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Apple Pencil Tips

Apple Pencil Tips shows a $2.4M/yr market, but soft demand (-32.6% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look

Top 22% of 2,221 Cell Phones & Accessories niches · +6 vs the category median of 46

Market size 95Growth 9Conversion 92Competition 27Returns 93Price range 36Avg price 28Brand share 34Review moat 55Quality gap 48
This niche Category average · 2,221 niches

Is Apple Pencil Tips profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Apple Pencil Tips is a $2.4M/yr Amazon United States market (2.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Sep. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Apple Pencil Tips: 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 -32.6% over the last 90 days and 11.3% of searches end in a purchase.

$2.4M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr300K
Search volume / yr-32.6%2.2M
Conversion rate11.3%
Avg price$9.34

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 16
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market15%
Avg brand age34 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 · 16 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)4· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,313

Top Apple Pencil Tips 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 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$237K$474K$710K$947K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Inesore35%
  • SIXFU31%
  • Paperlike10%
  • Paiholy5%
  • Granarbol4%
  • NXVX4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Apple Pencil Tips demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.2MCVR11.3%Products16Brands11Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews1,313Avg BSR#123
60K40KPrime Day '24Spike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Apple Pencil Tips search terms shoppers use

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

  • apple pencil tips1.3M/yr
  • apple pencil pro tips257K/yr
  • apple pencil tip142K/yr
  • apple pen tips83K/yr
  • ipad pencil tips83K/yr
  • apple pencil tips 2nd generation49K/yr
  • apple pencil nibs30K/yr
  • apple pencil replacement tips29K/yr
  • apple pencil 2nd generation tips32K/yr
  • apple pencil tip replacement27K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Apple Pencil Tips

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

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Value For Money19%

Excellent Value

Quality-Overall16%

Good quality build

Size-Overall12%

Fit perfectly

Compatibility-Overall9%

Compatible

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Durability25%

break

Quality-Overall11%

HORRIBLE QUALITY

Compatibility-Overall9%

Not compatible

Functionality-Overall7%

not functional

Value For Money7%

They are a little pricey

Apple Pencil Tips return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

48%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
43%
2Compatibility-Overall
23%
3Functionality-Overall
12%
4Defective Material/Parts
6%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
3%

Common Apple Pencil Tips questions

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

Flapen scores Apple Pencil Tips 52/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $2.4M/yr across 16 tracked products. 3 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -32.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Apple Pencil Tips on Amazon United States peaks in Jan–Sep, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.