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Gel Pens

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -16.0% this quarter, so Gel Pens is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 9% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +11 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£448K/yr864K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 37 brands · 162 sellers

Flapen Score

Gel Pens against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gel Pens market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gel Pens 864K times last year and spent an estimated £448K. The top 5 brands take 42% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 864K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £448K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
864K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.9%
Market size, estimated
£448Ka year
Peak month
December1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
gel pens451K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.73.

Listings sell for £8.73 on average, from £2.05 to £24.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £8.73 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.05–£24.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£9K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #98 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 3,366 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#98in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,366per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Gel Pens 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 37% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£13K£27K£40K£54K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

37 falling

Sellers

162

Est. top-5 brand share

42%

Top 20: 85%

Est. top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

54%

  • Helix11%
  • Sharpie10%
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  • Mutsitaz7%
  • Gurkkst6%
  • Surcotto5%

Demand

Gel Pens search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Gel Pens search terms shoppers use

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

  • gel pens451K/yr
  • gel pens for writing79K/yr
  • gel pen67K/yr
  • gel pens for colouring65K/yr
  • black gel pens43K/yr
  • gel pens black23K/yr
  • coloured gel pens18K/yr
  • black gel pen15K/yr
  • gel ink pens13K/yr
  • gel ink rollerball pens11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gel Pens

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Writing Experience”
10%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.2%of orders come back
“Awful quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”10% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Gel Pens 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