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Tubes: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.29 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.052 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $0.29 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.12 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.09 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.075 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.065 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.052 |
What moves the price
For tubes, the drivers are child-resistance mechanism, regulatory market, material, tube diameter, custom print, closure type, child resistance, diameter — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pricing shows clear step-downs on child-resistant pop-top tubes from US-facing packaging suppliers, with lower prices at larger case or pallet quantities and higher prices for printed, branded, or specialty materials. The biggest cost drivers are material (plastic vs. glass vs. aluminum), child-resistant cap mechanism, print coverage, and whether the item is stock versus custom-manufactured. Realistic supplier routes are domestic packaging wholesalers for small-to-mid wholesale orders and import/landed-equivalent sourcing for 50K+ units, where factory pricing can fall into the mid-cents per unit
Paying more than the median?
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