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Paper Napkin Band: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.094 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.008 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 | $0.094 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.087 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.058 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.021 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.009 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.008 |
What moves the price
For paper napkin band, the drivers are sign face size, material, print sides, mount type, page count, paper stock, binding, finish — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale napkin-band pricing is strongest at very high volumes: promotional self-adhesive paper napkin bands are quoted at $7.22 per 1,000 at 200,000 units and $8.86 per 1,000 at 20,000 units, while foodservice stock bands are sold in 20,000-count cases around $94-$100 per case. Mid-volume custom pricing is typically driven by print method, number of colors, and whether the band is plain stock or self-adhesive; published custom napkin pricing shows flexographic printing with incremental costs for extra colors and specialty materials, which is a reasonable proxy for custom band economics. Realistic supplier routes are specialty promo printers for custom-printed bands, foodservice wholesalers for stock bands, and import/bulk packagers for landed-equivalent pricing at 20,000+ counts.
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