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Royal Mail Label: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.07 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.012 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 | $0.07 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.045 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.032 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.024 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.017 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.012 |
What moves the price
For royal mail label, the drivers are dimensions, adhesive type, printer compatibility, material stock — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Real supplier pricing is clearest for 4x6 direct thermal shipping labels: Royal Mail now charges about £4.69 ex VAT per roll, while third-party UK sellers quote roughly £4.99–£5.63 per 500-label roll, which translates to about $0.012–$0.014 per label before shipping and landed costs. For custom-manufactured private-label runs, unit cost is driven mainly by whether the stock is direct thermal or thermal-transfer, the adhesive tack, facestock/coating, and whether printer compatibility requires die-cut roll construction; the best realistic route is a US-facing label converter or a UK/EU import broker buying containerized roll stock and printing to spec. The ladder above is an extrapolation from those published roll prices and should be treated as indicative rather than a direct quote for a fully custom Royal Mail label product.
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