Wholesale stainless steel chains for retailers, priced per finished piece at a stated width and length: 9 published listings with 138 variants, each from a different partner factory. Cuban link is the form on 6 of 8 listings. Single-piece prices run from $0.14 to $2.86, median $0.79. Every listing is labelled Stainless steel with no alloy grade.
What does a stainless steel chain cost at each width and length?
A chain listing is a price grid, not a price. The table is the grid of one box-clasp Cuban listing with 42 variants: the price rises with width far more than with length, so a 2 mm chain costs $0.32 at every length from 45 cm to 60 cm while a 10 mm chain runs from $1.74 to $2.09. Compare two suppliers at the same width and length or you are comparing a 2 mm chain against a 10 mm one.
Which links, widths and lengths are stocked?
Cuban curb link is recorded on 6 of the 8 listings, with 1 flat curb and 1 flat snake; one of the six carries a Cuban paperclip profile across its variants. Widths run from 2 mm to 14 mm and lengths from 17 cm to 80 cm; bracelet lengths of 18 cm to 24 cm and necklace lengths of 45 cm to 80 cm are variants of the same listing on the largest grids, which is why one listing has 48 variants. The widest listing spans $0.14 to $1.17 across 20 variants, an 8.4-fold spread from width and length alone. A closure is recorded on 7 listings: 4 lobster clasps and 3 box clasps.
Are the chains plated or bare steel?
Polished bare steel is the recorded finish on 5 of the 8 listings. A plating or coating attribute is recorded on 3: 2 gold-plated and 1 with a coated finish on the coloured variants only. We publish the supplier record wording only and make no durability claims. These are finished chains with clasps, stocked for resale as complete pieces, not chain sold by the metre; whether a pendant ships with a chain is stated per listing.
How do the 3 and 8 piece prices work on chains?
All 138 variants carry 3-piece and 8-piece unit prices. The median chain at $0.79 becomes $0.74 at 3 pieces and $0.64 at 8, and the $2.09 top variant of the grid above becomes $1.70 at 8. Quantity prices at 3 and 8 units apply only where a listing displays them, and they are per variant, so 8 pieces means 8 of one width and length. Chains with pendants and finer collarbone chains are on the necklaces shelf, which holds 13 more chain-necklace listings; quantity steps are on the order quantity page.
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