Price guide · Jewelry Accessories
Head Pin: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.06 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.005 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $0.06 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.03 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.02 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.015 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.01 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.005 |
What moves the price
For head pin, the drivers are material, fit size, adhesive type, slot count, custom cut, color, size, hole diameter — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Real-world pricing for jewelry head pins is driven mostly by metal choice (base metal, brass, stainless steel, silver/gold-filled), plating/finish, and whether the pin is standard stock or a custom-cut/custom-finished variant. The most realistic sourcing routes for this volume are Alibaba/Made-in-China-style factories and importers for base-metal pins, or US wholesale bead findings suppliers for smaller lots; higher-end precious-metal head pins from US bead wholesalers are far more expensive and not representative of bulk custom-manufactured pricing. Published supplier pages show stock head pins in the low single-cent range for small packs and marketplace quotes as low as around $0.08 per piece at 1,000 MOQ, with much lower factory-level pricing at very large MOQs.
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