What Do 100 Custom Tumblers Cost? Bulk Pricing by Quantity
- , by Greg Rathbone
- 9 min reading time
One hundred laser-engraved tumblers in the 10–30 oz range run $13–$16 per piece — roughly $1,300–$1,600 for the order, engraving included. Here is the full ladder by quantity, what moves you inside a range, and what the price does and doesn't cover.
What Do 100 Custom Tumblers Cost? Bulk Pricing by Quantity
The Short Version:
One hundred laser-engraved tumblers in the 10–30 oz range run $13–$16 per piece, so roughly $1,300–$1,600 for the order. Engraving is included in that number — there is no separate setup charge on drinkware. Water bottles and 40 oz travel mugs sit higher.
Most suppliers will not tell you what a hundred tumblers cost until you fill out a form. That is the single most frustrating part of pricing a branded drinkware order, and it is why so many buyers walk into a purchase with a budget number they invented rather than one they were given.
So here is the actual ladder. These are the published per-piece ranges for engraved drinkware, the same ones on every product page and every quote that leaves here. Read them, do the math against your headcount, and you will know within a few hundred dollars what your order looks like before you talk to anyone.
What 100 custom tumblers actually cost
Engraving is included in every price below — there is no separate setup charge on drinkware. Per piece, for tumblers in the 10–30 oz range:
- 12–23 pieces: $18–$21 each
- 24–47 pieces: $16–$19 each
- 48–95 pieces: $14–$17 each
- 96–239 pieces: $13–$16 each
- 240 or more: $12–$15 each
Water bottles and 40 oz travel mugs run higher — roughly $24–$35 each at a dozen, down to $16–$24 each at 240 or more. Where you land inside a range depends on the piece, the finish, and your artwork. Every product page prices your exact quantity instantly, or send us a number and we'll come back within 24 hours.
Translated into order totals, which is the number your finance person is actually asking for:
| Quantity | Per piece (10–30 oz tumbler) | Order total | Typical buyer at this size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | $18–$21 | $216–$252 | One crew, one department, a small staff gift |
| 24 | $16–$19 | $384–$456 | A full office, a church staff, a booster board |
| 48 | $14–$17 | $672–$816 | A mid-size company, a school department |
| 100 | $13–$16 | $1,300–$1,600 | A company-wide rollout, a year of onboarding kits, a conference |
| 250 | $12–$15 | $3,000–$3,750 | A large event, a multi-site company, a district |
A hundred pieces is the quantity where the per-piece number stops moving much. Between 12 and 100, the price drops by about a third. Between 100 and 250, it drops by roughly a dollar. If you are deciding whether to order 100 now or 250 now, the savings argument is weaker than most people assume — the stronger argument is whether you will actually use 250.
What changes the number inside the range
Three things move you between the low and high end of a tier, and none of them are negotiable-sounding sales levers. They are physical.
The piece itself
A 10 oz ringneck tumbler and a 30 oz tumbler are different amounts of steel. Within the 10–30 oz band the spread is real but modest; step outside it to a 32 oz water bottle or a 40 oz travel mug and you are into the higher ladder quoted above.
The finish
Standard powder-coat colors sit at the bottom of a range. Specialty finishes — the pearl, prism and metallic-effect coatings — cost more per blank, and that difference carries straight through to your per-piece price. If your budget is tight and your logo is high-contrast, a standard matte color engraves beautifully and keeps you at the low end.
The artwork
A clean one-color mark engraves in a single pass. A logo with fine gradients, hairline text or a photographic element takes longer on the machine and sometimes needs rebuilding before it will engrave cleanly at all. That is work, and work is cost. It is also the one variable you can fix for free before you order — see our breakdown of engraved versus printed logos for what survives on metal and what doesn't.
Why It Matters:
Engraving is included in the per-piece price, which is not the industry norm. A lot of quotes arrive looking cheaper than they are because the setup fee, the art fee and the per-color charge are on a second page. When you compare two quotes, compare the delivered total, not the headline unit price.
What the price includes — and what it doesn't
| Included in the per-piece price | Quoted separately |
|---|---|
| Laser engraving on one location | Shipping, quoted with your order |
| Setup — there is no separate setup charge on drinkware | A second engraving location (a name on the back, for example) |
| A free design proof before anything is made | Individual gift boxing or kitting |
| Rebuilding your logo if the file you have won't engrave cleanly | Splitting one order across multiple ship-to addresses |
Mixed colors and sizes inside one order are priced at the combined quantity, not broken into separate small orders. Fifty navy and fifty black is a hundred-piece order. That matters more than it sounds — it is the difference between $13–$16 a piece and $14–$17 a piece on the same shipment.
Watch Out:
Ordering below the quantity you will actually need this year in order to "test the waters" is the most expensive habit in branded drinkware. Four orders of 25 cost roughly $1,600–$1,900 for the same hundred pieces that cost $1,300–$1,600 in one run — because volume pricing is per order, not per year. If you know the annual number, order the annual number.
How to see one before you commit $1,500
Order a $15 engraved sample with your own logo on it — same tumbler, same engraving, in your hands. Samples ship in 3–5 business days after you approve the proof, and when you move forward with an order of 12 or more we credit the full $15 back, so the sample effectively costs you nothing.
This is the step most buyers skip and most buyers should not. A logo that looks perfect on screen can lose its thinnest strokes when it is etched into powder coat at two and a half inches wide. Fifteen dollars and five days is a cheap way to find that out.
What the timeline looks like once you order
Your free design proof usually comes back within 24 hours of your quote. Once you approve it, most orders ship in 5–10 business days. Larger runs take a little longer — we give you a firm ship date with your quote, before you commit. On a hard deadline? Say so in your request and we'll tell you straight whether it's doable.
Working backward from an event, a hundred-piece order wants about three weeks of runway: a day or two for the quote and proof, a few days for your internal approval, then production and transit. Tighter than that is often possible, but it should be a conversation, not an assumption.
Pricing a specific order
Every listing in our bulk logo drinkware collection prices your exact quantity on the page — type in 137 and it tells you what 137 costs, on that piece, in that finish. If you want a number that includes shipping to your address and any second-location engraving, send the quantity and we'll come back within 24 hours.
If a hundred is the number you are working with, our 100 custom tumblers page lays out that order specifically — the pieces that make sense at that size, what the total looks like, and the timeline.
Key Takeaways:
- 100 engraved tumblers in the 10–30 oz range: $13–$16 each, so about $1,300–$1,600 for the order.
- Engraving is included in every per-piece price — there is no separate setup charge on drinkware.
- Volume pricing applies per order, not per year. Splitting one annual need into four small orders costs real money.
- A $15 engraved sample, credited back on a first order of 12 or more, is the cheapest way to check your logo on metal.
The reason most drinkware quotes feel opaque is that the per-piece number is only half the story — the other half lives in setup fees, art charges and shipping that show up later. A price you can check against your headcount before you call anyone is worth more than a discount you have to ask for.
When you have your quantity, we can put a firm number and a firm ship date next to it inside a day.
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