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Pencil Grips

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $2.33–$8.38, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pencil Grips is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 36% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£85K/yr219K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 52 sellers

Flapen Score

Pencil Grips against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Pencil Grips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pencil Grips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pencil Grips 219K times last year and spent an estimated £85K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 219K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £85K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
219K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.9%
Conversion, latest week
7.9%
Market size, estimated
£85Ka year
Peak month
October2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
pencil grips56K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.92.

Listings sell for £4.92 on average, from £2.33 to £8.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £4.92 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.92under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.33–£8.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #179 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 907 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.2%
Average rank
#179in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
907per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Pencil Grips 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 40% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

38%

  • OSteed20%
  • Stylo11%
  • AJinacious10%
  • Cloudlink8%
  • Devenirriche7%
  • SIYUPU6%

Demand

Pencil Grips search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Pencil Grips search terms shoppers use

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

  • pencil grips56K/yr
  • pencil grips for children56K/yr
  • pen grips25K/yr
  • pencil grip23K/yr
  • pen grip12K/yr
  • pen grips for adults13K/yr
  • pencil grips for children handwriting8K/yr
  • pen grips for children12K/yr
  • pencil grips for adults4K/yr
  • pencil grips for kids6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pencil Grips

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

Complain

Size-Overall29%−0.23

Will not fit my pens

It does not fit my Pentel pens

Small

Grip13%+2.25

Pencil grip

Pencil grips

find my hands aching because I grip them tighter

Durability12%−0.12

Doesnt last

Personally they didn't last more than a couple of days before splitting

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.07

no as discribed

didnt do as discribed so sent back

Quality-Overall8%+0.02

Very poor quality not what I expected no use at all they didnt fit

Love

Grip26%+2.25

Helps with grip

proper pen grip

Good grip

Ease Of Use15%+1.02

Easy to use

Very handy

Easy to put on

Value For Money14%+0.80

Excellent value for money

Good price

they are well worth the cost

Size-Overall11%−0.23

Fits and feels comfortable on the fingers

Fit well

They have managed to fit most pens

Quality-Overall8%+0.02

Good quality

Great product

Seem to be made pretty well

Return

0.3% Return rate 60% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall54%▅▃▅██▄

Will not fit my pens

It does not fit my Pentel pens

Small

Grip9%▁█▁▂▃█

Pencil grip

Pencil grips

find my hands aching because I grip them tighter

Comfort-Overall8%█▁▁▆▁▇

none were really comfortable for him

Strength5%▁▄█▁▁▁
Ease Of Use5%▆▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Pencil Grips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.