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Colouring Pencils

Colouring Pencils shows low returns (0.3%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look
Market size 88Growth 23Conversion 91Competition 68Returns 99Price range 45Avg price 23Brand share 72Review moat 23Quality gap 23
This niche Category average

Is Colouring Pencils profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Colouring Pencils is a £1.6M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Colouring Pencils: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -4.2% over the last 90 days and 11.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.6M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr250K
Search volume / yr-4.2%1.8M
Conversion rate11.0%
Avg price£8.15

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand, so 38% of the market is open.

38%

open market share

Brands · sellers20 · 103
Top-5 product click share44%
Open market38%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews6,850

Top Colouring Pencils products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£65K£130K£195K£260K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

33%

  • STAEDTLER26%
  • BIC Kids10%
  • CRAYOLA10%
  • Amazon Basics9%
  • KALOUR8%
  • Faber-Castell5%

Colouring Pencils demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume1.8MCVR11.0%Products29Brands20Top 5 Brands62%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.6★Reviews6,850Avg BSR#15
60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Colouring Pencils search terms shoppers use

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

  • colouring pencils936K/yr
  • coloured pencils153K/yr
  • colouring pencils for adults124K/yr
  • colouring pencils for kids90K/yr
  • faber castell colouring pencils86K/yr
  • colour pencils57K/yr
  • coloring pencils49K/yr
  • coloured pencils for adults58K/yr
  • pencil crayons45K/yr
  • adult colouring pencils35K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Colouring Pencils

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Color28%

Good quality colours

Quality-Overall16%

Excellent product

Value For Money15%

Excellent Value

Pen/Pencil Quality11%

Excellent pencils

Ease Of Use3%

easy to store

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Color22%

colours dont match

Quality-Overall16%

Build quality is basic

Sharpness11%

Very disappointed about these pencils have to keep sharpening them

Durability5%

Break quickly

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

24 pencils, deceiving sales pitch

Colouring Pencils return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

43%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Quality-Overall
18%
2Color
13%
3Size-Overall
9%
4Display Colors
7%
5Functionality-Overall
7%

Common Colouring Pencils questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Colouring Pencils 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.6M/yr across 29 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Colouring Pencils on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.