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Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

37
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Market size 36Growth 25Conversion 99Competition 22Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 14Brand share 0Review moat 19Quality gap 28
This niche Category average

Is Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point is a £175K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (185K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 37/100.

Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -0.2% over the last 90 days and 18.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£175K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-0.2%185K
Conversion rate18.4%
Avg price£5.15

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 94
Top-5 product click share74%
Open market0%
Avg brand age47 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Sponsored placement67%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews14,571

Top Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£26K£52K£79K£105K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

94

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Sharpie83%
  • Amazon Basics6%
  • Generic5%
  • G4GADGET3%
  • Pentel3%

Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume185KCVR18.4%Products12Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews14,571Avg BSR#19
4K3KSpike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point search terms shoppers use

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

  • sharpie fine point markers12K/yr
  • fine tip permanent marker pens22K/yr
  • fine permanent marker16K/yr
  • sharpie ultra fine point marker7K/yr
  • fine sharpie8K/yr
  • sharpie fine point28K/yr
  • fine tip sharpie9K/yr
  • thin sharpies fine tip8K/yr
  • ultra fine sharpie9K/yr
  • thin permanent marker pen7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Value For Money17%

Excellent price

Quality-Overall16%

consistent product quality

Sharpness13%

Sharpies permanent markers come in handy to have at least one in every room

Writing Experience8%

🖋️ Fine Top Writing Pens

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Very poor performance

Dry/Empty Ink11%

Ink is dry

Functionality-Overall9%

neither of them worked

Moist/Dry6%

Very dry

Ink Leakage5%

it seems to have ran out of ink really fast

Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

18%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Dry/Empty Ink
12%
2Functionality-Overall
10%
3Thickness
8%
4Color
7%
5Moist/Dry
7%

Common Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point 37/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £175K/yr across 12 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -0.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.