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Apple Pencil

soft demand (-28.7% this quarter) — Apple Pencil doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Top 25% of 1,375 Computer & Zubehör niches · +6 vs the category median of 41

Market size 98Growth 11Conversion 70Competition 12Returns 49Price range 88Avg price 95Brand share 20Review moat 22Quality gap 48
This niche Category average · 1,375 niches

Is Apple Pencil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Apple Pencil is a €6.2M/yr Amazon Germany market (2.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Apple Pencil: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -28.7% over the last 90 days and 6.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€6.2M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr200K
Search volume / yr-28.7%2.8M
Conversion rate6.3%
Avg price€34.83

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 33
Top-5 product click share86%
Open market8%
Avg brand age33 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 · 10 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews9,891

Top Apple Pencil 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 capture 86% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€924K€1.8M€2.8M€3.7M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Apple59%
  • Kingone11%
  • metapen10%
  • MYSTILUCK8%
  • MEKO4%
  • HATOKU3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Apple Pencil demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.8MCVR6.3%Products10Brands8Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews9,891Avg BSR#25
50K30KSpike '26Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Apple Pencil search terms shoppers use

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

  • apple pencil1.8M/yr
  • apple pencil 2. generation285K/yr
  • apple pencil usb c156K/yr
  • apple pen143K/yr
  • appel pencil72K/yr
  • ipad stift apple pencil73K/yr
  • ipad a16 stift35K/yr
  • apple pencil 236K/yr
  • apple stift29K/yr
  • apple stift für ipad15K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Apple Pencil

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis21%

Preis / Leistung super

Qualität insgesamt19%

Super Produkt

Kompatibilität – insgesamt8%

Fürs iPad ideal

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt8%

Produkt wie beschrieben

Benutzerfreundlichkeit6%

Perfekt Andi easy to use

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Haltbarkeit17%

Defekt nach 14 Monaten

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis11%

Preis/Leistung unfassbar

Aufladen10%

Wireless Charging funktioniert nicht

Kompatibilität – insgesamt9%

Hält nicht an IPad Air M2

Funktionalität insgesamt8%

Funktioniert nicht

Apple Pencil return rate & reasons

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

3.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Kompatibilität – insgesamt
52%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
13%
3Konnektivität – insgesamt
12%
4Gesamtgröße
7%
5Aufladen
4%

Common Apple Pencil questions

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

Flapen scores Apple Pencil 47/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €6.2M/yr across 10 tracked products. Search demand moved -28.7% over the last 90 days.
Apple Pencil buyers on Amazon Germany complain most about Haltbarkeit, Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Aufladen, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 3.1%.