Price guide · Ecommerce Shipping
Carton Seal Tape: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.19 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.39 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $1.19 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.92 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.74 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.62 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.49 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.39 |
What moves the price
For carton seal tape, the drivers are width, thickness, adhesive type, acrylic vs hot melt, print, material grade, thread size, chemical resistance — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US wholesale pricing for standard clear acrylic carton-sealing tape clusters around roughly $1.32 to $1.60 per roll at case-pallet style quantities, while hot-melt and heavier-gauge variants run higher; this is consistent across US packaging wholesalers and distributors. Custom-printed tape usually prices by print complexity, color count, and minimum run, and the most realistic routes are US packaging distributors for small-to-mid quantities, or direct import/private-label manufacturers for 10k+ rolls where landed-equivalent pricing drops sharply. Width, thickness, adhesive chemistry, and whether the order is plain or printed are the biggest drivers; moving from acrylic to hot melt and from 1.9 mil to 2.5+ mil typically increases unit cost.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder carton seal tape regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
Related prices
Plastic Shipping Tube Cap wholesale price
Plastic Strapping Seal wholesale price
Shipping Tube Cap wholesale price
Strapping Seal wholesale price
10x8x6 Corrugated Box wholesale price
12x15 Bubble Mailer wholesale price
14x10x4 Corrugated Box wholesale price
16x12x8 Corrugated Box wholesale price