Knife Box: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.31 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.10 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 | $0.31 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.21 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.21 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.10 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.10 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.10 |
What moves the price
For knife box, the drivers are board grade, divider type, insert type, print method, MOQ, burst strength, material, compartment count — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published supplier pricing for actual custom knife boxes was found on Made-in-China, where wholesale listings show knife-box unit prices as low as $0.01–$0.38 at 1,000-piece MOQs, $0.10–$0.50 at 1,000 pieces, and $0.187–$0.32 at 500 pieces, which is consistent with the way custom printed paperboard packaging is quoted in bulk. The biggest price drivers are board grade, insert/divider complexity, print method, and any special coating or reinforcement; realistic buying routes are packaging factories and import marketplaces rather than retail knife sellers. The evidence is strongest for low-cost paperboard-style packaging and weaker for highly engineered or premium rigid knife boxes, so these bands should be treated as a mid-range custom-print proxy rather than a quote for luxury packaging.
Paying more than the median?
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