Price guide · Office Stationery
Expanding File: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $17.93 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $4.50 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $17.93 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $14.25 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $11.50 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $8.75 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $6.50 |
| 100,000+ units | $4.50 |
What moves the price
For expanding file, the drivers are piece count, material, print method, packaging type, insert type, film thickness, spine width, closure type — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing wholesale listings for expanding files are usually distributor stock prices, such as BulkOfficeSupply’s $15.43 bulk price versus $21.46 list price for a Business Source legal recycled file pocket, and wholesale closeout cases like Bazic poly expanding files at about $2.00 per piece in case packs. Those figures show that the biggest price drivers are material (poly vs paper), number of pockets, and whether the item is stock or custom-printed; custom print, special closures, and insert/packaging choices usually push the price above stock wholesale listings. Realistic supplier routes are US office-supply distributors for low-volume stock items and overseas OEM/ODM or import agents for custom-printed mid-range and high-volume runs, with landed-equivalent pricing typically improving sharply at 10k+ units.
Paying more than the median?
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