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Pastel Pencils

Fail

Demand is soft, at -17.2% this quarter, so Pastel Pencils is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£101K/yr116K searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 89 sellers

Flapen Score

Pastel Pencils against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pastel Pencils market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pastel Pencils 116K times last year and spent an estimated £101K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 116K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £101K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
116K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
£101Ka year
Peak month
February1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
pastel pencils67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £23.94.

Listings sell for £23.94 on average, from £2.58 to £89.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £23.94 that is £2K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£23.94inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.58–£89.22
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£6K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #135 within Drawing. It carries 2,012 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#135in Drawing
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,012per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Pastel Pencils 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

89

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

12%

  • Faber-Castell38%
  • H & B15%
  • Koh-I-Noor14%
  • Derwent11%
  • KALOUR PDAS5%
  • KALOUR4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Pastel Pencils search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Pastel Pencils search terms shoppers use

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

  • pastel pencils67K/yr
  • pastel pencils for artists12K/yr
  • soft pastel pencils7K/yr
  • oil pastel pencils8K/yr
  • faber castell pastel pencils6K/yr
  • derwent pastel pencils7K/yr
  • faber castell pitt pastel pencils5K/yr
  • pitt pastel pencils3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pastel Pencils

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

Complain

Sharpness21%−0.16

It doesn't even get close to being sharp

difficult to sharpen

But break often when sharpening

Color16%+0.96

Disappointed to find some colours missing

SO FEW COLOURS

Very pale subtle colours

Quality-Overall6%+0.76

when you're paying close to £100 you would expect better quality control

Not great quality

They are poor quality

Durability6%−0.05

Breaks after shaving

Break easily

keeps breaking

Functionality-Overall3%−0.03

Doesn't work

NOTHING it doesn't work

Love

Color31%+0.96

Gorgeous Colours

Beautiful colours

vibrant colours

Pen/Pencil Quality16%+1.11

Great pencils

Great pencils

Lovely Pencils

Value For Money15%+1.39

Amazing value

Good price

Great value

Quality-Overall15%+0.76

Lovely quality, choices of colour are excellent

overall its a good selection

Excellent product

Ease Of Use4%+0.21

Easy to use

Easy to blend very happy

Very easy to control for fine art work

Return

0.5% Return rate 34% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall16%█▅▅▅▁▇

when you're paying close to £100 you would expect better quality control

Not great quality

They are poor quality

Color16%▅█▃▄▂▃

Disappointed to find some colours missing

SO FEW COLOURS

Very pale subtle colours

Value For Money8%▁▄▇▃▆█

Although, for £36, they are exactly cheap

They are really pricey imo

Pricey

Functionality-Overall7%▇▅▁▇██

Doesn't work

NOTHING it doesn't work

Sharpness7%▅▃▄▁▁█

It doesn't even get close to being sharp

difficult to sharpen

But break often when sharpening

FAQ

Common Pastel Pencils questions

Answered from the same tracked data.