Cake Insert: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.05 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.026 at volume. 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 | $0.05 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.04 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.031 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.03 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.028 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.026 |
What moves the price
For cake insert, the drivers are diameter, length, material, individually wrapped, pointed tip, flexibility, paper grade, flute style — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Real supplier quotes in the search results are strongest for lightweight printed acrylic cake inserts from an import marketplace, where prices were quoted at $0.04 at 500-999, $0.03 at 1,000+, and about $0.306-$0.31 FOB at 5,000+ depending on product and finish. For paperboard cupcake/cake-box insert styles, the results show retail/wholesale case pricing for inserts and boxes, but not enough published laddered unit pricing at the exact requested quantities to support a tighter band. The main price drivers are material type, print coverage, and die-cut complexity; realistic sourcing routes are custom packaging converters, wholesale bakery packaging distributors, or import marketplace OEMs.
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