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Marker Pens Thick Tip

Fail

Shoppers spend only $51K a year here, so Marker Pens Thick Tip is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 518 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£51K/yr42K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 79 sellers

Flapen Score

Marker Pens Thick Tip against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Marker Pens Thick Tip market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Marker Pens Thick Tip 42K times last year and spent an estimated £51K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 42K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £51K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
42K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.1%
Conversion, latest week
16.2%
Market size, estimated
£51Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
redacting pens11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.50.

Listings sell for £7.50 on average, from £2.39 to £21.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.50 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.50under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.39–£21.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

44% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #105 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 3,062 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
44%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#105in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,062per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Marker Pens Thick Tip 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

79

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Sharpie34%
  • Artline22%
  • BIC13%
  • ARTISTRO9%
  • Just stationery8%
  • 12PA5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Demand

Marker Pens Thick Tip search demand

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

1K600Spike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Marker Pens Thick Tip search terms shoppers use

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

  • redacting pens11K/yr
  • thick black marker pen8K/yr
  • marker pens thick tip4K/yr
  • thick marker pens7K/yr
  • thick permanent marker pens6K/yr
  • redaction pen3K/yr
  • thick marker pen3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Marker Pens Thick Tip

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

Complain

Dry/Empty Ink11%−0.07

everyone of the markers were dried up

the ink drys very fast

Dry pens and didnt work

Water Resistance11%−0.10

out of water all day didnt help

Not waterproof

Smudged by water

Functionality-Overall11%−0.02

Only 1 works

Does not work

Blots out everything

Value For Money5%+0.77

Expensive for what it is

Not worth the money

Waste of money

Quality-Overall5%+0.75

bad quality ink of the privacy roller stamp I had previously

Poor quality

Absolute rubbish

Love

Value For Money18%+0.77

Reasonable price

Excellent Value for Money

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+0.89

Works far better than I expected

Works as it should

As described

Quality-Overall13%+0.75

A great addition to my kit

Great Quality

Very satisfying

Pen/Pencil Quality11%+0.42

Great markers

Good quality pens at a fantastic price

Good markers

Ease Of Use5%+0.15

Easy to use

cap comes off easily with 1 hand so easy to use

Quick and instant results

Return

0.1% Return rate 27% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%▃█▃▅▄▅

Only 1 works

Does not work

Blots out everything

Size-Overall11%▁▆▅▅▁█

they are HUGE

Very small

just be warned they are HUGE at over 20mm diameter

Thickness9%▄▁▁▁█▂
Ink Refill6%▁█▃▁▁▃
Smell6%▁▁█▁▂▁

FAQ

Common Marker Pens Thick Tip questions

Answered from the same tracked data.