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Oil Pastels

Fail

Demand is soft, at -17.1% this quarter, so Oil Pastels is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 4,712 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£222K/yr325K searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 70 sellers

Flapen Score

Oil Pastels against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Oil Pastels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Oil Pastels 325K times last year and spent an estimated £222K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 325K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £222K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
325K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.1%
Conversion, latest week
6.1%
Market size, estimated
£222Ka year
Peak month
December2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
oil pastels186K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.20.

Listings sell for £11.20 on average, from £3.52 to £30.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £11.20 that is £14K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.20under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.52–£30.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£14K–£17K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #101 within Drawing. It carries 3,124 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.6%
Average rank
#101in Drawing
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,124per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Oil Pastels 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£22K£44K£66K£89K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

70

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Artecho47%
  • Pentel26%
  • MONT MARTE7%
  • Faber-Castell7%
  • MEEDEN4%
  • Paul Rubens3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Oil Pastels search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Oil Pastels search terms shoppers use

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

  • oil pastels186K/yr
  • pastels34K/yr
  • oil pastels for art26K/yr
  • pastel16K/yr
  • oil pastel15K/yr
  • pastels for art15K/yr
  • soft oil pastels10K/yr
  • oil pastels for artists8K/yr
  • pastel crayons5K/yr
  • kuelox soft oil pastels4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oil Pastels

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

Complain

Quality-Overall19%−0.08

not good quality

adequate not as good as sennelier

Not the best

Value For Money7%+0.37

Whilst I originally thought they was expensive my daughter really likes them

I wouldn't pay 40+ for them though

Adhesion/Stickiness6%−0.06

Clumpy and sticky

Smell6%−0.07

Really chemical smell

Really bad smell

They have an odd chemical smell- never had this in previous oil pastels by other makes

Color5%+1.68

Too many black colours

only downside is limited shades of some colours

Love

Color24%+1.68

Good range of colours

Lovely bright colours

Rich colors

Quality-Overall23%−0.08

Decent oik

Good quality

Great quality and value oil pastels

Soft Feel13%

Buttery soft

they are soft

Silky Smooth

Value For Money11%+0.37

Worth it

Great value

Good value

Ease Of Use8%+0.81

Very easy to use

are easy to work with

making the set easy to store between projects

Return

0.4% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall19%█▅▄▁▂▄

not good quality

adequate not as good as sennelier

Not the best

Color12%▁▅▁▁█▆

Too many black colours

only downside is limited shades of some colours

Value For Money7%▁▁█▁▄▁

Whilst I originally thought they was expensive my daughter really likes them

I wouldn't pay 40+ for them though

Size-Overall7%█▁▅▁▁▃

These are smaller

Defective Material/Parts6%▁█▁▁▆▆

FAQ

Common Oil Pastels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.