What is your minimum order quantity?

Confirmed per project, not published as a fixed figure. It depends on whether tooling is involved, the decoration method, the material and the number of SKUs, so a single number would be misleading for most projects.

Why do you not publish an MOQ number?

Because a blanket number would be wrong for most of our projects. An existing catalogue container and a new bespoke mould are entirely different undertakings, and quoting one minimum for both would either oversell the first or undersell the second.

How can I keep my first order small?

Start from existing tooling rather than a new mould, use a standard colour rather than a custom match, keep to a single SKU, and use a simpler decoration method such as a label or single-colour print.

MOQ Explained

Minimum Order Quantity Is Not a Number. It Is a Set of Costs.

That is why we do not publish one. A minimum exists because something upstream has a fixed cost — a mould, a machine setup, a print run, a material batch — and the quantity is simply where that cost stops being spread too thin. Understand which cost applies to you and you can reason about your own minimum, instead of shopping by a number someone else put on a website.

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Why we will not put a figure on this page

A published MOQ is a marketing decision more often than an engineering one. “From 500 units” reads well, but it usually refers to the one product in the range where that is possible — and the buyer discovers the real minimum only after sending a specification and waiting for a reply.

Two packaging projects can differ by an order of magnitude on minimum and both be honest. We would rather ask what you are making, then give you a real number for it — including telling you when the honest answer is that your design is expensive to start and a simpler one would not be.

One thing worth stating plainly: we do not hold stock. Everything is produced against your specification. If you need a few hundred stock bottles shipped this week, we are the wrong supplier and we would rather say so at the start than after a quotation.

The five things that set your minimum

In rough order of impact. The first one usually dominates everything else.

Driver	Why it raises the minimum	How to reduce it
Tooling	A new mould is a fixed cost that has to be recovered across the run. This is almost always the largest single factor.	Start from a container that already exists in tooling. Move to a bespoke mould once the product is selling.
Decoration	Methods differ enormously: a printed label has almost no setup; hot stamping, silk screening and multi-colour processes each need their own plates or screens.	Begin with a label or a single-colour print, then upgrade the decoration on a later order.
Colour	A custom colour match means a dedicated material batch and a minimum pigment quantity.	Choose a standard colour for the first order. Match your brand colour on the reorder.
Material	Some materials — certain glass specifications, PCR grades, special resins — carry their own supplier minimums regardless of your quantity.	Ask which materials are freely available and which are batch-constrained before you design around one.
Number of SKUs	Each variant multiplies setup. Five shades in five containers is five minimums, not one.	Launch one or two SKUs properly, then expand once the first ones are proven.

Stock and custom are different products, not different prices

The commonest confusion in this category is treating “stock bottle” and “custom packaging” as two price points on the same thing. They are not comparable:

Stock — the container already exists and sits in a warehouse. No tooling, no minimum tied to your design, ships immediately. Your product fits what is available.
Custom — the container is made for you, in your material, your shape, your decoration. It carries tooling and a minimum, because it is a manufacturing project rather than a purchase.

There is no dishonourable choice here. A stock container is often the right answer for a first run, and many successful brands started that way before commissioning their own mould. What matters is knowing which one you are buying — including when you are talking to a supplier who holds stock, and what they can and cannot customise for you.

MOQ questions, answered plainly

So what is your MOQ?

It is confirmed for your project. Send the product, the container format and the quantity you have in mind, and we will tell you what is possible for that specific combination — rather than a number that would not apply to it. Request a quote.

Why not just publish a number so I can compare?

Because a single number hides the only thing you need to compare: what your project actually requires. A supplier advertising “from 500 units” for stock items and a supplier quoting a bespoke mould are not offering the same product, and comparing their headline numbers tells you nothing.

How do I keep my first order small?

Use an existing container rather than new tooling, a standard colour rather than a match, one SKU rather than a range, and a simple decoration. That combination gets most first launches to a workable minimum. See starting your first order.

Do you sell stock containers?

No — we do not hold stock, and every order is produced to your specification. That is what allows custom tooling, decoration and material choice. If you need stock, we will say so rather than quote around it.

Is a higher quantity always a lower unit price?

Usually for the container itself, because tooling and setup spread across more units. But the calculation has to include storage, cash tied up in inventory, and the risk of holding a design you may want to change. Ordering the largest quantity you can afford is not automatically the cheapest decision.

Get a real MOQ for your project

Send the format, the material and the quantity you have in mind. We will come back with a genuine minimum for that combination — and tell you what could be done to bring it down.

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