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2b Pencil

Fail

Prices span $1.44–$8.90, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 2b Pencil is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 489 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£33K/yr60K searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

2b Pencil against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, 2b Pencil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 2b Pencil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 2b Pencil 60K times last year and spent an estimated £33K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 60K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £33K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
60K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.6%
Conversion, latest week
13.0%
Market size, estimated
£33Ka year
Peak month
September3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
2b pencils42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.24.

Listings sell for £4.24 on average, from £1.44 to £8.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £4.24 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.24under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.44–£8.90
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

55% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #98 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 6,322 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
55%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
1.2%
Average rank
#98in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,322per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top 2b Pencil 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 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K1101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

61

Est. top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • STAEDTLER60%
  • Faber-Castell9%
  • imiiHO6%
  • Drawlish5%
  • M&G4%
  • CWWYQ3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 13%)

Demand

2b Pencil search demand

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

4K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top 2b Pencil search terms shoppers use

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

  • 2b pencils42K/yr
  • 2b pencil11K/yr
  • 2b pencils pack7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 2b Pencil

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

35%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
31%of negative reviews mention “Hard Feel”
0.1%of orders come back
“Too hard”
A buyer, on “Hard Feel”31% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 2b Pencil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data