Collector Card Sleeve: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.015 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.004 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 | $0.015 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.012 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.01 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.007 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.005 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.004 |
What moves the price
For collector card sleeve, the drivers are size, thickness, material, finish, clear or printed, acid free, die-cut shape, reinforcement — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale listings for standard penny sleeves and bulk card sleeves show steep per-unit declines at higher case quantities, with US hobby suppliers clustering around roughly $0.009-$0.017 per sleeve at 1,000-count retail/wholesale equivalents and marketplace/import listings dropping toward $0.01-$0.03 each at larger MOQs. The biggest price drivers are material gauge, whether the sleeve is clear or matte/printed, and any custom tooling or packaging; acid-free and thicker archival materials cost more. For true custom-printed sleeves, realistic routes are factory-direct import brokers or Asian marketplaces with high MOQs, while US-facing hobby wholesalers are more realistic for plain or lightly branded stock sleeves.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder collector card sleeve 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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