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White Pen

White Pen shows low returns (0.3%), but soft demand (-23.2% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 53Growth 13Conversion 92Competition 56Returns 98Price range 42Avg price 17Brand share 59Review moat 33Quality gap 67
This niche Category average

Is White Pen profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, White Pen is a £340K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (506K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

White Pen: 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 -23.2% over the last 90 days and 11.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£340K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-23.2%506K
Conversion rate11.2%
Avg price£6.01

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 62
Top-5 product click share51%
Open market31%
Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)8· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews3,200

Top White Pen 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 take 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£34K£68K£102K£136K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

26%

  • SAKURA34%
  • Liquidraw16%
  • ARTISTRO8%
  • uni-ball5%
  • DomoJoy5%
  • SMOOTHERPRO5%

White Pen demand & seasonality

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

Volume506KCVR11.2%Products28Brands18Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate2.3%Rating4.3★Reviews3,200Avg BSR#175
20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top White Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • white pen110K/yr
  • white gel pen114K/yr
  • white pens41K/yr
  • gelly roll pens35K/yr
  • sakura gelly roll pens31K/yr
  • white gel pens33K/yr
  • white pens for art30K/yr
  • white ink pen13K/yr
  • white gel pens for art14K/yr
  • white fine liner art pen10K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about White Pen

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

What buyers love

70% of reviews
Quality-Overall19%

it is nice to have the variety

Value For Money9%

Good for the price

Pen/Pencil Quality9%

Excellent quality pens at a great price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Do the job

Writing Experience6%

They write smoothly

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

Poor quality

Functionality-Overall15%

Didnt work

Value For Money6%

A waste of money

Durability6%

They have a tendency to just stop working

Color6%

Not that white

White Pen return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

11%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
28%
2Ink Refill
10%
3Writing Experience
7%
4Dry/Empty Ink
7%
5Quality-Overall
6%

Common White Pen questions

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

Flapen scores White Pen 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £340K/yr across 28 tracked products. 1 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -23.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for White Pen on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.8× the quietest.