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Marxman

Fail

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

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 2,167 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −17 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£112K/yr84K searches / yr
90-day growth
-39.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
94%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Marxman against its category

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

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Marxman market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Marxman 84K times last year and spent an estimated £112K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 84K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -39.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £112K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
84K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-39.5%
Conversion, latest week
13.5%
Market size, estimated
£112Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
marxman marking tool18K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.78.

Listings sell for £9.78 on average, from £5.85 to £14.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £9.78 that is £10K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.85–£14.32
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£12K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

29% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #155 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 775 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
29%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#155in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
775per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Marxman products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 94% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£17K£33K£50K£67K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

30

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • CHARLES BENTLEY47%
  • Marxman35%
  • Xllent12%
  • Czdtq4%
  • Tracer2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Marxman search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Marxman search terms shoppers use

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

  • marxman marking tool18K/yr
  • marksman marking tool18K/yr
  • marxman17K/yr
  • marksman10K/yr
  • hole marker spray pen7K/yr
  • spray marker3K/yr
  • marxman pen6K/yr
  • marksman pen5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Marxman

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

39%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
44%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Not quite as good as I was led to believe”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”44% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Marxman questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data