US suppliers that don't charge double Chinese prices
Domestic manufacturers often charge twice as much as overseas suppliers, making it difficult to keep profit margins close to previous levels. This price gap prevents small business owners from moving away from generic items and adding custom branding to their packaging.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1comparing total landed cost instead of unit price
- 2sourcing through multi-country wholesale partners or international suppliers
- 3Using generic packaging
- 4Buying blank containers and stamping them manually
- 5Applying printed labels onto generic containers
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I wanna move away from the generic stuff and actually have some branding on the to-go stuff.”source ↗
“Naturally, I wanna keep my margins as close as I have them ... but I don't mind paying a few more cents per cup/box/bag to get some branding out there.”source ↗
“Anybody "gotta guy" with a warehouse (even if it's overseas) that's reputable?”source ↗
“is there any us suppliers out there that don’t charge like 2x what the average Chinese supplier is charging”source ↗
Where this came up
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