Paper Cartridge Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.06 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.05 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 | $1.06 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.28 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.20 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.14 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.08 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.05 |
What moves the price
For paper cartridge tube, the drivers are cone fit, material, child-resistant closure, size, color, print method, plastic grade, clarity — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pages show cartridge-tube packaging ranging from about $0.04/unit at very high volume to about $0.92/unit for 100-count child-resistant cardboard cartridge tubes, with custom-print packaging pages and tube-focused wholesalers indicating that price is mainly driven by material, child-resistance, print coverage, and insert/style complexity. Realistic supplier routes are US-facing packaging wholesalers and custom-box/tube converters; for lower tiers, quoted retail-wholesale pages are the best public evidence, while at 10k+ units landed-equivalent import or direct factory sourcing is usually needed because public list prices become sparse.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder paper cartridge tube regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.