Plastic Button: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.08 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.002 at volume, on a typical 14-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 | $0.08 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.03 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.02 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.01 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.003 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.002 |
What moves the price
For plastic button, the drivers are hook count, row count, tape width, material, coating, width, adhesive backing, sew-on vs peel-and-stick — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Real supplier quotes for plastic snap buttons cluster around $0.03–$0.04 per piece at 1,000-piece MOQs, with Alibaba/Made-in-China listings showing about $0.02 at 5,000–9,999 pieces and $0.01 at 10,000+ pieces. Very high-volume factory quotes on Made-in-China also show $0.003 per set at 45,000 sets and $0.0025–$0.003 per set at 100,000 sets, which supports a steep drop at scale. Price moves mainly with material and construction (single-hole vs double-hole, resin vs engineered plastic, spring strength/fit tolerance), plus packaging/custom print and whether the supplier is quoting FOB factory, trade-platform wholesale, or landed-equivalent import pricing
Paying more than the median?
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