Price guide · Office Stationery
Cardstock: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.45 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.11 at volume, on a typical 14-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 | $0.45 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.37 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.16 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.15 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.13 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.11 |
What moves the price
For cardstock, the drivers are basis weight, adhesive type, liner type, printability, whiteness, opacity, temperature resistance, width — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing wholesale pricing for cardstock is concentrated in sheet-based merchants, with Fine Cardstock showing bulk 11x17 white cardstock falling from about $0.64 each at 500 to about $0.37 each at 5,000+ for one stock, and about $0.24 at 1,000 to $0.13 at 50,000 for another stock. Alibaba and Accio listings show much wider factory pricing for bulk cardstock and custom printed cardstock, with low-cost commodity sheets around $0.03-$0.17 per unit and heavier/decorative or custom-printed products materially higher, indicating that size, GSM/thickness, finish, and print complexity are the main price drivers. Realistic supplier routes are US paper wholesalers for standard sheet stock and import/marketplace sourcing for custom or specialty cardstock; pricing usually improves most with larger cartons/pallets, simpler finishes, and lower GSM, while coated, textured, glitter, or printed stock costs more.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder cardstock 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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