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White Pens

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so White Pens is a Fail.

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 736 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −15 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£97K/yr166K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

White Pens against its category

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

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The White Pens market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for White Pens 166K times last year and spent an estimated £97K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 166K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.9% 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 £97K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
166K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.9%
Market size, estimated
£97Ka year
Peak month
January3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
sakura pigma micron36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.81.

Listings sell for £9.81 on average, from £5.08 to £16.59. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £9.81 that is £7K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.08–£16.59
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£10K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #80 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 3,147 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#80in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,147per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 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
44 months

Products

Top White Pens 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£14K£29K£43K£58K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • SAKURA82%
  • STAEDTLER6%
  • SUIN5%
  • Hyleon4%
  • MOLHEM3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

White Pens search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top White Pens search terms shoppers use

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

  • sakura pigma micron36K/yr
  • micron pens37K/yr
  • pigma micron pens16K/yr
  • micron9K/yr
  • sakura pens11K/yr
  • micron pen8K/yr
  • staedtler pigment liner pens5K/yr
  • micron fineliner pens8K/yr
  • black drawing pens7K/yr
  • sakura pigma micron pens4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about White Pens

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

Complain

Drying Time22%−0.01

I have a feeling they may dry outquite quickly

one has dried up

Dry/Empty Ink22%−0.08

the writing has not dried even after an hour makes them messy

Dries out quickly

One of the 5 pens came dried out

Quality-Overall11%−0.05

V poor quality

Moist/Dry6%−0.02

Dries out quickly

Ink Leakage6%−0.01

Good overall except the 005 ran out of ink too fast

Love

Quality-Overall24%−0.05

Satisfactory overall

Good quality fine pens

Amazing quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.92

As described

Exactly what I needed

are exactly as described

Value For Money10%+0.50

Worth the price

Good value

Very good value for money

Color10%+0.82

black is clean and neat, I recommend

Great and perfect pigment

great choice of colours

Writing Experience7%+0.34

Lovely and smooth to write or draw with

They write beautifully smooth

Excellent quality for writing and art work

Return

0.3% Return rate 7% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall16%▁▁▃▁█▅
Nib/Tip Quality12%▁▇▁▅▁█
Ink Refill10%▁▃█▁▅▃
Quality-Overall6%▁▃▁█▁▁

V poor quality

Ease Of Use5%▁▁▁▁█▁

FAQ

Common White Pens questions

Answered from the same tracked data.