Price guide · Jewelry Accessories
Ear Wire: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.34 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.14 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 | $0.34 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.28 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.23 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.20 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.17 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.14 |
What moves the price
For ear wire, the drivers are material, fit size, adhesive type, slot count, custom cut, color, size, hole diameter — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale listings for ear wires are mostly from jewelry-component suppliers rather than custom manufacturers; Pandahall shows ear wire pricing dropping from about $0.043 each at 100 pcs to about $0.0078 each at 1,000 pcs and about $0.0063 each at 5,000 pcs, while Fire Mountain Gems shows bulk pricing and tiered discounts for findings/components but does not expose a clean ear-wire-only ladder in the provided results. Retail-style listings from Etsy and smaller suppliers show much higher per-unit pricing, but those are not reliable indicators of true factory wholesale for standard ear wires. The biggest cost drivers are metal content and finish (sterling silver, gold-filled, niobium, titanium), plus geometry/specs like gauge, loop style, bead/coil accents, and any custom plating or branded packaging; realistic sourcing routes are stock jewelry-finding wholesalers for low MOQ, or custom OEM/ODM jewelry-component factories for true 10k+ and 100k+ runs.
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