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Surface Pen

Fail

Demand is soft, at -32.2% this quarter, so Surface Pen is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Top 32% of 1,375 Computer & Zubehör niches · +4 vs the category median of 41
Market size
€165K/yr71K searches / yr
90-day growth
-32.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

Surface Pen against its category

The dotted line is the Computer & Zubehör average. Past it, Surface Pen is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Surface Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Surface Pen 71K times last year and spent an estimated €165K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 71K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -32.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €165K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
71K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-32.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
€165Ka year
Peak month
November2.8× the quietest month
Top search term
surface pen33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €36.27.

Listings sell for €36.27 on average, from €15.23 to €82.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At €36.27 that is €4K to €9K a year per listing.

Average price
€36.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€15.23–€82.01
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
€4K–€9K
Returns
5.9%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #156 within Mäuse, Tastaturen & Eingabegeräte. It carries 1,443 reviews at 3.99 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
11.5%
Average rank
#156in Mäuse, Tastaturen & Eingabegeräte
Average rating
3.99 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
1,443per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Surface Pen products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 139%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 8%)

Demand

Surface Pen search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Search terms

Top Surface Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • surface pen33K/yr
  • microsoft surface pen18K/yr
  • surface stift10K/yr
  • microsoft surface stift5K/yr
  • microsoft pen4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surface Pen

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

22%of positive reviews mention “Qualität insgesamt”
17%of negative reviews mention “Funktionalität insgesamt”
5.9%of orders come back
“Ich habe mehrere Problemlösungen ausprobiert, jedoch klappt es immer noch nicht”
A buyer, on “Funktionalität insgesamt”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Surface Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.