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Scented Pencils

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $22K a year here, so Scented Pencils is a Fail.

Flapen Score
35
35 / 100
Ranks 703 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −12 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£22K/yr78K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Scented Pencils against its category

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

35Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scented Pencils market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Scented Pencils 78K times last year and spent an estimated £22K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 78K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £22K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
78K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.0%
Conversion, latest week
3.8%
Market size, estimated
£22Ka year
Peak month
December4.3× the quietest month
Top search term
scented pens22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.26.

Listings sell for £7.26 on average, from £3.15 to £15.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £7.26 that is £726 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.15–£15.80
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£726–£2K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

31% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #183 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 2,294 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
31%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
11.5%
Average rank
#183in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,294per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Scented Pencils products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

53

Est. top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • CRAYOLA46%
  • Paint Pop13%
  • Bargain Gateway10%
  • Scentos9%
  • Tinc9%
  • Galt6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Demand

Scented Pencils search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3×

Search terms

Top Scented Pencils search terms shoppers use

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

  • scented pens22K/yr
  • scentos18K/yr
  • smelly pens11K/yr
  • scentos pens12K/yr
  • scented pens for kids10K/yr
  • smelly pens for kids5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scented Pencils

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

32%of positive reviews mention “Color”
38%of negative reviews mention “Color”
0.2%of orders come back
“Colours don't match lids”
A buyer, on “Color”38% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Scented Pencils questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data