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3d Pen

a concentrated shelf (top 5 take 90% of clicks) — 3d Pen doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 68Growth 13Conversion 38Competition 9Returns 83Price range 75Avg price 93Brand share 18Review moat 25Quality gap 88
This niche Category average

Is 3d Pen profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, 3d Pen is a £678K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.0M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

3d Pen: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -24.6% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£678K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-24.6%1.0M
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£22.26

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 15
Top-5 product click share90%
Open market7%
Avg brand age23 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 9 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews4,310

Top 3d Pen products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 90% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£68K£136K£204K£271K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • SCRIB3D40%
  • 3Doodler25%
  • Kretrum18%
  • LIHUACHEN7%
  • co2CREA3%
  • Raykce3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

3d Pen demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume1.0MCVR3.0%Products9Brands8Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.1★Reviews4,310Avg BSR#108
70K50KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.2×

Top 3d Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • 3d pen607K/yr
  • 3d pens for kids142K/yr
  • 3d printing pen57K/yr
  • 3d printer pen34K/yr
  • 3d pen for kids34K/yr
  • 3d pens23K/yr
  • 3d printing pens12K/yr
  • kids 3d pen10K/yr
  • 3d print pen8K/yr
  • 3d printer pen for kids8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 3d Pen

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

65% of reviews
Ease Of Use16%

easy to control

Value For Money10%

Good for the money

Quality-Overall7%

Excellent quality

Color7%

The colours that come with it are fun

Fun/Entertainment Experience6%

Creative fun that keeps them engaged

What buyers complain about

49% of reviews
Durability12%

broke after 1 use

Ease Of Use7%

not that easy to use

Quality-Overall6%

feels disappointingly cheap

Functionality-Overall5%

Combine this with the fact the sensor never works

Color4%

so required a lot of teasing to get one particular colour out

3d Pen return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.6%

Return rate

8%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
37%
2Defective Material/Parts
12%
3Durability
11%
4Quality-Overall
4%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%

Common 3d Pen questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 3d Pen 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £678K/yr across 9 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -24.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 3d Pen on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 7.2× the quietest.