Charcoal Sticks
a small market ($49K/yr) — Charcoal Sticks doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Charcoal Sticks profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Charcoal Sticks is a £49K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (50K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 71% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.
Charcoal Sticks: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -16.6% over the last 90 days and 13.0% of searches end in a purchase.
£49K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 71% of demand, so 29% of the market is open.
29%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 21 products
Top Charcoal Sticks products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
YHTCC 10 PCS Charcoal Sticks 3-5mm Black Willow Charcoal
- Price
- £3.32
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 90
- Age
- 1y ago
Winsor and Newton Artist Willow Charcoal Sticks - Assorted
- Price
- £4.62
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 493
- Age
- 15y ago
Winsor & Newton Willow Charcoal Thick Pack of 3
- Price
- £2.32
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 327
- Age
- 17y ago
Coates Willow Charcoal Assorted 30 Pieces
- Price
- £7.30
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 3,059
- Age
- 16y ago
Zieler - Artists Charcoal Drawing Set | 24-piece Gift Tin Set | The Ideal Starter Set!
- Price
- £11.22
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 160
- Age
- 2y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Charcoal Brushes for Artists Charcoal Blending Brushes 5 Pieces Painting Supplies Painting Tools Makeup Brush Set Ink Mixing Brush for Art Students Teachers Artists Craftsmen Black
- Price
- £6.76
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 7mo ago
sourcing map Willow Charcoal Sticks 2-4mm Willow Charcoal Pencils Soft Sketch Vine Art Supplies Set for Drawing Sketching Shading Painting Artists Beginners (Black Pack of 26)
- Price
- £4.63
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 1y ago
Yeenao Charcoal Pencils Set 6 Pieces Charcoal Pencils and Sticks Set for Drawing Soft Medium Hard Charcoals Pencils DIY Drawing Sketching for Artists Sketching Blending (2 Soft + 2 Medium + 2 Hard)
- Price
- £4.99
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 1y ago
20 PCS Willow Charcoal Sticks 5-7mm Black Charcoal for Sketching Drawing Shading Professional Artist Pencils for Fine Art Beginners Students Smooth Easy to Blend
- Price
- £3.85
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 1y ago
MONT MARTE Charcoal Pencils Set 10 pieces in different Sizes Black Charcoal Pencils for Drawing Drawing Pencils in Aluminium Case
- Price
- £6.86
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 642
- Age
- 9y ago
Newest
by launch dateCharcoal Brushes for Artists Charcoal Blending Brushes 5 Pieces Painting Supplies Painting Tools Makeup Brush Set Ink Mixing Brush for Art Students Teachers Artists Craftsmen Black
- Price
- £6.76
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 7mo ago
Suupii 6Pcs Willow Charcoal Sticks for Art Charcoal Pencils for Artists
- Price
- £4.92
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 11
- Age
- 10mo ago
20 PCS Willow Charcoal Sticks 5-7mm Black Charcoal for Sketching Drawing Shading Professional Artist Pencils for Fine Art Beginners Students Smooth Easy to Blend
- Price
- £3.85
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 1y ago
HIFORNY 42 PCS Drawing Set Sketching Kit with Graphite and Charcoal Pencils Blending Tools Erasers & Accessories in Portable Zipped Case for Artists Students & Beginners
- Price
- £11.43
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 416
- Age
- 1y ago
6 Pack Square Compressed Charcoal Pencils for Artists - Soft/Medium/Hard
- Price
- £4.18
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 17
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
18 falling
Sellers
31
Top-5 brand share
71%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
64%
Top 20: 99%
Open market
24%
- Winsor & Newton27%
- YHTCC21%
- Speedball11%
- Zieler7%
- PaulStore5%
- PEAPIN5%
Charcoal Sticks demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Top Charcoal Sticks search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- charcoal art13K/yr
- charcoal drawing7K/yr
- charcoal sticks9K/yr
- charcoal art supplies4K/yr
- charcoal sticks for drawing4K/yr
- willow charcoal5K/yr
- charcoal for drawing4K/yr
- drawing charcoal3K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Charcoal Sticks
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
91% of reviews“The appearance is very good”
“Good value”
“Lovely to draw with”
“Easy to use”
“do not break easily”
What buyers complain about
83% of reviews“smaller than I thought”
“cheap”
“Broken not even after 1 week”
“Poor quality”
“the rest really thin”
Charcoal Sticks return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.3%
Return rate
39%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Charcoal Sticks questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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