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Box of Pens

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Box of Pens is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 518 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£454K/yr777K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 239 sellers

Flapen Score

Box of Pens against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Box of Pens is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Box of Pens market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Box of Pens 777K times last year and spent an estimated £454K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in May–Jul–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 777K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £454K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
777K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.5%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£454Ka year
Peak month
May3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
bic pens438K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.93.

Listings sell for £5.93 on average, from £1.78 to £17.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £5.93 that is £15K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.93under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.78–£17.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£18K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 7,883 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#21in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,883per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Box of Pens 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£45K£91K£136K£182K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 rising

Sellers

239

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

0%

  • BIC93%
  • SOMCO3%
  • BIC CRISTAL3%
  • G4GADGET1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Box of Pens search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Box of Pens search terms shoppers use

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

  • bic pens438K/yr
  • bic79K/yr
  • bic pen49K/yr
  • bic pens black40K/yr
  • bic black pens21K/yr
  • black bic pens21K/yr
  • pens bic23K/yr
  • bic cristal pens16K/yr
  • bic biro13K/yr
  • bic cristal9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Box of Pens

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
15%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Poor quality pens”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”15% 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 Box of Pens 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