Price guide · Office Stationery
Paper Expanding File: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.94 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.34 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 | $0.94 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.78 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.62 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.52 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.41 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.34 |
What moves the price
For paper expanding file, the drivers are piece count, material, print method, packaging type, insert type, film thickness, spine width, closure type — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale folder pricing shows very low-end paper folder units as low as $0.42 each, while office-supply bulk paper and folder listings imply that commodity paper-based items can drop sharply with carton/pallet scale. For a custom-printed expanding file, the main cost drivers are material grade, number of pockets/insert complexity, print coverage, closure hardware, and packaging; realistic supplier routes are trade printers, office-stationery importers, and OEM factories that quote landed-equivalent prices at carton/pallet volumes rather than retail-like catalog pricing.
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