Price guide · Beverage Alcohol
Synthetic Cork: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.78 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.022 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $0.78 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.56 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.36 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.12 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.03 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.022 |
What moves the price
For synthetic cork, the drivers are diameter, material, liner type, oxygen ingress — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Quoted wholesale pricing for synthetic or polymer wine/bar-top corks is driven most by cork geometry (diameter/length), top style, and whether the stopper is monobloc synthetic versus a composite or decorated T-cork. The lowest published unit prices come from China-facing bulk listings at 10,000+ pieces, while US-facing wholesalers such as The Cary Company and Jelinek show materially higher small-to-mid MOQ pricing for branded or specialty closures. Realistic sourcing routes are US wholesale distributors for faster replenishment and Alibaba/Made-in-China factory-direct programs for the best landed-equivalent price at 10k+ units.
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