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Personalised Pen

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But shoppers spend only $146K a year here, so Personalised Pen is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 4% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +14 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£146K/yr438K searches / yr
90-day growth
+36.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Personalised Pen against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Personalised Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Personalised Pen 438K times last year and spent an estimated £146K. The top 5 brands take 51% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–Dec. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 438K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +36.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £146K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
438K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+36.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
£146Ka year
Peak month
December3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
personalised pen184K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.75.

Listings sell for £12.75 on average, from £3.48 to £38.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £12.75 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.75under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.48–£38.31
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 37% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #233 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 1,469 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
37%
Out of stock, average day
12.1%
Average rank
#233in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,469per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Personalised Pen 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£12K£18K£23K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

43%

  • EDSG14%
  • Merch Imprint14%
  • PARKER9%
  • With Your Touch9%
  • Personalised Engraved6%
  • Velmonto5%

Demand

Personalised Pen search demand

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

25K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Personalised Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • personalised pen184K/yr
  • personalised pens93K/yr
  • engraved pen40K/yr
  • personalised pens for women29K/yr
  • personalised pens for men20K/yr
  • custom pens8K/yr
  • customised pen8K/yr
  • custom pen8K/yr
  • personalized pens with name5K/yr
  • customised pens5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Personalised Pen

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

Complain

Quality-Overall15%+1.80

Poor quality

Quality is either cheap or this is fake, deeply dissapointed

very cheap quality

Value For Money10%+0.41

Looks more expensive than price

the price is not the cheapest

Looks more expensive then it was

Durability10%−0.07

Broken after once use

It broke within the first 24 hours

Fallen apart

Writing Experience8%+0.21

it doesn't write great

not the best at writing

The writing is a lot smaller than expected

Functionality-Overall4%−0.03

Not working

does not work at all

Ok. Some didn't work

Love

Quality-Overall28%+1.80

Brilliant quality

Excellent quality gift

Quality product and outstanding customer service

Writing Experience15%+0.21

Smooth Writing

Easy to write with

Writes well enough

Value For Money14%+0.41

Good Value

Excellent value

Worth it

Pen/Pencil Quality11%+0.96

Brilliant quality parker pen

Great pens

good quality pens

Print Quality5%+0.12

Nice quality engraved pen

Nice quality pen with the correct engraving

Good quality and print

Return

0.4% Return rate 20% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall16%▆███▇▅

Poor quality

Quality is either cheap or this is fake, deeply dissapointed

very cheap quality

Functionality-Overall11%█▃▃▃▆▅

Not working

does not work at all

Ok. Some didn't work

Size-Overall10%▄▃▅█▁▃
Ink Refill8%▄▆▂▃█▅
Writing Experience6%▁█▂▄▁▆

it doesn't write great

not the best at writing

The writing is a lot smaller than expected

FAQ

Common Personalised Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.