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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

8.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 38K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 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

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 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

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

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 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

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

Complain

Color24%

The colours are far from vibrant

missing colour

You can't colour over different shades as the pencils work more like wax crayons than pencil ones so therefore you can't blend the colours

Quality-Overall22%−0.08

Poor quality

shocked at quality for a trusted brand

Shame as otherwise a good product

Sharpness6%−0.01

They dont sharpen very well - they break before you can get them really sharp

have to lean on them more than I expected which cause to sharpen more often

Hard Feel6%−0.03

Very hard

Hard leads

Nib/Tip Quality6%−0.05

Broken nibs and a damaged case, not great

The nibs of around 1/3 of the pencils were broken odd and the case was damaged and bent

Love

Color33%

The colours are bright and vibrant

Gorgeous Colours

Beautiful colours

Quality-Overall16%−0.08

Excellent Quality Coloured Pencils – Great for Art and Colouring

Great quality pencils

Good quality

Pen/Pencil Quality12%+0.95

Excellent pencils

Amazing pencils

Great pens, better than crayola

Value For Money11%+1.50

Good value

Great deal

Amazing value

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.83

As described

just what i would ec

does as it describes

Return

0.3% Return rate 32% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall17%█▃▂▃▁▄

Poor quality

shocked at quality for a trusted brand

Shame as otherwise a good product

Color14%▁█▅▆▇▇

The colours are far from vibrant

missing colour

You can't colour over different shades as the pencils work more like wax crayons than pencil ones so therefore you can't blend the colours

Defective Material/Parts8%▁▁█▇▁█
Brightness/Shine/Glow6%▁▁▅█▁▁
Product Condition6%▁▁▁▅█▅

FAQ

Common Colouring Pencils for School questions

Answered from the same tracked data.