Button: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.02 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.003 at volume. 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 | $0.02 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.015 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.01 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.008 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.005 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.003 |
What moves the price
For button, the drivers are hook count, row count, tape width, material, coating, width, adhesive backing, sew-on vs peel-and-stick — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Real supplier quotes cluster in the low cents per piece for basic plastic garment buttons, with higher prices for custom color, print, specialty backing, or tighter tolerances. Made-in-China and similar trade listings show reference FOB pricing around $0.15 at 9,999-99,998 pieces, $0.10 at 99,999 pieces, and $0.05 at 100,000+ for a flatback plastic resin button, while other supplier listings show $0.008-$0.02 for white shirt buttons and $0.004-$0.01 for very large-volume export lots. US-facing bulk/custom button vendors commonly publish tiered pricing that drops with quantity, but they usually do not expose exact per-piece numbers until quote stage, so landed-equivalent import pricing is the most usable benchmark here.
Paying more than the median?
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