Price guide · Cosmetics Personal Care
Lipstick Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.80 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.10 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 | $0.80 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.50 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.39 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.16 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.13 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.10 |
What moves the price
For lipstick tube, the drivers are capacity, tube diameter, wall layers, orifice size, cap style — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Real supplier quotes for lipstick/lip gloss tube packaging cluster around $0.33-$0.41 at 1,000-12,000 pieces, with lower pricing for plain or higher-volume orders and higher pricing for custom-printed or more complex styles. Price is mainly driven by material (plastic vs. aluminum), wall thickness/layering, applicator/cap style, decoration, and whether the tube is a simple stock item or a custom private-label run. The most realistic routes are China-based OEM/ODM suppliers and wholesale packaging distributors; U.S.-facing domestic resellers usually price above import-equivalent levels but can be easier for small MOQs and faster turnaround
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder lipstick 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.
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