Price guide · Office Stationery
Pen Box: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.22 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.032 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 | $0.22 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.14 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.09 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.065 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.045 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.032 |
What moves the price
For pen box, the drivers are material, rigidity, compartments, print, finish, lid style, file system compatibility, board thickness — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published supplier pages show basic 510 cartridge packaging as low as $0.04/unit and custom-printed 1mL cartridge boxes from trade packagers at minimum-order levels, but most public listings do not expose full quantity breaks or exact specs for a mid-range custom box. The biggest price movers are board grade, print coverage, finish, window/cutout complexity, and whether the box includes a custom insert; plain-stock or simple tube-style packaging prices are much lower than fully printed folding cartons with inserts. Realistic sourcing routes are US-facing trade packagers for small-to-mid runs and offshore/landed-equivalent import sourcing for 10k+ units, but the public results provided here are insufficient to support a defensible lead-time figure.
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