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Black Pencil Case

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.9% of orders. But prices span $2.97–$10.24, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Pencil Case is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 28% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£48K/yr277K searches / yr
90-day growth
+32.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Pencil Case against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Pencil Case market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Pencil Case 277K times last year and spent an estimated £48K. The top 5 brands take 50% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 277K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +32.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £48K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
277K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+32.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
£48Ka year
Peak month
August11.3× the quietest month
Top search term
black pencil case164K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.75.

Listings sell for £5.75 on average, from £2.97 to £10.24. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.75 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.75under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.97–£10.24
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #261 within Office Supplies. It carries 612 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
7.1%
Average rank
#261in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
612per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Black Pencil Case 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

50%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

42%

  • SUHAI14%
  • Fashionstationery.com12%
  • hoinya9%
  • SUNEE9%
  • Chelory7%
  • jeufun7%

Demand

Black Pencil Case search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 11.3×

Search terms

Top Black Pencil Case search terms shoppers use

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

  • black pencil case164K/yr
  • pencil case black46K/yr
  • plain pencil case15K/yr
  • black pencil case for boys16K/yr
  • mens pencil case9K/yr
  • black pencil case for girls11K/yr
  • small black pencil case6K/yr
  • pencil case men4K/yr
  • plain black pencil case5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Pencil Case

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

Complain

Quality-Overall23%−0.13

Bad quality

Cheap

Cheap quality

Size-Overall15%−0.01

they're not going to fit

Smaller than expected

Came out a lot more bigger than expected

Zipper Quality13%−0.17

Zip broke immediately upon opening for first time

Zip gets stuck quite easily

The zip broke after a month

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.28

Not as description in the app

Nothing like the picture

Not what it looks like in picture not worth the money to be honest

Durability8%−0.08

Already broken after 4 months

Doesnt last long

Will rip apart the first morning in class

Love

Quality-Overall20%−0.13

Overall I think this is a good product and quite affordable

Good quality

is very good quality - no issues yet. used for nearly a year

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.28

Exactly what I needed

Exactly as described

looks like the picture

Value For Money8%+1.54

Not expensive

Good for price

Good value for money

Size-Overall8%−0.01

Its fit to the size that I am looking for

Fits everything needed

Good size having portability

Storage Capacity8%+0.90

has plenty of room

Spacious

Perfect storage

Return

0.9% Return rate 66% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%▅█▇█▇▅

they're not going to fit

Smaller than expected

Came out a lot more bigger than expected

Quality-Overall14%▅▃▆▃▃█

Bad quality

Cheap

Cheap quality

Zipper Quality7%▆▆▃▇█▃

Zip broke immediately upon opening for first time

Zip gets stuck quite easily

The zip broke after a month

Material Quality6%▁▆▇▅█▄

And the material was very cheap

Made of flimsy material

Cheap material and quite big

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%█▃█▄▂▄

Not as description in the app

Nothing like the picture

Not what it looks like in picture not worth the money to be honest

FAQ

Common Black Pencil Case questions

Answered from the same tracked data.