Dessert Cup: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.12 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.018 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 | $0.12 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.08 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.05 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.035 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.025 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.018 |
What moves the price
For dessert cup, the drivers are capacity, wall type, lining, lid compatibility, print coverage — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale dessert-cup pricing spans from about $0.08/unit at 500-piece PP plastic dessert cups to roughly $0.90-$1.13/unit for branded 1,000-count PET dessert cups, while import-market listings show much lower factory pricing around $0.01-$0.05/unit at 30,000+ MOQ. The main price drivers are material and format: simple PP/PET cups are cheapest, while lid-compatible, printed, thicker-wall, or specialty-shaped cups cost more; landing costs also rise with freight, duties, and packaging configuration. Realistic supplier routes are U.S. wholesale foodservice distributors for small-to-mid orders and China-based OEM/ODM factory or import sourcing for 10k+ quantities, where custom printing and exact lid matching are usually negotiated directly
Paying more than the median?
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