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Plastic Cup: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.18 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.025 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $0.18 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.12 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.06 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.045 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.032 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.025 |
What moves the price
For plastic cup, the drivers are oz size, material thickness, print colors, finish, recyclability, MOQ, capacity, material — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Realistic pricing depends most on cup material (PET vs PP vs PS), size/weight, and print complexity; custom printing, lids, and special finishes raise unit cost, while higher MOQ and simpler one-color art lower it. US-facing wholesale routes are usually distributors like WebstaurantStore/UniqSupply for stock cups, while true custom printed pricing at scale is more often quoted by packaging suppliers or importers; imported landed-equivalent pricing from marketplace suppliers commonly falls in the lower tiers for standard PET dessert cups
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder plastic cup 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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