Plastic Pet Carrier: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $16.00 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $2.15 at volume, on a typical 35-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 | $16.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $9.10 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $5.80 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $4.25 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $3.19 |
| 100,000+ units | $2.15 |
What moves the price
For plastic pet carrier, the drivers are plastic grade, shell thickness, door style, vent pattern, locking hardware, shell material, ventilation, window style — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Price is mainly driven by carrier size/load rating, plastic thickness, door and latch hardware, ventilation pattern, and whether the order needs custom color or logo printing. The quoted mid-market supplier route is factory-direct OEM/ODM from China on Alibaba, Made-in-China, and Global Sources, where small-batch pricing is higher and 1,000+ unit tiers drop quickly; domestic US wholesale channels exist but usually skew toward branded resale rather than custom-manufactured bulk supply. Airline-approved/reinforced models and larger sizes sit at the high end, while simpler molded carriers with basic print sit at the low end
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