Price guide · Sporting Outdoor
Compostable Tea Pods: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.35 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.20 at volume, on a typical 30-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.35 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.31 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.28 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.25 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.22 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.20 |
What moves the price
For compostable tea pods, the drivers are pod compatibility, fill weight, material, seal film, nitrogen flush, compostable/biodegradable, stick material, seal type — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale tea-pod pricing is sparse, but a real supplier listing shows compostable tea pods at $0.29-$0.36 from a 2,000-piece minimum order, which anchors the mid-range custom-printed OEM market. A US-facing retail bulk listing shows 100-pod packs at $60, implying roughly $0.60 per pod at low volume, while broader K-Cup-style bulk pod routes show starting prices around $0.19 per pod for pallet-scale buys, which is a useful landed-equivalent floor for high-volume sourcing. Price is mainly moved by tea format and fill behavior (freeze-dried vs spray-dried, leaf vs extract), compostable pod structure/lid compatibility, print complexity, and order size; realistic routes are Asian OEM/ODM manufacturers for custom runs and US wholesalers/importers for smaller or faster replenishment
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