Cape: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.70 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.98 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 | $1.70 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.54 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $1.20 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $1.15 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $1.10 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.98 |
What moves the price
For cape, the drivers are piece count, scale, fabric type, print method, closure type, accessory inclusion, fabric, attachment method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale quotes for superhero capes cluster around plain stock pricing near $1.46-$2.08 at 200-2,000 units, $1.55 at 500-4,999 units, and roughly $1.15 at 500-3,000+ units from supplier listings. Pricing moves most with fabric quality/layers, custom logo or print complexity, and pack/closure details; mid-range custom-printed capes are most realistically sourced through Alibaba/Global OEM-style factories or promotional-product suppliers, while US-facing promo vendors tend to quote higher but clearer landed-equivalent prices. Real tiered pricing above 10,000 units is usually negotiated rather than published, so the upper tiers are inferred conservatively from published bulk bands and should be treated as indicative rather than firm quotes.
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