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Plastic Membership Card: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.38 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.09 at volume, on a typical 14-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 | $0.38 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.30 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.25 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.20 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.14 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.09 |
What moves the price
For plastic membership card, the drivers are material: paper, cardstock, recycled paper, print: full color, one-sided or two-sided, format: die-cut pocket, foldover, finish: matte, gloss, uncoated, personalization: variable data, technology: RFID, NFC, magnetic stripe, material: PVC, composite, wood, encoding: UID, encrypted, pre-programmed — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing pricing shows custom plastic membership cards around $0.55 at 500 units, $0.30-$0.38 at 1,000-10,000 units, and about $0.25 at 10,000 units from 4OVER4 and comparable trade printers; a second US supplier also shows $0.80 at 500 and $0.38-$0.48 at 1,000-10,000, which supports a mid-range custom-printed PVC baseline. For very large runs, China/marketplace listings for custom membership PVC cards cluster around $0.05-$0.08 at 50,000+ pieces and roughly $0.045 at 5,000 MOQ, so import/landed-equivalent routes become the realistic low end above 25k units. Price is moved most by encoding and personalization (RFID/NFC/magstripe, variable data), card thickness/material, and finish; plain printed PVC is cheapest, while RFID/NFC or encoded cards can add roughly an order of magnitude versus simple print-only cards.
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