Cup Carton: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $2.15 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.48 at volume, on a typical 15-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 | $2.15 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.48 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.98 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.79 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.62 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.48 |
What moves the price
For cup carton, the drivers are dimensions, board caliper, coating, print colors, window patch — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
For a mid-range custom corrugated cup carton, the biggest price drivers are board strength/caliper, print coverage and number of colors, special coatings, and whether a window patch is added. Realistic sourcing routes are US-facing wholesale packaging printers quoting custom runs, plus import/landed-equivalent supply for high-volume buyers; published guides and supplier pages show corrugated custom packaging generally falling as volume rises, with larger runs moving into the sub-$1 range. These bands are anchored more by custom corrugated box pricing than by cup-specific carriers, so treat the upper tiers as the most reliable and the very largest tier as a volume extrapolation from comparable corrugated packaging.
Paying more than the median?
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