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Ipad Pen

Fail

Demand is soft, at -33.5% this quarter, so Ipad Pen is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 25% of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · +6 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£1.6M/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-33.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
80%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Ipad Pen against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Ipad Pen is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ipad Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ipad Pen 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £1.6M. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -33.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-33.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.1%
Market size, estimated
£1.6Ma year
Peak month
December3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
ipad pen491K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.51.

Listings sell for £14.51 on average, from £5.49 to £55.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £14.51 that is £87K to £116K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.51under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.49–£55.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£87K–£116K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #6 within Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices. It carries 10,034 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.4%
Average rank
#6in Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
10,034per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Ipad Pen products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 80% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£155K£310K£465K£620K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • MYSTILUCK34%
  • metapen27%
  • Hastraith12%
  • KEEPRO12%
  • varkda6%
  • KingOne5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Ipad Pen search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Ipad Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • ipad pen491K/yr
  • ipad pencil280K/yr
  • stylus pen for ipad122K/yr
  • ipad stylus59K/yr
  • ipad pens for touch screen24K/yr
  • pen for ipad47K/yr
  • ipad a16 pen33K/yr
  • ipad stylus pen35K/yr
  • i pad pen28K/yr
  • apple ipad pen31K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ipad Pen

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Durability21%−0.16

broke in a week

Doesn't last

Breaks easily

Charging15%−0.05

doesnt charge

No longer charging

Charging problem

Functionality-Overall15%−0.12

Barely works

Does not work properly

Did not work

Connectivity-Overall6%−0.04

Doesnt connect

It often drops connection

Connectivity is poor

Compatibility-Overall6%+0.58

Was worried that it wouldnt be compatible with my ipad

Pen won't pair / work

Falsely advertised it does not pair with any and all iPads

Love

Value For Money24%+1.89

Excellent value

Cost effective

Amazing value

Quality-Overall13%+0.52

Excellent Product

Good quality pen

The build quality is, as expected, premium

Compatibility-Overall12%+0.58

Fully compatible

Works as well as apple

Compatible with ipad

Charging9%−0.05

stays charged

Charges quickly

Long charge

Ease Of Use8%+0.50

comfortable in the hand

comfortable to hold

Comfortable to use

Return

1.5% Return rate 1% Fixable by listing

Compatibility-Overall48%▇███▇▇

Was worried that it wouldnt be compatible with my ipad

Pen won't pair / work

Falsely advertised it does not pair with any and all iPads

Functionality-Overall21%█▇▇▇▇▇

Barely works

Does not work properly

Did not work

Connectivity-Overall9%▆█▇█▇▇

Doesnt connect

It often drops connection

Connectivity is poor

Charging6%▇▆▆▆▇█

doesnt charge

No longer charging

Charging problem

Defective Material/Parts3%▇▅▇█▇▇

Faulty

Item it not working

Faulty item

FAQ

Common Ipad Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.