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Plastic Playing Card: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.00 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.50 at volume, on a typical 20-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 | $1.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.875 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.73 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.675 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.575 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.50 |
What moves the price
For plastic playing 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.
For custom plastic playing cards, the biggest price drivers are the substrate (PVC vs paper/cardstock), print complexity, finishing, and whether you need extras like variable data, NFC/RFID, encoding, or custom packaging. Real supplier quotes cluster around about $0.50-$1.06 per deck at 500-30,000+ units for plain/custom PVC cards, while lower-cost paper-stock options can price well below that but are not equivalent to durable plastic cards. The most realistic buying routes are China-based OEM/ODM trade suppliers or US-facing wholesale brokers; landed-equivalent pricing tends to be higher once freight, duties, and freight-forwarding are included.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder plastic playing card regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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