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Marker Pens Thick Tip

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $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

An estimated 16.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 42K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 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

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 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

Est. top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Est. 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 estimated 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

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
11%of negative reviews mention “Dry/Empty Ink”
0.1%of orders come back
“everyone of the markers were dried up”
A buyer, on “Dry/Empty Ink”11% 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.

23 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Marker Pens Thick Tip 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