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Resistor: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.018 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.001 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 | $0.018 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.012 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.002 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.001 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.001 |
What moves the price
For resistor, the drivers are material, thickness, finish, hole pattern, load rating, tray compatibility, microvia count, laser drill size — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pricing for commodity chip and through-hole resistors shows aggressive price breaks at reel-scale volumes, with LCSC and Future Electronics listing sub-cent unit prices for common SMD parts at 20,000+ pieces. ComponentOnline and Alibaba-style marketplace listings show much higher per-unit costs for low-MOQ or specialty through-hole/bulk-metal-foil parts, so the realistic route for a mid-range custom-printed standard resistor is an authorized distributor or direct OEM/CM channel, not a retail marketplace. Actual price is most sensitive to resistor technology, power rating, tolerance, packaging (bulk vs tape-and-reel), and whether the part is a commodity thick-film chip resistor versus a specialty precision or power resistor.
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