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Pencil Case

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 32% of clicks. But prices span $2.67–$17.02, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pencil Case is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 5% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +13 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£596K/yr6.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+18.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 52 brands · 114 sellers

Flapen Score

Pencil Case against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pencil Case market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pencil Case 6.0M times last year and spent an estimated £596K. The top 5 brands take 32% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +18.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £596K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+18.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£596Ka year
Peak month
August5.7× the quietest month
Top search term
pencil case3.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.71.

Listings sell for £6.71 on average, from £2.67 to £17.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £6.71 that is £7K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.71under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.67–£17.02
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£8K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #134 within Office Supplies. It carries 2,646 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
10.8%
Average rank
#134in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,646per listing
Listings tracked
78

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 17 launches as successful.

17 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 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Pencil Case 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 only 24% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£12K£24K£36K£48K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

52 falling

Sellers

114

Top-5 brand share

32%

Top 20: 75%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

64%

  • SUNEE12%
  • hoinya5%
  • Zamasha5%
  • WEMATE5%
  • OYIWINMI4%
  • Alyvisun4%

Demand

Pencil Case search demand

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

600K400KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.7×

Search terms

Top Pencil Case search terms shoppers use

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

  • pencil case3.7M/yr
  • pencil case for girls415K/yr
  • pencil cases239K/yr
  • pencil case for boys222K/yr
  • cute pencil case136K/yr
  • large pencil case143K/yr
  • boys pencil case152K/yr
  • black pencil case164K/yr
  • small pencil case125K/yr
  • girls pencil case124K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pencil Case

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

Complain

Size-Overall21%−0.03

Smaller than expected

its too large

they're not going to fit

Quality-Overall16%−0.12

Not good quality

Not reliable quality not good

Cheap quality

Zipper Quality9%−0.13

Broken zip

Useless Zip

Zip gets stuck quite easily

Value For Money7%+1.66

Very overpriced for what it is

expensive for what it is

looks more expensive than it is

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.26

deceptive picture

Nothing like the picture

as very misleading

Love

Quality-Overall19%−0.12

Overall I think this is a good product and quite affordable

is very good quality - no issues yet. used for nearly a year

Good quality

Value For Money15%+1.66

Worth the money

Good for price

Excellent value

Size-Overall11%−0.03

They all fit into it Neatly

Fits everything needed

Really nice and fits so much in

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.26

Exactly what I needed

Exactly as described

looks like the picture

Storage Capacity6%+0.66

Very useful and has a surprisingly large capacity

Good storage

Spacious

Return

0.8% Return rate 67% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall50%▆▆▆█▇▆

Smaller than expected

its too large

they're not going to fit

Quality-Overall14%▄▅▇▃▅█

Not good quality

Not reliable quality not good

Cheap quality

Zipper Quality6%█▇▄▆█▆

Broken zip

Useless Zip

Zip gets stuck quite easily

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▇█▅▄▆▆

deceptive picture

Nothing like the picture

as very misleading

Material Quality4%▁▄█▆█▄

And the material was very cheap

The material is vile makes me wanna die

Made of flimsy material

FAQ

Common Pencil Case questions

Answered from the same tracked data.