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Dip Pen

Maybe

An estimated 1.3% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $50K a year here, so Dip Pen is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 13% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$50K/yr195K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 80 sellers

Flapen Score

Dip Pen against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Dip 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 Dip Pen market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Dip Pen 195K times last year and spent an estimated $50K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 195K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $50K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
195K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
$50Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
dip pen125K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.88.

Listings sell for $15.88 on average, from $4.86 to $42.68. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $15.88 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.88inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.86–$42.68
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #540 within Drawing. It carries 528 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#540in Drawing
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
528per listing
Listings tracked
50

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 55 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
55 months

Products

Top Dip Pen products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 10, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 35% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$2K$3K$5K$6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

80

Est. top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 96%

Est. top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

34%

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Demand

Dip Pen search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Dip Pen search terms shoppers use

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

  • dip pen125K/yr
  • dip pens15K/yr
  • dip pen set13K/yr
  • sailor hocoro dip pen7K/yr
  • dip fountain pen7K/yr
  • sailor dip pen5K/yr
  • calligraphy dip pen6K/yr
  • ink dip pen5K/yr
  • sailor hocoro4K/yr
  • dip pens for drawing5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dip Pen

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

16%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Nib/Tip Quality”
1.3%of orders come back
“the nib would not work well”
A buyer, on “Nib/Tip Quality”14% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Dip Pen questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data