Permanent Marker Pens
Permanent Marker Pens shows searches that convert (21.5% search→purchase), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.57–$14.32) keeps it on the watch list.
Flapen Score
Is Permanent Marker Pens profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Permanent Marker Pens is a £2.5M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (2.0M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.
Permanent Marker Pens: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Worth a look. Search demand moved +17.1% over the last 90 days and 21.5% of searches end in a purchase.
£2.5M
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.
5%
open market share
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 · 24 products
Top Permanent Marker Pens products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Sharpie Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Black Ink | 2 Marker Pens
- Price
- £1.57
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 41,970
- Age
- 9y ago
Sharpie Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Black Ink | 12 Marker Pens
- Price
- £6.55
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 7,933
- Age
- 9y ago
Sharpie Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Assorted Colours | 12 Marker Pens
- Price
- £6.57
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 41,970
- Age
- 8y ago
Sharpie Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Black Blue Red and Green Ink Colours | 4 Marker Pens
- Price
- £3.10
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 41,970
- Age
- 9y ago
Sharpie Permanent Markers | Chisel Tip | Black | 2 Count
- Price
- £2.68
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 10,020
- Age
- 9y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Rainberg Dry Erase Marker Pens Pack of 12 Assorted Colours 3mm Fine Tip Low Odour Quick-Drying & Easy Wipe Ideal Dry Wipe Whiteboard Pens for School Office Home & Classroom
- Price
- £3.40
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 141
- Age
- 6mo ago
REQUISITE NEEDS 12 x Smudge Resistant Fine Point Colour Permanent Marker
- Price
- £3.67
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 372
- Age
- 5y ago
Sharpie Glam Pop Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Assorted Vibrant Colours | 24 Marker Pens
- Price
- £10.24
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 15,331
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie Glam Pop Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Assorted Vibrant Colours | 5 Marker Pens
- Price
- £4.77
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 15,331
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Black Blue Red and Green Ink Colours | 4 Marker Pens
- Price
- £3.10
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 41,970
- Age
- 9y ago
Newest
by launch dateRainberg Dry Erase Marker Pens Pack of 12 Assorted Colours 3mm Fine Tip Low Odour Quick-Drying & Easy Wipe Ideal Dry Wipe Whiteboard Pens for School Office Home & Classroom
- Price
- £3.40
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 141
- Age
- 6mo ago
Sharpie Glam Pop Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Assorted Vibrant Colours | 24 Marker Pens
- Price
- £10.24
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 15,331
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie Glam Pop Permanent Markers | Fine Point for Bold Details | Assorted Vibrant Colours | 5 Marker Pens
- Price
- £4.77
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 15,331
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie Permanent Marker Set | Limited Edition Colour Assortment | Fine Point | 18 Count Marker Pens | Back to School Set
- Price
- £8.68
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 41,970
- Age
- 2y ago
Sharpie Twin Tip Permanent Marker Pens - Black Ink - Pack of 3 - Fine & Ultra Fine Tips
- Price
- £6.05
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 536
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
8 rising
Sellers
160
Top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
64%
Top 20: 96%
Open market
3%
- Sharpie82%
- Amazon Basics5%
- Shuttle Art4%
- BIC2%
- Seal and Store2%
- Just stationery2%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)
Permanent Marker Pens demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
Top Permanent Marker Pens search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- sharpie pens534K/yr
- sharpies197K/yr
- permanent marker pens267K/yr
- sharpie230K/yr
- marker pens218K/yr
- permanent marker69K/yr
- black sharpie60K/yr
- black marker pen64K/yr
- sharpie permanent markers36K/yr
- sharpies multipack52K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Permanent Marker Pens
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
78% of reviews“consistent product quality”
“Excellent Value for Money”
“Trusty sharpies”
“As advertised”
“Good markers”
What buyers complain about
56% of reviews“More then half the pens are dry”
“cannot work properly”
“Bad quality”
“Very dry”
“the ink colour is not nice”
Permanent Marker Pens return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.1%
Return rate
27%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Permanent Marker Pens questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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