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Apple Pencil 1st Generation

Fail

Demand is soft, at -39.7% this quarter, so Apple Pencil 1st Generation is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,493 of 2,221 Cell Phones & Accessories niches · −4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$1.5M/yr1.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-39.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
89%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Apple Pencil 1st Generation against its category

The dotted line is the Cell Phones & Accessories average. Past it, Apple Pencil 1st Generation is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Apple Pencil 1st Generation market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Apple Pencil 1st Generation 1.0M times last year and spent an estimated $1.5M. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -39.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-39.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
$1.5Ma year
Peak month
December3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
apple pencil 1st generation573K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $32.43.

Listings sell for $32.43 on average, from $15.96 to $80.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $32.43 that is $130K to $162K a year per listing.

Average price
$32.43inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$15.96–$80.27
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$130K–$162K
Returns
2.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% 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 #16 within Stylus Pens. It carries 22,370 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#16in Stylus Pens
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
22,370per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Apple Pencil 1st Generation 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 89% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 163%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Apple Pencil 1st Generation search demand

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

45K35KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Apple Pencil 1st Generation search terms shoppers use

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

  • apple pencil 1st generation573K/yr
  • apple pencil 1st gen58K/yr
  • apple pencil first generation56K/yr
  • 1st generation apple pencil57K/yr
  • 1st gen apple pencil40K/yr
  • apple pencil gen 141K/yr
  • apple pencil 127K/yr
  • apple pen 1st generation19K/yr
  • first generation apple pencil23K/yr
  • apple pencil lightning15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Apple Pencil 1st Generation

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
17%of negative reviews mention “Charging”
2.9%of orders come back
“Charging Issues”
A buyer, on “Charging”17% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Apple Pencil 1st Generation questions

Answered from the same tracked data.