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Colouring Pens

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $1.86–$17.39, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Colouring Pens is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.7M/yr3.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 84 sellers

Flapen Score

Colouring Pens against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Colouring Pens is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Colouring Pens market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Colouring Pens 3.6M times last year and spent an estimated £2.7M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.1%
Conversion, latest week
8.7%
Market size, estimated
£2.7Ma year
Peak month
December3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
colouring pens1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.88.

Listings sell for £8.88 on average, from £1.86 to £17.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £8.88 that is £71K to £89K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.86–£17.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£71K–£89K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Drawing. It carries 5,199 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
5.9%
Average rank
#70in Drawing
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,199per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 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
43 months

Products

Top Colouring Pens 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£137K£275K£412K£550K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

84

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

32%

  • CRAYOLA39%
  • Tongfushop11%
  • Artecho7%
  • SOL4%
  • Melifluo3%
  • Amazon Basics3%

Demand

Colouring Pens search demand

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

175K125KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Colouring Pens search terms shoppers use

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

  • colouring pens1.4M/yr
  • felt tip pens570K/yr
  • markers206K/yr
  • felt tips141K/yr
  • colouring151K/yr
  • colouring pens for adults176K/yr
  • coloring pens92K/yr
  • felt tip pens for adults93K/yr
  • adult colouring pens92K/yr
  • pens for kids62K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Colouring Pens

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

Complain

Color20%+0.48

not all colours as expected

Not good to colour with

Much too dark

Quality-Overall14%

Mixed quality of items

Poor Quality

of much lower quality

Dry/Empty Ink8%−0.07

Pens are dry

Dry pens

one came dry

Moist/Dry7%−0.06

they dried up

Some Colours were dried out

Some markers came dry

Durability5%−0.02

Lid on one of the pens has broke after being used once so now it doesn't stay on the pen

They dont last at all

Ran out so quickly

Love

Color31%+0.48

Variety of colours

Lots of colours

Great colour quality

Value For Money15%+1.70

Amazing value

Great deal

Excellent value

Quality-Overall15%

Great quality pens

nice variety

Excellent product

Pen/Pencil Quality9%+0.83

Good quality pens

Decent pens

Good pens

Nib/Tip Quality3%+0.18

Lovely having the choice of nibs

The quality of the nibs is very good

The dual tips are super convenient

Return

0.3% Return rate 30% Fixable by listing

Color13%▆▅█▆▅▄

not all colours as expected

Not good to colour with

Much too dark

Quality-Overall12%▇▅██▅▇

Mixed quality of items

Poor Quality

of much lower quality

Functionality-Overall12%▃▅▇▄▅█

didnt work

not working properly

Pens dont work

Dry/Empty Ink9%▅▆▂▄▄█

Pens are dry

Dry pens

one came dry

Display Colors5%▆█▄▂▄▄

FAQ

Common Colouring Pens questions

Answered from the same tracked data.