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Popsicle Stick: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.024 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.008 at volume, on a typical 15-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 | $0.024 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.019 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.015 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.012 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.01 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.008 |
What moves the price
For popsicle stick, the drivers are contents, packaging material, print coverage, bag style, coating, fill level, fuel type, burn time — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale and factory listings for standard wooden popsicle/ice-cream sticks cluster around about $0.01–$0.02 per piece at higher volumes, with smaller bulk lots often landing closer to $0.02–$0.03 per stick. The main price drivers are stick length/grade, whether the sticks are natural birch vs. bamboo or other materials, and any custom packaging or printing; custom-printed or special-pack configurations generally quote above plain bulk sticks. Realistic sourcing routes are U.S. craft/wholesale distributors for low-to-mid MOQs and China-based manufacturers or marketplaces for 10,000+ unit runs, where lead times commonly run around 15 workdays for stock or simple custom orders.
Paying more than the median?
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