Plastic Cartridge Cap: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.39 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.022 at volume, on a typical 35-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 | $0.39 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.20 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.17 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.14 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.12 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.022 |
What moves the price
For plastic cartridge cap, the drivers are material, seal mechanism, tamper evidence, lining, fit diameter, seal type, sterile or nonsterile, compatibility — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pricing from The Cary Company and Midwest Bottles shows standard plastic caps around $0.35-$0.43 at several hundred units, dropping to roughly $0.11-$0.20 at low-thousands and about $0.12-$0.22 at mid-thousands depending on cap style and finish. Higher-volume pricing from The Cary Company’s vented and spice caps reaches about $0.218 at 26,000 units and about $0.127 at 49,000 units, while marketplace/import listings on Made-in-China and Alibaba show much lower 100,000+ unit factory pricing for simple caps, so the 100,000+ tier reflects import-equivalent direct-manufacturer rates rather than US-stocked reseller pricing. The biggest price drivers are seal/vent/tamper features, neck finish/fit diameter, material, and whether the cap is sterile or custom-printed; realistic supplier routes are US wholesale distributors for lower MOQ orders and offshore OEM/ODM factories or import agents for 25,000+ units.
Paying more than the median?
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