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White Pen

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But demand is soft, at -23.2% this quarter, so White Pen is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£340K/yr506K searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

White Pen against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The White Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for White Pen 506K times last year and spent an estimated £340K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 506K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -23.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £340K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
506K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.2%
Market size, estimated
£340Ka year
Peak month
January2.8× the quietest month
Top search term
white pen110K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.01.

Listings sell for £6.01 on average, from £2.46 to £24.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £6.01 that is £18K to £24K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.01under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.46–£24.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£24K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #175 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 3,200 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.3%
Average rank
#175in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,200per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top White 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%

Demand

White Pen search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top White Pen search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about White Pen

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%

Poor quality

Absolute garbage

rubbish pens

Functionality-Overall15%−0.21

Didnt work

none worked properly

stopped working since

Value For Money6%+0.30

A waste of money

Disappointed at £3.49 and no lid

bit pricey otherwise o. k.

Durability6%−0.05

They have a tendency to just stop working

Ran out quickly

not long lasting

Color6%

Not that white

intermittently, and the third one is weak, more like a grey than a white

Not pigmented enough

Love

Quality-Overall19%

it is nice to have the variety

I'm very happy with the quality of these 5 pens

Excellent quality

Value For Money9%+0.30

Good for the price

Great value

Great value for money

Pen/Pencil Quality9%+0.76

Excellent quality pens at a great price

Excellent pens

Absolutely awesome gel pens

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Do the job

Exactly what is advertised

As expected

Writing Experience6%

They write smoothly

Smoother to write

Smooth Writer

Return

0.3% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall28%▄█▅▆▇▇

Didnt work

none worked properly

stopped working since

Ink Refill10%▄▄▃▃▅█
Writing Experience7%▁▃▂▃█▄

Did not write smoothly

the writing wasn't consistent

Pens that Don't Write - Avoid

Dry/Empty Ink7%█▄▃▂▃▂

6 Dry pens didn't work

the ink did take a while to dry out in spots

Sadly, this was a mistake, as after coming back to the pen to use it again, the ink has completely dried up

Quality-Overall6%▁▂▃█▄▅

Poor quality

Absolute garbage

rubbish pens

FAQ

Common White Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.