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Boys Pencil Case

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But products sell for $7.35 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Boys Pencil Case is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 11% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£121K/yr577K searches / yr
90-day growth
+67.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 86 sellers

Flapen Score

Boys Pencil Case against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Boys Pencil Case market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Boys Pencil Case 577K times last year and spent an estimated £121K. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 577K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +67.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £121K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
577K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+67.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£121Ka year
Peak month
August12.4× the quietest month
Top search term
pencil case for boys222K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.35.

Listings sell for £7.35 on average, from £3.39 to £22.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.35 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.39–£22.37
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #185 within Office Supplies. It carries 997 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
11.8%
Average rank
#185in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
997per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Boys 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£19K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

32%

  • adidas22%
  • NIKE21%
  • Chelory10%
  • YONZONE7%
  • Fashionstationery.com5%
  • hoinya4%

Demand

Boys Pencil Case search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.4×

Search terms

Top Boys Pencil Case search terms shoppers use

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

  • pencil case for boys222K/yr
  • boys pencil case152K/yr
  • nike pencil case58K/yr
  • pencil case boys40K/yr
  • nike pencil case for boys13K/yr
  • pencil cases boys20K/yr
  • adidas pencil case12K/yr
  • pencil case nike8K/yr
  • pencil case boys secondary school6K/yr
  • pencil cases for boys5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Boys Pencil Case

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

Complain

Quality-Overall27%−0.09

Not reliable quality not good

Poor quality

Cheap quality

Size-Overall22%+0.86

its too large

Not fit for purpose

Smaller than expected

Durability12%−0.09

Not durable

Already broken after 4 months

Had it for 6 weeks

Zipper Quality11%−0.12

Broken zips. both

Zip gets stuck quite easily

Zip broke immediately upon opening for first time

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.44

Not as description in the app

Nothing like the picture

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

Love

Quality-Overall25%−0.09

Good quality

It's well made

Practical, well-made, and looks good – exactly what you want in a pencil case

Value For Money15%+2.26

cheap at the price

Excellent value

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.44

Exactly what I needed

is as described

looks like the picture

Size-Overall12%+0.86

They all fit into it Neatly

This is a good size

Fits everything needed

Storage Capacity7%+0.18

Perfect storage

What I really liked is the large storage capacity

Spacious

Return

0.7% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall46%▇▆▆█▅▅

its too large

Not fit for purpose

Smaller than expected

Zipper Quality16%▃▅▂▁█▇

Broken zips. both

Zip gets stuck quite easily

Zip broke immediately upon opening for first time

Quality-Overall11%▆▆█▃▅▇

Not reliable quality not good

Poor quality

Cheap quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%█▂▅▃▃▃

Not as description in the app

Nothing like the picture

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

Material Quality3%▁▁█▆▆▃

And the material was very cheap

Made of flimsy material

Cheap material and quite big

FAQ

Common Boys Pencil Case questions

Answered from the same tracked data.