The Online Pen Company Reviews 

13,910
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Looking at 261 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Consumers frequently praise the exceptional product quality, noting that items arrive promptly, are carefully packaged, and match expectations perfectly. Buyers also appreciate the very reasonable pricing and the wonderfully wide selection of fine writing instruments, inks, and useful accessories. Some reviewers were not happy with order fulfillment delays caused by products occasionally needing to be sourced from external suppliers. A few other people also felt that receiving incorrect merchandise or dealing with unexpected shipping challenges negatively impacted their overall experience.

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Delivery service

Users describe positive interactions with delivery service, highlighting fast and speedy shipping times... See more

Order

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Quality

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Price

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Pro: 1. Prompt delivery. 2. Well-made pen. 3. Smooth writer. Con: Difficult to find the right sized ink converter.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent quality and prompt service superb engraving. This is my second purchase from Lily and her team whose advice on what to choose was extremely well advised. The Parker is marvellous and... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful pen company. I have purchased several Cross Foutains, my favourite! Topping up your ink cartridges is much more money saving here rather than at Amazon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The journal was purchased as a gift and looked great. It has some slight damage which happened in transit but I contacted the customer service team who arranged a replacement. It arrived and was perfe... See more


Company details

  1. Stationery Store
  2. Art Supply Store
  3. Gift Shop
  4. Promotional Item Store

About The Online Pen Company

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Since starting out in 2006, The Online Pen Company has grown from a small, specialist fine-writing retailer, to a market leader in pens, stationery and art supplies. Now with worldwide shipping, a team of committed and enthusiastic staff and a range of over 7,000 products, all whilst still maintaining the easy to use, simple to deal with values we were founded on.

Whether you're looking for luxury ballpoint, rollerball or fountain pens as gifts, restocking the office or home with pencils, fineliners, marker pens and highlighters or ready to get creative with crayons, pastels, chalk and colouring, we should have something for you, and a whole lot of other stuff too.


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4.3

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service. Ballpoint refills not available at other outlets but good price here and in use just two days after putting in the order. Couldn’t be better. Thanks.

2 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I recently ordered a Rotring 0.25…

I recently ordered a Rotring 0.25 drawing pen nib but found it did not work properly. I thoroughly cleaned it and filled with new ink but still it did not function properly. I have never had a problem before with these pens and suspect a faulty batch. I cannot find the company's email to alert them to this problem.

16 March 2026
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Reply from The Online Pen Company

Hi,

I am so sorry to hear this.

Our email address is pens@theonlinepencompany.com

If you would like to pop us an email with your order details we can get this resolved for you.

Kind regards,
Customer Service.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good experience

The ordering was straightforward as was the payment.
My order was delivered within timescale & not overly packaged.
The products were well made & do what they are intended to do …… write.
They are well balanced and comfortable to use.
Would definitely recommend this company😊

2 March 2026
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Item did not arrive - but fixed

Item did not arrive but The Online Pen Company very thoughtfully got in touch to let me know they had refunded me.
Very good customer service and I would use them again.

27 March 2026
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Reply from The Online Pen Company

Hello,

I am so sorry to hear you're order has not arrived with you.

We have issued a full refund and a member of the team has contacted you to confirm and offer our support further.

Kind regards,
The Online Pen Company.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Papermate Pen Refills

Needed to find refills for my old Papermate pen - quite tricky I’ve found. I can buy a pack of 2 from a certain other online site but I go through them so quickly I wanted to find somewhere that sold multipacks. Hip hooray! Pack of ten from Online Pen Company which arrived quickly and I’m delighted with them.

23 February 2026

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