Tea Towel: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.20 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.40 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $1.20 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.80 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.65 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.50 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.45 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.40 |
What moves the price
For tea towel, the drivers are board thickness, core type, surface finish, colour, edge banding, moisture resistance, material, absorbency — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published supplier quotes for custom tea towels cluster around about $0.50-$1.00 at 500-2,999 pieces, $0.44-$0.80 at roughly 3,000-9,999 pieces, and about $0.25-$0.50 at 10,000+ pieces for digitally printed or basic woven cotton styles. U.S.-facing wholesale/flour-sack routes and trade suppliers show materially higher landed prices for smaller MOQs, often around $1.50-$2.90 each at hundreds to low-thousands of units, which is consistent with domestic stock, decoration, and packaging costs. Realistic sourcing routes are domestic blank distributors for fast turn and import/manufacturer routes for lowest unit cost, with material, print complexity, and finishing driving most of the spread.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder tea towel 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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