Price guide · Office Stationery
Ink Bottle: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.23 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.18 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 | $0.23 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.20 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.20 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.18 |
What moves the price
For ink bottle, the drivers are capacity, material, closure type, child resistance rating, label panel, aluminum gauge, coating, lid style — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published supplier quotes for 30 mL glass ink bottles cluster around $0.11–$0.35 at 500+ units and $0.16–$0.20 around 20,000+ units, while plastic ink/dropper bottle listings can be lower but are less directly comparable to a typical custom-printed ink bottle. The biggest price drivers are material (glass vs PET), closure/cap style, printing or decoration, and whether the bottle is stock or custom molded; child-resistant closures and coated or branded components push pricing up. Realistic supplier routes are China export marketplaces and glass-packaging manufacturers for custom runs, plus US-facing bottle distributors for stock containers, with landed cost usually above ex-factory quotes after freight and duties
Paying more than the median?
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