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Money Checker Pen

Fail

Demand is soft, at -25.5% this quarter, so Money Checker Pen is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 700 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −8 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£61K/yr71K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Money Checker Pen against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Money Checker Pen is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Money Checker Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Money Checker Pen 71K times last year and spent an estimated £61K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

12.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 71K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 12.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £61K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
71K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.5%
Conversion, latest week
12.0%
Market size, estimated
£61Ka year
Top search term
money checker pen20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.06.

Listings sell for £7.06 on average, from £3.25 to £16.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £7.06 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.06under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.25–£16.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #160 within Litter & Housetraining. It carries 517 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#160in Litter & Housetraining
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
517per listing
Listings tracked
11

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 48 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
48 months

Products

Top Money Checker Pen 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 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£9K£18K£27K£36K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Minder44%
  • Lepro15%
  • Prasacco11%
  • MONEY TESTER9%
  • ZZap8%
  • TOPCZY4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 9%)

Demand

Money Checker Pen search demand

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

2K2KSpike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Money Checker Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • money checker pen20K/yr
  • counterfeit money detector pen15K/yr
  • note checker pen10K/yr
  • bank note checker pen7K/yr
  • fake note pen6K/yr
  • money pens checker uk6K/yr
  • money pen4K/yr
  • fake money pen3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Money Checker Pen

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall36%−0.29

Didnt work

Pen don't work as I tried on the fake note

Load off rubbish dont work

Battery Life14%−0.05

battery connection not great

Poor battery life

Very shows colors on the notes only downside is it takes batteries would be great if rechargeable

Compatibility-Overall10%−0.07

it doesnt work for the new plastic notes

Pen is not working on UK Polyther notrs

Value For Money6%+1.03

Not worth the money

Overly priced

price is higher than other cheaper ones on amazon

Nib/Tip Quality5%−0.04

2 of the 4 nibs have come of just on first opening

Love

Quality-Overall20%+1.27

Great quality for a novelty item

Quality item

Great Product

Value For Money19%+1.03

Good deal

Reasonably priced

Great value for money

Ease Of Use18%+0.87

I think its dry usefull its practical to use since I bought it I have no fear someone cheat me by giving fake Notes

Easy to use

handy to keep

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.37

Item was as listed

does the job

it works exactly as described

Efficiency5%+0.32

Works well

Work well

They work

Return

0.5% Return rate 5% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall42%█▆█▄▅▆

Didnt work

Pen don't work as I tried on the fake note

Load off rubbish dont work

Compatibility-Overall7%▁█▂▂▂▂

it doesnt work for the new plastic notes

Pen is not working on UK Polyther notrs

Quality-Overall5%▆▄▁▃█▅
Value For Money5%▁▃▂▁▄█

Not worth the money

Overly priced

price is higher than other cheaper ones on amazon

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▅▁▃█▁▂

Do not work on British notes especially all the new notes out now so its false advertisement guys dont waste your money

FAQ

Common Money Checker Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.