Price guide · Office Stationery
Stapler: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.19 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.35 at volume, on a typical 18-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 | $1.19 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.00 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.60 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.50 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.43 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.35 |
What moves the price
For stapler, the drivers are material, capacity, orientation, finish, branding method, strap width, attachment hardware, length — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
For a mid-range custom-printed plastic stapler, price is driven most by whether the body is all-plastic versus plastic+metal internals, the stapling capacity/size, and whether branding is pad-printed, silk-screened, or molded/engraved. Real supplier routes that fit this product are Chinese OEM/ODM factory listings with MOQ-based FOB pricing and US-facing wholesale distributors that resell branded stock in smaller tiers; the latter tend to sit higher on unit cost. Published examples show mini plastic staplers around $0.50-$1.10 at 10,000-piece MOQs, $0.69-$0.77 at 1,300-3,000 units, and wholesale US distributors around $2.23-$4.02 for case quantities, so the ladder above blends factory and landed-equivalent wholesale evidence.
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