Grip Pens
brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Grip Pens doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Grip Pens profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Grip Pens is a £135K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (292K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.
Grip Pens: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -18.8% over the last 90 days and 7.6% of searches end in a purchase.
£135K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.
0%
open market share
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 · 19 products
Top Grip Pens products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra Retractable Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black | 5 Count
- Price
- £3.54
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14,203
- Age
- 8y ago
Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra Pastel Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black Ink | Pastel Barrels | 5 Count
- Price
- £3.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14,203
- Age
- 4y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Fine Point (0.7mm) | Black | 5 Count
- Price
- £3.75
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 5,732
- Age
- 7y ago
Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra Retractable Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Handwriting Pens & Stationery Supplies | Black Pen Set | 12 Count
- Price
- £12.53
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 4,810
- Age
- 19y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black | 50 Count
- Price
- £8.34
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3,477
- Age
- 14y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Handwriting Pens & Stationery Supplies | Blue Pen Set | 12 Count
- Price
- £9.31
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 675
- Age
- 19y ago
Paper Mate & Sharpie Pens Set | Stationery Supplies | Ballpoint PensHighlightersMechanical Pencils & Correction Tape | Perfect for School & Office | 26 Count
- Price
- £8.17
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3,544
- Age
- 4y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 300RT Retractable Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black Ink | 8 Count
- Price
- £4.36
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,707
- Age
- 9y ago
Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra Pastel Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black Ink | Pastel Barrels | 5 Count
- Price
- £3.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14,203
- Age
- 4y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Fun Colours | 10 Count
- Price
- £3.46
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 7,485
- Age
- 10y ago
Newest
by launch date
Paper Mate Kilometrico Ballpoint Pens | Long Writing with Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black Ink | 80% Recycled Plastic | 8 Count
- Price
- £2.81
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 477
- Age
- 3y ago
Paper Mate Flair Felt Tip Pens | Medium Point (0.7 mm) Marker Pens | Assorted Retro Colouring Pens | For Kids & Adult ColouringJournalling & More | 12 Count
- Price
- £6.17
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 8,915
- Age
- 3y ago
Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra Pastel Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Black Ink | Pastel Barrels | 5 Count
- Price
- £3.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 14,203
- Age
- 4y ago
Paper Mate & Sharpie Pens Set | Stationery Supplies | Ballpoint PensHighlightersMechanical Pencils & Correction Tape | Perfect for School & Office | 26 Count
- Price
- £8.17
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 3,544
- Age
- 4y ago
Paper Mate InkJoy 100ST Ballpoint Pens | Medium Point (1.0mm) | Assorted Fun Colours | 27 Count
- Price
- £8.47
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,860
- Age
- 7y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
2 falling
Sellers
183
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
64%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Paper Mate95%
- BIC5%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Grip Pens demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Top Grip Pens search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- papermate pens127K/yr
- papermate28K/yr
- paper mate19K/yr
- paper mate pens20K/yr
- papermate flexgrip ultra15K/yr
- bic soft feel pens black8K/yr
- paper mate flexgrip ultra7K/yr
- pens papermate7K/yr
- paper mate pens black11K/yr
- papermate pens black5K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Grip Pens
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
79% of reviews“Smooth writing pens”
“Excellent value for money”
“Good all round product”
“Good pens with grip”
“quite a good flow of ink”
What buyers complain about
68% of reviews“However, the quality of these pens is no longer what it was”
“Arrived with pens out of ink and not working”
“They dont work”
“Poor value for money”
“I find these quite irritating to write with as the nib is too long”
Grip Pens return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.2%
Return rate
29%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Grip Pens questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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