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Mont Blanc Pen

Fail

The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks, so Mont Blanc Pen is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 431 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −1 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£654K/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 85 sellers

Flapen Score

Mont Blanc Pen against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Mont Blanc Pen is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mont Blanc Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mont Blanc Pen 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated £654K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £654K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£654Ka year
Peak month
December2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
parker pen499K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.02.

Listings sell for £13.02 on average, from £3.57 to £37.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £13.02 that is £26K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.57–£37.28
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£33K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 79% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #81 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 4,860 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
79%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#81in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,860per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Mont Blanc Pen 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£33K£65K£98K£131K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

85

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

4%

  • PARKER86%
  • SPOONFROMTHEMOON.CO.UK3%
  • Secretary2%
  • Bond & Regent2%
  • Personalised Engraved2%
  • UIXJODO1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 4%)

Demand

Mont Blanc Pen search demand

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

40K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Mont Blanc Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • parker pen499K/yr
  • parker jotter79K/yr
  • parker ballpoint pen102K/yr
  • parker55K/yr
  • pens for women42K/yr
  • ink pen50K/yr
  • parker pens44K/yr
  • nice pen29K/yr
  • pen gift29K/yr
  • fancy pen28K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mont Blanc Pen

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

Complain

Quality-Overall19%−0.03

The parts are of poor quality

Quality is either cheap or this is fake, deeply dissapointed

Poor quality

Durability17%−0.13

Fallen apart

Short Lifespan

after having for only a few months it falls apart

Size-Overall7%

much shorter

it feels a bit too small

Its much smaller than the Parker ball point pens I used to buy years ago

Writing Experience4%+0.98

Disappointing – writes far too lightly

it doesn't write great

Tiny issue is that the pen makes a rattling sound when you are writing

Value For Money3%+0.77

Looks expensive

Although it is slightly overpriced it feels expensive

Looks more expensive than price

Love

Writing Experience20%+0.98

Easy to write with

Writes well

Smooth writing

Quality-Overall18%−0.03

Brilliant quality

Quality product and outstanding customer service

Excellent quality gift

Value For Money12%+0.77

Reasonably priced

Excellent value

Good price

Pen/Pencil Quality11%+1.49

Great pens

Good quality pen

Brilliant quality parker pen

Color5%+0.07

beautiful colours

Colour is really nice

nice colour smooth feel

Return

0.5% Return rate 26% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall13%▇██▅▇▄

The parts are of poor quality

Quality is either cheap or this is fake, deeply dissapointed

Poor quality

Ink Refill12%▄▄▃█▄▅
Functionality-Overall12%█▄▅▆▆▄
Size-Overall10%▂▅█▆▃▄

much shorter

it feels a bit too small

Its much smaller than the Parker ball point pens I used to buy years ago

Writing Experience5%█▄▄▃▅▆

Disappointing – writes far too lightly

it doesn't write great

Tiny issue is that the pen makes a rattling sound when you are writing

FAQ

Common Mont Blanc Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.