Price guide · Cosmetics Personal Care

Tube Tray: wholesale price

A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.28 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.06 at volume, on a typical 25-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 sizeMedian /unit
500–999 units$0.28
1,000–4,999 units$0.20
5,000–9,999 units$0.14
10,000–24,999 units$0.10
25,000–99,999 units$0.08
100,000+ units$0.06

What moves the price

For tube tray, the drivers are material, cavity count, print coverage, tray depth, stiffness, die-cut layout, cavity layout, print method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.

Pricing for custom cosmetic tube trays is driven mainly by material choice (pulp versus plastic), cavity count and layout complexity, print coverage, and whether tooling/die-cutting is already established. Realistic supplier routes are direct factory quotes from packaging manufacturers, plus import/landed-equivalent pricing from marketplace listings and trade directories; the lowest prices generally require very high volumes and simpler unprinted trays, while custom-printed or deeper/stiffer trays push costs upward. Lead times around 25 days are consistent with factory-made cosmetic packaging runs, though custom tooling, print, and overseas shipping can extend that.

Also known as: insert tray, molded tray, pulp tray, shipping tray.

Paying more than the median?

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