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Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 671 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£175K/yr185K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 94 sellers

Flapen Score

Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point 185K times last year and spent an estimated £175K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

18.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 185K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £175K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
185K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.2%
Conversion, latest week
18.4%
Market size, estimated
£175Ka year
Peak month
March1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
sharpie fine point markers12K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.15.

Listings sell for £5.15 on average, from £1.20 to £11.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £5.15 that is £15K to £21K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.15under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.20–£11.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£21K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 14,571 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#19in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
14,571per listing
Listings tracked
12

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 47 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
47 months

Products

Top Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point 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 74% of clicks. A locked 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%

Demand

Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

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

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

Complain

Quality-Overall18%

Very poor performance

Absolute garbage

Not happy with quality

Dry/Empty Ink11%−0.04

Ink is dry

The ink had dried out in all of them

All of the pens are dried out

Functionality-Overall9%−0.04

neither of them worked

Half the pens were dry and not working

neither pen works

Moist/Dry6%−0.03

Very dry

they dry up quickly

All dried out

Ink Leakage5%−0.02

it seems to have ran out of ink really fast

Leaked

ink went everywhere

Love

Value For Money17%+1.50

Excellent price

Great Value

Good value for a great market

Quality-Overall16%

consistent product quality

Great quality pen

Best Quality

Sharpness13%+1.09

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

Sharpies are excellent

Trusty sharpies

Writing Experience8%−0.01

🖋️ Fine Top Writing Pens

Very good fine writer

Easy to write with

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.53

As advertised

Worked as should

Exactly as advertised

Return

0.1% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Dry/Empty Ink12%█▄▃▂▂▂

Ink is dry

The ink had dried out in all of them

All of the pens are dried out

Functionality-Overall10%▁▃▆▅▁█

neither of them worked

Half the pens were dry and not working

neither pen works

Thickness8%▁▄▃█▄█
Color7%▁▃▃▅▇█
Moist/Dry7%▁▄▂▇█▁

Very dry

they dry up quickly

All dried out

FAQ

Common Permanent Marker Pens Fine Point questions

Answered from the same tracked data.