Empty Pod: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.10 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.03 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 | $0.10 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.07 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.05 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.045 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.04 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.03 |
What moves the price
For empty pod, the drivers are fill weight, lidding foil, filter type, machine compatibility — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale listings for empty coffee pods cluster around $0.04–$0.08 per unit at MOQs of 5,000+ for empty K-Cup and Nespresso-style capsules, with lower prices appearing only at much larger factory-direct or Alibaba-style volumes. Price moves mainly with capsule format, material (PP vs aluminum vs compostable), lid/foil and filter complexity, and whether printing/custom tooling is included; ready-to-ship commodity shells are cheapest, while custom-printed or compostable versions cost more. Realistic supplier routes are factory-direct Chinese OEM/ODM listings, global B2B marketplaces, and niche packaging wholesalers that quote landed-equivalent or ex-works pricing rather than U.S. warehouse stock.
Paying more than the median?
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