Price guide · Sporting Outdoor
Shock Cord: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.11 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.042 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $0.11 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.08 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.065 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.055 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.05 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.042 |
What moves the price
For shock cord, the drivers are size, material, hemming, print method, color, absorbency, stretch direction, denier — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
For shock cord, the biggest price drivers are diameter/denier, core material (latex vs. rubber blend), sheath type (polyester vs. nylon), and whether the order is cut-and-finished, printed, or sold as raw bulk spool. Published wholesale and factory quotes show much lower unit prices on large-roll or meter-based orders than on retail-packaged spools, and custom features like color matching or printed branding push prices upward. The most realistic sourcing routes are marine/industrial wholesale distributors for moderate MOQs and China factory/marketplace suppliers for custom printed or fully specified runs at higher volumes.
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