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Erasable Pens

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -20.9% this quarter, so Erasable Pens is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£495K/yr894K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 92 sellers

Flapen Score

Erasable Pens against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Erasable Pens is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Erasable Pens market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Erasable Pens 894K times last year and spent an estimated £495K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 894K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £495K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
894K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.9%
Conversion, latest week
7.4%
Market size, estimated
£495Ka year
Peak month
December2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
erasable pens335K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.47.

Listings sell for £7.47 on average, from £1.74 to £21.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £7.47 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.74–£21.09
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #133 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 3,670 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.6%
Average rank
#133in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,670per listing
Listings tracked
53

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 Erasable Pens 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£10K£20K£30K£40K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

92

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

15%

  • PILOT51%
  • Artbiu12%
  • LEGAMI8%
  • KERIFI8%
  • Kaempe4%
  • Grabie2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (17 brands, 15%)

Demand

Erasable Pens search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Erasable Pens search terms shoppers use

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

  • erasable pens335K/yr
  • pilot frixion erasable pens121K/yr
  • frixion pens89K/yr
  • eraser pen41K/yr
  • rub out pens44K/yr
  • erasable pens black44K/yr
  • erasable pen38K/yr
  • erasable gel pens23K/yr
  • frixion erasable pens21K/yr
  • friction pens31K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Erasable Pens

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall12%−0.09

Dont work

Dont work consistently

don't work well

Quality-Overall10%+0.52

These pens are not of good quality

Cheap

Bad quality

Durability10%−0.06

at times can break of easily

Doesnt last

Several of the set have broken on first use

Writing Experience7%+0.27

The pens do not write smoothly

one of them didn't write at all

These pens didn't write

Dry/Empty Ink7%−0.04

all dried up ink

were dried up

I think these pens have dried up

Love

Erasability21%+1.46

They erase well in general

erases very well

Excellent eraser

Quality-Overall14%+0.52

Best quality

Much better quality than the dodgy dupe ones

Good quality pens

Writing Experience11%+0.27

Smooth writing

Writes really well

Easy to write with

Value For Money9%+0.53

Good value

Excellent value for money

Well worth the money

Pen/Pencil Quality9%+0.72

Excellent pens

Nice pens arrived on time

Great set of pens

Return

0.4% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall24%▃█▅▄█▆

Dont work

Dont work consistently

don't work well

Ink Refill12%▆▇▆▇▆█
Quality-Overall11%█▅▇▅▃▅

These pens are not of good quality

Cheap

Bad quality

Writing Experience9%▅▆█▇▆▆

The pens do not write smoothly

one of them didn't write at all

These pens didn't write

Color6%▃▆▁▅▅█

the colours were bland

Would like a white one though

Not all the colours work

FAQ

Common Erasable Pens questions

Answered from the same tracked data.