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Pastels

Fail

Demand is soft, at -18.1% this quarter, so Pastels is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 34% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$265K/yr298K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 101 sellers

Flapen Score

Pastels against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Pastels is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pastels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Pastels 298K times last year and spent an estimated $265K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 298K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $265K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
298K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.1%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
$265Ka year
Peak month
December2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
pastels172K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.52.

Listings sell for $18.52 on average, from $3.77 to $58.25. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $18.52 that is $14K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.52inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.77–$58.25
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$14K–$19K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Drawing. It carries 5,427 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#14in Drawing
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,427per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Pastels products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 flat

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

22%

  • Brand 128%
  • Brand 223%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Pastels search demand

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

10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Pastels search terms shoppers use

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

  • pastels172K/yr
  • pastels for artists49K/yr
  • pastel colors16K/yr
  • drawing pastels12K/yr
  • pastel set9K/yr
  • pastel art supplies9K/yr
  • pastels art supplies9K/yr
  • color pastels5K/yr
  • art pastels5K/yr
  • pastel color4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pastels

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Color”
16%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.9%of orders come back
“Stinky strong odor”
A buyer, on “Smell”16% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Pastels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.