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Colouring Pencils for Children

Fail

Prices span $1.85–$13.47, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Colouring Pencils for Children is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 577 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£142K/yr176K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 72 sellers

Flapen Score

Colouring Pencils for Children against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Colouring Pencils for Children is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Colouring Pencils for Children market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Colouring Pencils for Children 176K times last year and spent an estimated £142K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 176K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £142K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
176K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.4%
Conversion, latest week
15.2%
Market size, estimated
£142Ka year
Peak month
December2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
colouring pencils for kids90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.30.

Listings sell for £5.30 on average, from £1.85 to £13.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £5.30 that is £7K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.85–£13.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£8K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #8 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 6,731 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#8in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,731per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 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
45 months

Products

Top Colouring Pencils for Children 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£28K£43K£57K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

72

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • CRAYOLA42%
  • BIC Kids20%
  • Amazon Basics9%
  • STAEDTLER6%
  • BIC5%
  • abeec4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 14%)

Demand

Colouring Pencils for Children search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Colouring Pencils for Children search terms shoppers use

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

  • colouring pencils for kids90K/yr
  • kids colouring pencils23K/yr
  • colouring pencils for children12K/yr
  • coloured pencils for children12K/yr
  • colour pencils for kids11K/yr
  • pencil crayons for children9K/yr
  • childrens colouring pencils6K/yr
  • colouring pencils kids5K/yr
  • color pencils set for kids2K/yr
  • cheap colouring pencils2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Colouring Pencils for Children

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

Complain

Color33%−0.05

One of them though doesn't colour for some reason

The colours are really dull

missing colour

Quality-Overall18%

Its not fancy art-store quality

shocked at quality for a trusted brand

Not good quality

Hard Feel7%−0.04

Very hard

Hard leads

I found these pencil crayons quite hard

Display Colors4%−0.03

36 colours, not 72

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%−0.03

24 pencils, deceiving sales pitch

Love

Color25%−0.05

Good quality colours

Nice colours

The colours are great too

Quality-Overall17%

Great quality pencils

Good quality books

Good quality

Value For Money15%

Good for the price

Worth the money

Excellent value for money

Pen/Pencil Quality10%+1.71

Great pencils, really pleased with them

Great pens as described

Great pencils

Ease Of Use5%+0.44

easy to store

easy to hold

Easy to use

Return

0.2% Return rate 42% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall20%█▅▃▁▃▂

Its not fancy art-store quality

shocked at quality for a trusted brand

Not good quality

Size-Overall14%▁▁█▄▃▃
Display Colors9%▁▁▃█▄▄

36 colours, not 72

Color9%▁▄▄▆█▄

One of them though doesn't colour for some reason

The colours are really dull

missing colour

Value For Money8%▁▁█▁▁▅

FAQ

Common Colouring Pencils for Children questions

Answered from the same tracked data.