Guides: China factory prices, quotes and landed cost
Four pages, each built from the same dated public listings the audit uses. Read them in order, or take the one that matches the question you are holding.
The four pages below are one argument in order: what a unit costs to make, how to tell whether your quote is above that band, how to read the quote line by line, and what sits between the factory price and the price on a shelf. Each page states the retrieval date of the data behind it, and each number traces to a linked public listing.
How much does it cost to manufacture in China?
Median unit price across 90 factory listings: $45.32. Bands by product class, the middle half, the MOQ effect, and the retail multiple.
Read the guide →Is your supplier overcharging you?
From a quote to a defensible answer: pull thirty listing prices, take the median rather than the mean, normalise for quantity, and read the three reasons a quote comes in high.
Read the guide →How to read a factory quote
MOQ, EXW, FOB, CIF, sample fee, tooling, lead time, deposit, proforma invoice, price validity: what each line fixes and what it leaves open.
Read the guide →Factory price vs landed cost
The lines between the factory gate and the shelf, and the share of the retail price they have to fit inside: 40.0% on a feeder, 60.6% on a fountain.
Read the guide →Where the numbers come from
90 usable factory listings on Made-in-China, retrieved 2026-10-30, across three product classes; 122 US retail listings from Walmart, Target and PetSmart, retrieved 2026-11-01, after accessories, consumables and replacement parts are excluded. Listings quoted per kilogram or per set are dropped from every unit-price figure. Nothing on these pages is estimated, and no tariff rate, freight rate or fee is quoted without a published source.
If you already have a quote, skip the reading. Send it and we return one honest read: where the number sits against the public band for its class, and the two line items carrying the gap. Free, one business day, by email.
Send the quote. We tell you where it sits.
One business day, one read, no call. Or start with the price checker and see where a single unit price lands.
Send the quote — free readAlso: the price checker · what products cost to make · a finished report · free sample diagnoses