Pastel Pencils
FailDemand is soft, at -17.2% this quarter, so Pastel Pencils is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 46 / 100Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 5146
- 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.
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
An estimated 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 116K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 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
1 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. 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
The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.
Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 27, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
H & B 72 Pro Soft Pastel Pencils in Metal Tin for Art Drawing & Sketching
- Price
- £30.25
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 11mo ago

Faber-Castell Tin of 24 Pitt Pastel Artists Colouring Pencils Colour Ideal For Colouring Drawing Sketching By Professional And Hobby Artists Coloured Pencils Presented In A Tin
- Price
- £26.41
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,838
- Age
- 17y ago

KOH-I-NOOR Artists Soft Pastel Pencils (Set of 24)
- Price
- £20.37
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,716
- Age
- 13y ago

Faber-Castell PITT Pastel Pencils Tin Of 12
- Price
- £14.97
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,242
- Age
- 18y ago

Faber-Castell Tin of 60 Pitt Pastel Artists Colouring Pencils High Colour Ideal for Drawing Sketching Professional Hobby Artist Coloured Pencils Presented in Tin
- Price
- £66.48
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,798
- Age
- 17y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
KALOUR PDAS 72+2 Count Macaron Pastel Colored Pencils for Adult Coloring Books Artists Soft Core Ideal for Drawing Blending Shading Coloring Pencils Set Gift for Adults Beginners
- Price
- £16.65
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 119
- Age
- 10mo ago

H & B 48 Professional Soft Pastel Pencils in Metal Tin for Art Sketching
- Price
- £21.18
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 11mo ago

Myartscape 72 Colouring Pencils Set Professional Oil Based Artist Pencils Colouring Pencils for Adults Soft Core Drawing & Sketching Pencils with Roll Up Case
- Price
- £12.28
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 107
- Age
- 8mo ago

H & B 72 Pro Soft Pastel Pencils in Metal Tin for Art Drawing & Sketching
- Price
- £30.25
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 11mo ago

Faber-Castell Pitt Monochrome Range Artists Medium Pastel Pencil - White
- Price
- £2.58
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 876
- Age
- 15y ago
Newest
by launch date
Myartscape 72 Colouring Pencils Set Professional Oil Based Artist Pencils Colouring Pencils for Adults Soft Core Drawing & Sketching Pencils with Roll Up Case
- Price
- £12.28
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 107
- Age
- 8mo ago

KALOUR PDAS 72+2 Count Macaron Pastel Colored Pencils for Adult Coloring Books Artists Soft Core Ideal for Drawing Blending Shading Coloring Pencils Set Gift for Adults Beginners
- Price
- £16.65
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 119
- Age
- 10mo ago

H & B 72 Pro Soft Pastel Pencils in Metal Tin for Art Drawing & Sketching
- Price
- £30.25
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 11mo ago

H & B 48 Professional Soft Pastel Pencils in Metal Tin for Art Sketching
- Price
- £21.18
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 11mo ago

KALOUR PDAS 24 Premium Coloured Charcoal Pencils Drawing Set Quality Pastel Chalk Pencils for Colouring Sketching Drawing Layering & Blending for Beginners Artists
- Price
- £12.56
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 646
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
13 falling
Sellers
89
Est. top-5 brand share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Est. 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.
Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Search terms
Top Pastel Pencils search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated 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
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“It doesn't even get close to being sharp”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
17 topics
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FAQ
Common Pastel Pencils questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
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