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Aluminum Cup: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.39 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.19 at volume, on a typical 20-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.39 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.34 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.31 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.28 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.23 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.19 |
What moves the price
For aluminum cup, the drivers are oz size, material thickness, print colors, finish, recyclability, MOQ, capacity, material — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published supplier pricing shows 8 oz/14 oz/20 oz aluminum cups in the roughly $0.25-$0.50 EXW range at 5,000 MOQ, with lower FOB/marketplace quotes for simpler disposable or stock configurations and higher prices for branded, insulated, or color-changing versions. The biggest price drivers are cup size, thickness, single-wall versus double-wall construction, printing/finishing, and whether the cup is reusable/recyclable or a simple disposable event cup. Realistic supplier routes are direct factory sourcing from China on Alibaba/Made-in-China/Globalsources for custom runs, or US-facing wholesale distributors/private-label routes such as Ball/Boelter-style programs for lower-complexity branded orders.
Paying more than the median?
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