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Hotel Key Card: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.42 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.14 at volume, on a typical 14-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 | $0.42 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.36 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.28 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.22 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.18 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.14 |
What moves the price
For hotel key card, the drivers are material: paper, cardstock, recycled paper, print: full color, one-sided or two-sided, format: die-cut pocket, foldover, finish: matte, gloss, uncoated, personalization: variable data, technology: RFID, NFC, magnetic stripe, material: PVC, composite, wood, encoding: UID, encrypted, pre-programmed — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published supplier pricing shows standard custom hotel key cards around $0.30–$0.55 at 500–999 units, with better rates at 1,000+, and some US-facing wholesalers listing RFID/key-card cases at about $0.15–$0.20 each at larger volume. Price is mainly driven by technology (magstripe vs RFID/NFC), chip/encoding, print coverage, and substrate/finish; PVC RFID cards cost more than simple magstripe or blank stock, while premium wood/metal variants are far higher. Realistic supplier routes are US hospitality-supply wholesalers for domestic bulk, branded hotel-key-card resellers for smaller runs, and overseas import marketplaces for the lowest landed-equivalent pricing on large custom runs.
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