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Brush Pen

Brush Pen shows low returns (0.7%), but soft demand (-34.2% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 25% of 1,305 Bürobedarf & Schreibwaren niches · +5 vs the category median of 46

Market size 42Growth 8Conversion 40Competition 91Returns 97Price range 41Avg price 82Brand share 58Review moat 43Quality gap 24
This niche Category average · 1,305 niches

Is Brush Pen profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Brush Pen is a €217K/yr Amazon Germany market (380K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Brush Pen: 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 -34.2% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

€217K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-34.2%380K
Conversion rate3.2%
Avg price€17.64

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers22 · 173
Top-5 product click share24%
Open market30%
Avg brand age45 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 69 products

Sponsored placement58%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,150

Top Brush Pen 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (24% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€4K€9K€13K€17K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

173

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 61%

Open market

25%

  • Tombow39%
  • Pentel11%
  • Artecho7%
  • LEGAMI7%
  • Faber-Castell5%
  • Ohuhu5%

Brush Pen demand & seasonality

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

Volume380KCVR3.2%Products69Brands22Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate1.4%Rating4.6★Reviews2,150Avg BSR#166
18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Top Brush Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • tombow62K/yr
  • brush pen57K/yr
  • tombow brush pen51K/yr
  • pinselstifte41K/yr
  • brush pen set34K/yr
  • legami filzstifte14K/yr
  • pentel brush pen13K/yr
  • pinselstifte für erwachsene13K/yr
  • dual brush pen set12K/yr
  • brush pens9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Brush Pen

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Farbe33%

Brilliante Farben einfach nur schön

Qualität insgesamt13%

Top Produkt

Stift/Bleistiftqualität10%

Schöne Filzstifte mit Pinselspitze

Haftung/Klebrigkeit8%

Bester Kleber für Papierarbeiten

Schreiberfahrung7%

Die Brush Pens überzeugen durch ihre flexible Spitze, die auch nach intensiver Nutzung über ein halbes Jahr hinweg stabil bleibt – perfekt für präzises Schreiben, feine Details oder fließende Lettering-Übergänge

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Farbe14%

Nicht viel Farbe

Qualität insgesamt10%

Qualität fraglich

trocken/leerTinte8%

Filzstifte ausgetrocknet

Funktionalität insgesamt7%

Übergänge gestalten unmöglich

Feder-/Spitzenqualität6%

Spitzen sind nach kurzer Zeit sehr ausgefranst

Brush Pen return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Farbe
15%
2Qualität insgesamt
10%
3Funktionalität insgesamt
9%
4trocken/leerTinte
9%
5beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt
7%

Common Brush Pen questions

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

Flapen scores Brush Pen 51/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €217K/yr across 69 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -34.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Brush Pen on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.0× the quietest.