Ballpoint vs Rollerball vs Fountain

[Tomspens]

Which has been your best selling pens: Ballpoint, Rollerball, or Fountain?

[Smitty37]

Ballpoint....then Rollerball, I don't do fountain yet.

[nava1uni]

Whatever the customer wants. I haven't found any one pen more popular on a regular basis. It depends on the crowd.

[bradh]

I sell more ball point, mainly because they are usually less expensive.
Reviewing my sales the last couple years, about 10% were Fountain pens and 5% were Rollerball pens.

[ed4copies]

Most people use ballpoints---Bic-ish.

So, unless you SELL them on another alternative, they will look at your pen as a replacement for the type they are using now.

Even if you do try to SELL rollerballs, you will probably sell 6 or more ballpoints to every rollerball or fountain.

[Mark]

BP for me too. Mostly due to the number of styles using BP that I carry.

The only RB's that I keep stocked are the Zen and the Jr Retro / Majestic Jr.

Also the Majestic, but the $ usaully makes that desirable to a specific type of customer.

[IPD_Mrs]

Rollerballs, then ballpoint (which some switch to the gel refill -9000), then fountain pens.
Customers don't always know what they are looking for though - so if they are looking for a gift for someone else they will tend to roam toward the side of safety which for many will be the ballpoint side.
Personally - I carry each in my purse and I write with each. Part of this has to do with what setting I am writing in. At work if I am in a hurry and going to be taking a lot of notes in a fast paced setting I will generally use either my roller or my ballpoint depending on how my hand is cramping. If I am just signing off on things, I use my fountain.

Linda