Full-Color Pulpboard Coaster, 4-Inch
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Market rangePROJECT TOTAL
● TYPICAL SITS NEAR THE CEILING
Procurement playbook
What moves the price
- Scope clarity: revision rounds and deliverable counts move flat bids more than rates do
- Base unit cost, which swings with memory size, battery capacity, and chipset
- Decoration method such as pad print, laser engrave, or full color
- Quantity and overseas vs domestic production
Check before signing
- A free sample or setup that reappears as a per-unit charge
- Decoration billed per color or per location without disclosure
- A low unit price offset by inflated freight
- Minimum order quantities padded above what you need
Negotiation levers
- Move to the next price break if you will use the quantity
- Standardize one decoration method across items
- Allow longer lead time to use ocean freight
About full-color pulpboard coaster, 4-inch pricing
Quoted as a project total. Scope definition is the whole game.
Why are quotes for the same power bank so different?
Vendors source from the same overseas catalogs but mark up the base unit, the decoration, and the freight separately. Ask for the catalog item number and quote the same decoration to compare fairly.
Is a setup charge for branding normal?
Yes, but it should be one time per logo and per method, not repeated per color or on a reorder of the same art.
Tracked variants
The same product family is tracked in 4×4. Quotes are NOT interchangeable across variants, so match the spec before comparing.
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