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Crayons

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.43–$10.96) — Crayons doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

38
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Market size 53Growth 19Conversion 96Competition 14Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 6Review moat 24Quality gap 32
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Is Crayons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Crayons is a £346K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (519K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.

Crayons: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -12.2% over the last 90 days and 14.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£346K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-12.2%519K
Conversion rate14.1%
Avg price£4.71

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 47
Top-5 product click share83%
Open market2%
Avg brand age47 months

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 · 10 products

Sponsored placement40%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews5,031

Top Crayons 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 83% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£52K£104K£156K£207K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • CRAYOLA81%
  • abeec6%
  • Galt4%
  • THE TWIDDLERS4%
  • BIC3%
  • Baker Ross2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Crayons demand & seasonality

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

Volume519KCVR14.1%Products10Brands6Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate1.8%Rating4.6★Reviews5,031Avg BSR#11
18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Crayons search terms shoppers use

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

  • crayons264K/yr
  • crayola crayons72K/yr
  • crayons for kids60K/yr
  • wax crayons25K/yr
  • crayon17K/yr
  • kids crayons17K/yr
  • colouring crayons13K/yr
  • crayons for 3 year old14K/yr
  • wax crayons for kids10K/yr
  • crayons crayola8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Crayons

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Color23%

lovely colours

Quality-Overall16%

Good Quality

Ease Of Use13%

Easy to use

Value For Money12%

Good price

Grip4%

easy to grip

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Bad quality crayons

Color15%

range of colours slightly disappointing

Functionality-Overall9%

Not all of them work

Durability8%

Easily broken

Size-Overall7%

Disappointing size

Crayons return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

41%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
17%
2Quality-Overall
14%
3Functionality-Overall
11%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Color
8%

Common Crayons questions

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

Flapen scores Crayons 38/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £346K/yr across 10 tracked products. Search demand moved -12.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Crayons on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.