Black Gel Pens
brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Black Gel Pens doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Black Gel Pens profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Gel Pens is a £116K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (216K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.
Black Gel Pens: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -15.6% over the last 90 days and 7.2% of searches end in a purchase.
£116K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.
0%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 17 products
Top Black Gel Pens products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Sharpie S-Gel | Gel Pens | Medium Point (0.7mm) | Black Ink | 3 Count
- Price
- £3.78
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 4,583
- Age
- 5y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Fine Point (0.7mm) | Black | 5 Count
- Price
- £3.75
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 5,732
- Age
- 7y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black | 50 Count
- Price
- £8.34
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3,477
- Age
- 14y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Fun Colours | 10 Count
- Price
- £3.46
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 7,485
- Age
- 10y ago
Paper Mate Inkjoy 100 Ballpoint Stick Pen Medium Point Black 12 Pack
- Price
- £5.06
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 148
- Age
- 3y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Sharpie S-Gel | Gel Pens | Medium Point (0.7mm) | Frost Blue & White Pearl Barrels | Black & Blue Ink | 4 Count
- Price
- £4.20
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 776
- Age
- 4y ago
Sharpie S-Gel | Gel Pens for Writing | Medium Point (0.7mm) | Assorted Ink Colours | White Pearl Barrels | 12 Count
- Price
- £9.70
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,596
- Age
- 1y ago
Sharpie S-Gel Pens | Medium Point 0.7mm | Black Ink | Pack of 10 | Metal Barrel Retractable Gel Pens | Rose Gold
- Price
- £11.77
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 2y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Fun Colours | 10 Count
- Price
- £3.46
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 7,485
- Age
- 10y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black | 50 Count
- Price
- £8.34
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3,477
- Age
- 14y ago
Newest
by launch dateSharpie S-Gel | Gel Pens for Writing | Medium Point (0.7mm) | Assorted Ink Colours | White Pearl Barrels | 12 Count
- Price
- £9.70
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,596
- Age
- 1y ago
Sharpie S-Gel | Gel Pens | Medium Point (0.7mm) | Assorted Ink Colours | 8 Count
- Price
- £10.38
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 298
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie S-Gel Pens | Fine Point 0.5mm | Black Ink | Pack of 4 | Retractable Gel Pens | Comfort Grip
- Price
- £7.30
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 100
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie S-Gel Pens | Medium Point 0.7mm | Black Ink | Pack of 10 | Metal Barrel Retractable Gel Pens | Rose Gold
- Price
- £11.77
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 2y ago
Paper Mate Inkjoy 100 Ballpoint Stick Pen Medium Point Black 12 Pack
- Price
- £5.06
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 148
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
3 falling
Sellers
165
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
64%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Sharpie46%
- Paper Mate45%
- JARDEN9%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Black Gel Pens demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Top Black Gel Pens search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- papermate inkjoy61K/yr
- sharpie s gel39K/yr
- paper mate inkjoy pen22K/yr
- sharpie gel pens19K/yr
- papermate inkjoy 100 1.0m10K/yr
- sharpie s gel 0.7 black7K/yr
- inkjoy pens7K/yr
- 0.7mm pen6K/yr
- sharpie s gel pens5K/yr
- inkjoy6K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Gel Pens
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
75% of reviews“Smooth writing and look great”
“Good value”
“Great quality pens”
“Great pens”
“verry good ink”
What buyers complain about
76% of reviews“Dry ink”
“The ink flow is inconsistent”
“They dont work”
“Very poor performance”
“so they dont write smoothly at all”
Black Gel Pens return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.2%
Return rate
28%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Black Gel Pens questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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