Amazon United Arab Emirates?

6 brands and 33 sellers compete in Permanent Marker on Amazon United Arab Emirates. The top 5 Permanent Marker products take 67% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 94% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Permanent Marker?

Permanent Marker buyers on Amazon United Arab Emirates complain most about حبر جاف/فارغ, إعادة تعبئة الحبر, الجودة الشاملة, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.5%.

What does it cost to enter the Permanent Marker niche?

Permanent Marker sells for $11.33 on average on Amazon United Arab Emirates, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $2.49–$22.36. The average incumbent carries 4,955 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Permanent Marker

a small market ($59K/yr) — Permanent Marker doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals Low Review Barrier

Flapen Score

Skip it

Ranks 44 of 53 Office Products niches · −5 vs the category median of 49

This niche Category average · 53 niches

Is Permanent Marker profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Permanent Marker is a $59K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (37K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Permanent Marker: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +20.0% over the last 90 days and 14.1% of searches end in a purchase.

$59K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K

Search volume / yr+20.0%37K

Conversion rate14.1%

Avg price$11.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 33

Top-5 product click share67%

Open market6%

Avg brand age65 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 · 17 products

Top Permanent Marker 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

Pilot Sca-100 Bullet Point Permanent Marker Pen - 4.0mm-4.5mm Tip Black Set of 3

Price: $9.51
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 22
Age: 8y ago

Pilot SCA-400 Permanent Marker Black

Price: $2.50
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 39
Age: 5y ago

Pilot perm marker 100 Fine Black

Price: $2.49
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 218
Age: 4y ago

FABER-CASTELL PERMANENT MARKER CHISEL BLACK

Price: $3.39
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 15
Age: 7y ago

MOMENT Double Sided Permanent Marker Black Twin Markers

Price: $8.60
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 67
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

MOMENT Double Sided Permanent Marker Black Twin Markers

Price: $8.60
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 67
Age: 1y ago

Maxi Permanent marker with Chisel tip 8pcs Black. Suitable to use on most surfaces. Mark and write on any non-porous surface such as wood glass plastic or cardboard.

Price: $8.67
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 15
Age: 2y ago

Pilot Premium 400 Permanent Marker Broad Chisel Tip Assorted Colors Pack of 4

Price: $18.80
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 41
Age: 2y ago

Faber-Castell Permanent Marker Chisel Tip 4Pcs (Blue Black Red and Green) Ideal for wood metal glass plastic and cardboard

Price: $12.31
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 15
Age: 2y ago

Maxi Permanant Marker Chisel Tip 2pc Black in a Blister Card water proof.Suitable to use on most surface.paper cardboard plastic metal or wood

Price: $4.61
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 142
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Pilot57%
Faber-Castell13%
Amazon Basics10%
Maxi7%
deli7%
MOMENT6%
Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Permanent Marker demand & seasonality

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

Volume37KCVR14.1%Products17Brands6Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.6%Rating4.5★Reviews4,955Avg BSR#113

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Top Permanent Marker search terms shoppers use

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

permanent marker19K/yr +14.8%10.7% conv.
permanent marker pen10K/yr +37.6%8.8% conv.
black marker8K/yr +14.7%11.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Permanent Marker

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews

خبرة الكتابة30%

“So smooth when writing”

المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي20%

“perfect as mentioned”

جودة القلم/القلم الرصاص20%

“Good marker”

الجودة الشاملة20%

“Very good quality”

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews

حبر جاف/فارغ25%

“The ink dries fast, no smudges”

إعادة تعبئة الحبر25%

“Ink Quality is not good”

الجودة الشاملة25%

“Ink Quality is not good”

Permanent Marker return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

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

1الحجم الكلي

36%

2الجودة الشاملة

14%

3القيمة مقابل المال

4الوظيفة - بشكل عام

5حالة المنتج

Common Permanent Marker questions

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

Flapen scores Permanent Marker 44/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Skip it. The niche generates $59K/yr across 17 tracked products. Search demand moved +20.0% over the last 90 days.