How low can the MOQ go in small hard plastic case wholesale?

Answer: A stock-mould colour change often reaches 300 pieces if the shade sits in the card. A structure change below 800 pieces carries the modification fee separately; a new mould below 1,500 pieces is settled against full-shot output.

Does mixed loading push the lead time out?

Answer: Yes, typically by 7 to 10 days, because three moulds have to find a common slot. Quote the slowest model rather than the average.

Can the buyer print colour boxes and barcodes independently?

Answer: Yes, if the carton delivery date sits in the contract with a three-day goods-in window. Cartons arriving five days late leave finished goods waiting.

Is the tooling safe at the factory once it is paid for?

Answer: It depends on the custody clause. Annual viewing, written consent for relocation and a right to remove tooling after two orderless years cover it.

Small Hard Plastic Case Wholesale: 500-Piece MOQ and 45 Days

Quick answer: Most of the spread in small hard plastic case wholesale quotes comes from tooling ownership, not unit price. Fix the mould route first, agree amortisation across three MOQ tiers, then protect delivery with mixed loading and three inspection gates.

MOQ Tiers Set by Tooling Ownership
Mixed Loading: How Many Sizes Fit One Cabinet
Where Colour Boxes, Barcodes and Labels Cost Money
Sampling Ratios: Three Gates and an 80-Piece Sample
Payment Terms, Tooling Title and Four Quote Traps
FAQ

1. MOQ Tiers Set by Tooling Ownership

The first question in small hard plastic case wholesale is where the model comes from, not the unit price. For a 460 × 350 × 200 mm body, stock, modified and new-mould routes differ sixfold on MOQ and by RMB 40,000.

Route	MOQ (pieces)	Tooling (RMB)	Sample lead time	Tooling title
Stock mould, colour change	500	0	7 days	Factory
Stock mould, structure change	1200	4800	12 days	Factory, buyer holds exclusivity
New mould	3000	38000	28 days	Transfers to buyer on payment

How tooling is amortised matters more than its amount. Charged against the first order, it adds over RMB 10 per unit; spread across three years, it needs a floor volume.

On the new-mould route the title clause needs its own paragraph. Tooling becomes buyer property once paid in full, held in factory custody for three years. A quote silent on ownership defaults to the factory.

2. Mixed Loading: How Many Sizes Fit One Cabinet

Mixed loading only works when each size clears its own MOQ. Three models at 500 pieces still go in as three orders of 500; pressed into one 1,500-piece order, the shop pays for three changeovers.

Small hard plastic case wholesale: two white cases closed side by side on a workshop bench, pale latches, cardboard boxes on steel racking behind.

A 40HQ cabinet is planned as 68 m³ of usable space in small hard plastic case wholesale work. The three sizes below come to 41.3 m³ net, and pallet gaps plus carton seams add about 10%. That is 45 m³ occupied and 23 m³ left for other models. Whatever sits at the door is unloaded last, so that slot goes to the end customer. Break no pallets and the gap between bodies runs 10 to 12 mm. Quotes built on net volume lose that quietly.

Size (mm)	Volume per piece (m³)	Quantity	Space taken (m³)
460 × 350 × 200	0.0322	900	29.0
380 × 280 × 165	0.0176	550	9.7
300 × 220 × 130	0.0086	300	2.6

Odd cartons are where mixed loading fails. A part pallet per size gets shoved into the doorway and the last customer opens the wrong model first.

3. Where Colour Boxes, Barcodes and Labels Cost Money

Print packaging is a few points of a small hard plastic case wholesale order. A 350 g white-card box costs RMB 1.20, a five-ply carton of six RMB 3.80, a barcode label RMB 0.05, for RMB 1.88 per unit.

Packing item	Unit cost	Per case
White-card colour box	RMB 1.20	RMB 1.20
Five-ply outer carton	RMB 3.80	RMB 0.63
Barcode label	RMB 0.05	RMB 0.05
Total	—	RMB 1.88

Barcodes follow the retailer's symbology, not the printer's habit. Film output runs at 10 mil, and a first-read rate below 98% means a reprint.

One artwork change is one press stop, with seven days attached.

4. Sampling Ratios: Three Gates and an 80-Piece Sample

Sampling ratios are calculated, not improvised. Below 3,000 pieces draw 80; from 3,000 to 10,000 draw 125; above that follow inspection level II with AQL 2.5 for major and 4.0 for minor defects.

Small hard plastic case wholesale: a blue and white case open on white, dividers forming three bays with clear trays, front handle and two latches.

The three gates do different jobs:

First-off: three pieces measured in full, three points each on wall, cavity and latch engagement
Patrol: five pieces every two hours, checked for flash, sink marks and colour drift
Pre-shipment: 80 pieces drawn, ten of them dropped 1.2 m onto six faces

The accept rule belongs in the purchase order. The same lot passes at 2.5 on major defects and fails at 1.5.

5. Payment Terms, Tooling Title and Four Quote Traps

Payment terms are part of the price. Thirty per cent deposit with seventy per cent against the bill of lading copy is standard; 60 days costs 1.5 to 2 points, which returns through the unit price.

Four traps in a small hard plastic case wholesale quote are worth clearing before sampling:

Tax included, freight excluded, with freight priced per cubic metre
Unit price fixed for three months, adjustable once resin moves 5%
Tooling described as free, with the title left at the factory
Free sampling, with the cost recovered inside the first 3,000 pieces

Put all four into a contract annex; it holds better than ten chat confirmations.

Conclusion

In small hard plastic case wholesale costing, tooling, MOQ and packaging move the total more than a few cents on the unit price. Write ownership, mix ratio, artwork revision and the accept rule into the contract, then compare prices: small hard plastic case wholesale sourcing starts from the right question.

This article discusses only the container (case body) side of specifications and design intent, and does not cover any handling, loading or use of the contents.