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Pen Holder

Fail

Prices span $0.99–$16.30, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pen Holder 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
£118K/yr483K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 64 sellers

Flapen Score

Pen Holder against its category

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

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

Market

The Pen Holder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pen Holder 483K times last year and spent an estimated £118K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Sep. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 483K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £118K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
483K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£118Ka year
Peak month
September2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
pen pot163K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.41.

Listings sell for £7.41 on average, from £0.99 to £16.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.41 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.99–£16.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #71 within Office Supplies. It carries 1,780 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.5%
Average rank
#71in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,780per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Pen Holder 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£12K£24K£35K£47K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

33%

  • Amazon Basics30%
  • Osco16%
  • Q-Connect8%
  • MYHOGOOD5%
  • WUWEOT5%
  • minimaliving4%

Demand

Pen Holder search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Pen Holder search terms shoppers use

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

  • pen pot163K/yr
  • pencil pot61K/yr
  • pencil pots38K/yr
  • pen pots44K/yr
  • pen pots for desk51K/yr
  • pen storage44K/yr
  • pen stand16K/yr
  • rotating pen holder11K/yr
  • pencil holders13K/yr
  • pencil organiser11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pen Holder

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

Complain

Size-Overall26%+0.81

Huge,

Very small

this is much smaller than I anticipated

Quality-Overall17%−0.11

Expensive for quality

Poor quality

Looks very poor quality

Durability8%−0.04

Broke on first use

they arent made of durable material

Sharpness6%−0.04

Sharp piece at the bottom of the mesh

Material Quality6%−0.02

Very flimsy plastic

The plastic is probably polystyrene

they are plastic

Love

Value For Money15%+0.94

Good price

Reasonable price

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall12%−0.11

Very efficient product

Well-made

Excellent Product

Strength10%+0.41

Solid piece

They are really well made and very stable

sturdy

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.78

As described

which is exactly what I was looking for

Does what it should

Ease Of Use6%0.00

Very convenient

Very handy for my purposes

It is a so handy

Return

0.4% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall52%▅▅▇▇▇█

Huge,

Very small

this is much smaller than I anticipated

Quality-Overall13%█▃▂▃▂▂

Expensive for quality

Poor quality

Looks very poor quality

Color7%▁█▆▇▁▁
Material Quality6%▁▅▁▁▁█

Very flimsy plastic

The plastic is probably polystyrene

they are plastic

Defective Material/Parts6%▁▃▇█▅▁

FAQ

Common Pen Holder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.