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Whiteboard Pens

Whiteboard Pens shows low returns (0.2%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look
Market size 91Growth 19Conversion 97Competition 63Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 75Review moat 21Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Whiteboard Pens profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Whiteboard Pens is a £1.8M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (2.0M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Whiteboard Pens: 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 -11.1% over the last 90 days and 15.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.8M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr400K
Search volume / yr-11.1%2.0M
Conversion rate15.1%
Avg price£5.77

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand, so 40% of the market is open.

40%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 89
Top-5 product click share47%
Open market40%
Avg brand age55 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)5· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews11,250

Top Whiteboard 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 take 47% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£88K£176K£264K£352K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

89

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

34%

  • Volcanics20%
  • STAEDTLER17%
  • Rainberg8%
  • maxtek8%
  • Velleda7%
  • Autoau7%

Whiteboard Pens demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.0MCVR15.1%Products31Brands17Top 5 Brands60%OOS Rate1.4%Rating4.5★Reviews11,250Avg BSR#25
60K40KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Whiteboard Pens search terms shoppers use

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

  • whiteboard pens1.1M/yr
  • whiteboard markers187K/yr
  • white board pens134K/yr
  • white board markers erasable120K/yr
  • whiteboard pen53K/yr
  • white board markers46K/yr
  • white board pens colour40K/yr
  • dry wipe markers26K/yr
  • dry wipe pens for whiteboard45K/yr
  • dry erase marker32K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whiteboard Pens

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Color17%

colours are great

Quality-Overall13%

Excellent quality

Value For Money12%

Excellent value for money

Pen/Pencil Quality8%

Great markers

Writing Experience7%

easy to write with

What buyers complain about

53% of reviews
Color10%

Not colourful at all

Durability8%

Not long-lasting

Quality-Overall8%

Unfortunately, the pens are pretty poor quality

Dry/Empty Ink7%

the pens dry almost immediately

Size-Overall4%

Not fit for purpose

Whiteboard Pens return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

37%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
12%
2Color
10%
3Size-Overall
10%
4Quality-Overall
8%
5Dry/Empty Ink
8%

Common Whiteboard Pens questions

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

Flapen scores Whiteboard Pens 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.8M/yr across 31 tracked products. 4 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Whiteboard Pens on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Sep, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.