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The Pleasure of Writing

Pens, writing instruments, and stationery. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

The Pleasure of Writing is a Carmel-by-the-Sea, California brand selling pens, writing instruments, and stationery on Shopify. Its store lists 4,499 products, mostly fountain pen, rollerball pen and ballpoint pen, priced from $17 to $2.85K. It sells direct and through retail. It employs 11 to 50 people and runs 15 apps from the Shopify App Store across 6 categories. It spends about $2.5K to $3K a month on those apps.

The store

Products listed
4,499
Counted on the storefront
Typical price
$17 to $2850
Most products fall in this range
Fountain Pen1,581Rollerball Pen582Ballpoint Pen439Stationery423Journal229Note Cards189

Product types as The Pleasure of Writing files them in its own catalogue.

What The Pleasure of Writing runs on Shopify

15 apps from the Shopify App Store, across 6 categories.

Other9Search, upsell & discovery2Email & SMS marketing1Advertising & analytics1Helpdesk1Product reviews1

Estimated app spend: about $2.5K to $3K a month.

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Counted from the Shopify App Store. A name shows only for an app our own visit to the storefront saw running, or to signed-in members. how we count.

Where The Pleasure of Writing sells

Direct, thepleasureofwriting.comRetail

Competitors

  1. luxury pens dealer

  2. Pen Place

    fine pens retailer

  3. Dromgoole's Fine Writing Instruments

    fine writing instruments

  4. Schreib und Stil

    luxury pens

  5. fountain pens and ink

  6. fountain pens and ink

  7. Vanness

    pens and stationery

  8. pens and ink

  9. Tactile Turn

    premium pens

  10. Empress Stationery

    luxury stationery

how we pick competitors

What apps does The Pleasure of Writing use on Shopify?

The Pleasure of Writing runs 15 apps from the Shopify App Store across 6 categories: Other, Email & SMS marketing, Search, upsell & discovery, Advertising & analytics, Helpdesk, Product reviews.

Who are The Pleasure of Writing's competitors?

The Shopify brands closest to The Pleasure of Writing are Pen Boutique Ltd, Pen Place, Dromgoole's Fine Writing Instruments, Schreib und Stil and Goldspot Pens.

Updated 2026-10-22. Method notes and every source: how we count →