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White Pens

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — White Pens doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

32
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Market size 24Growth 21Conversion 66Competition 20Returns 99Price range 14Avg price 32Brand share 0Review moat 34Quality gap 21
This niche Category average

Is White Pens profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, White Pens is a £97K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (166K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Verdict: Skip it — 32/100.

White Pens: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -9.0% over the last 90 days and 5.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£97K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-9.0%166K
Conversion rate5.9%
Avg price£9.81

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 51
Top-5 product click share76%
Open market0%
Avg brand age44 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews3,147

Top White Pens 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 capture 76% of clicks — a locked-up 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%)

White Pens demand & seasonality

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

Volume166KCVR5.9%Products11Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate1.7%Rating4.7★Reviews3,147Avg BSR#80
18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top White Pens search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about White Pens

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Quality-Overall24%

Satisfactory overall

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

As described

Value For Money10%

Worth the price

Color10%

black is clean and neat, I recommend

Writing Experience7%

Lovely and smooth to write or draw with

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Drying Time22%

I have a feeling they may dry outquite quickly

Dry/Empty Ink22%

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

Quality-Overall11%

V poor quality

Moist/Dry6%

Dries out quickly

Ink Leakage6%

Good overall except the 005 ran out of ink too fast

White Pens return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

7%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
16%
2Nib/Tip Quality
12%
3Ink Refill
10%
4Quality-Overall
6%
5Ease Of Use
5%

Common White Pens questions

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

Flapen scores White Pens 32/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £97K/yr across 11 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -9.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for White Pens on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb, where the busiest month runs 3.2× the quietest.