Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.33 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.03 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 | $0.33 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.08 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.07 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.06 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.05 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.03 |
What moves the price
For tube, the drivers are tube length, cap style, material, child-resistant certification, print method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing wholesale pricing for 116mm / tubes is driven most by material and closure style: basic plastic pop-top or squeeze-top tubes are cheapest, while child-resistant, glass, cork, and custom-printed versions cost more. Real supplier routes that fit this product are US wholesale distributors like PackLahoma, CustomConesUSA, PopTopz, and Bag King for lower-MOQ stock items, plus factory-direct/import listings on Made-in-China for very large runs. Custom printing or sticker application typically adds meaningful cost versus plain stock tubes, so the lowest tiers reflect plain/CR stock and the higher tiers reflect landed-equivalent bulk sourcing
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder 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.