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Colouring Pencils for School

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Colouring Pencils for School is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 601 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£32K/yr38K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Colouring Pencils for School against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Colouring Pencils for School market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Colouring Pencils for School 38K times last year and spent an estimated £32K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 38K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £32K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
38K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
£32Ka year
Peak month
August3.7× the quietest month
Top search term
staedtler colouring pencils25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.69.

Listings sell for £9.69 on average, from £1.85 to £31.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.69 that is £969 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.85–£31.78
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£969–£2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

47% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #110 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 5,319 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
47%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#110in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,319per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Colouring Pencils for School 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£3K£6K£10K£13K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

63

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • STAEDTLER96%
  • KALOUR2%
  • Shuttle Art1%
  • Helix1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Colouring Pencils for School search demand

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

2K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Search terms

Top Colouring Pencils for School search terms shoppers use

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

  • staedtler colouring pencils25K/yr
  • colouring pencils for school6K/yr
  • colouring pencils staedtler3K/yr
  • coloured pencils for school3K/yr

Reviews and returns

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

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

33%of positive reviews mention “Color”
24%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.3%of orders come back
“The colours are far from vibrant”
A buyer, on “Color”24% 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.

22 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Colouring Pencils for School 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