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Builders Pencil

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Builders Pencil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,848 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −9 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£152K/yr110K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 69 sellers

Flapen Score

Builders Pencil against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Builders Pencil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Builders Pencil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Builders Pencil 110K times last year and spent an estimated £152K. All 3 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 110K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £152K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
110K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
£152Ka year
Peak month
November1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
pica pencil63K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.30.

Listings sell for £13.30 on average, from £5.71 to £31.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £13.30 that is £7K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.71–£31.93
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£10K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #77 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 3,310 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
11.3%
Average rank
#77in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,310per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Builders Pencil 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£15K£30K£46K£61K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Pica85%
  • Nicpro8%
  • Tracer7%

Demand

Builders Pencil search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Builders Pencil search terms shoppers use

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

  • pica pencil63K/yr
  • pica40K/yr
  • pica pen4K/yr
  • pika pencil3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Builders Pencil

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

Complain

Durability28%−0.12

They constantly break, pretty disappointing

Broke within a month

Failed before using

Quality-Overall13%+0.66

Poor quality, did not stand up to site work

For such an expensive pencil this is not the quality I would expect from Tracer

Poor qiality

Color10%−0.01

That's such a stupid colour for a easily dropped and lost tool

I just wish that the pencil itself was a vibrant colour. not black

Functionality-Overall8%−0.03

Doesn't function as expected

The holder doesn't work

Sharpness6%−0.01

Disappointing sharpener renders pencil difficult to sharpen

only criticism is sharpening is a little awkward

I'm disappointed that it is so difficult to sharpen now

Love

Quality-Overall24%+0.66

Quality pencil

The build quality feels excellent

Good quality

Ease Of Use15%+0.85

Easy to use

easier to hold

Very handy

Pen/Pencil Quality12%+0.55

Great pencils for my work

Good pencil for making notes and stuff

Great pencil

Value For Money10%+1.04

Great product and great price

Worth the money great upgrade

Great value for money

Efficiency6%+0.57

Works well

works perfectly

Works well helped me on a diy project

Return

0.2% Return rate 15% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall27%▂▄█▅▃▇

Doesn't function as expected

The holder doesn't work

Defective Material/Parts10%█▁▃▇▆▁
Durability9%▆█▄▃▁█

They constantly break, pretty disappointing

Broke within a month

Failed before using

Size-Overall8%▁█▁▇▁▁
Mechanism Issues7%▁██▅▁▆

FAQ

Common Builders Pencil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.