Wholesale is not a product on this site, it is the way the ones we knit are bought: a minimum counted per style rather than per order, a sample that is approved before the run starts, and a proforma invoice that carries the price instead of a price list.
This page is the entry point for that route. It states the wholesale terms, names where each figure is already published elsewhere on the site, and points at the page that answers the next question — so you do not have to send an email to find out whether we are the shape of supplier you needed.
A wholesale order on this floor is settled by six things. Five of them you set; one of them we publish and do not move. Everything else — the construction, the yarn, the pattern — sits under the style you pick.
The minimum is counted per style, not on the order total. One design in one colourway is one style, so a range that carries four designs is four runs at 1,000 pairs each — which is the single most common surprise in a first wholesale enquiry.
Evidence: Printed on the quote page and on every product page’s own specification block.
Bulk does not start from the brief, it starts from the sample you signed off. That is what makes the sample round a costing step rather than an expense: the parameters that will be checked at the end of the run are the ones you approved at the start of it.
Evidence: Stated on sample policy, with the fee credited against the first bulk order.
Colours are a price line, not a free choice. Three colours inside a 1,000-pair style works out at roughly 333 pairs a colour and five at 200, and the split is yours to set — but each added colourway is another yarn position on the machine.
Evidence: The arithmetic is printed on the retail-chain page, which is where it matters most.
Pairs per carton decides your receiving cost as much as our knitting cost does. It is confirmed per style on the proforma invoice, and a carton of 200 pairs split four ways is a different picking job from 200 pairs in one size.
Evidence: Packing lines sit on the packaging page and on your proforma invoice.
The same sock costs different money at EXW and at DDP, because the term decides who pays for the carriage, the duty and the paperwork. We quote the term that fits your market and confirm it with your quotation, so the number you compare is comparable.
Evidence: The four terms are defined on wholesale terms and in the glossary.
A repeat runs from the specification we locked together, not from a fresh brief, which is why the second order is shorter than the first. The published bulk window applies again, but nothing has to be re-sampled unless you change the knit.
Evidence: Set out on reorder lead time, which separates a repeat from a new style.
None of the six is a negotiation trick. They are the six lines that decide a price, which is why they are the six we publish instead of printing a price list.
Two kinds of figure sit under a wholesale order, and mixing them is how quotes get compared wrongly. Published means a fixed number printed on this site that does not move per order. Quoted means a value that travels with your own specification, on the proforma invoice.
| Term | What we publish | How your own order sets it | Where the claim is published |
|---|---|---|---|
| PublishedOrder size | 1,000 pairs per style for bulk orders — a starting point for negotiation rather than a fixed floor. | Counted per style, never on the order total. A question below 1,000 pairs goes to the desk as a question, not as a refusal. | Quote, every product page, and the band selector on the enquiry form. |
| PublishedSampling | Typically 3–5 days after you confirm the brief and the artwork. | A second round runs in the same window; a new fibre adds one. | Sample policy and buyer FAQ. |
| QuotedSample fee | Charged per style, credited against your first bulk order; you cover the courier freight. | The amount follows the construction and the number of styles, and is quoted with your quotation rather than listed here. | Sample policy. |
| PublishedBulk lead time | Typically 20–30 days after deposit received and sample approved. | The binding date is the one on your proforma invoice; the published figure is for planning. | Wholesale terms, and the FAQ. |
| PublishedFreight transit | Approx. 25–40 days by sea, 5–10 by air, 3–7 by express, depending on destination. | The mode you book, and the destination port or airport. | Carton and volume maths on shipping volume. |
| QuotedTrade term | EXW, FOB, DDP or DAP, Incoterms® 2020. | Duty treatment is confirmed on your quotation, and the term decides which costs sit on which side. | Wholesale terms and the glossary. |
| PublishedDocuments | Invoice and packing list with the shipment, plus a certificate of origin where the destination asks for one. | The destination market, and whatever your customs broker adds to the list. | Document desk, with the packing list template at v2026-10. |
| QuotedPrice | No price list is printed anywhere on this site. The costing reply carries a reference range. | Specification, colour count and quantity, on a proforma invoice against your confirmed spec. | Stated on quote and repeated in the FAQ. |
If two pages ever disagree on one of these, the proforma invoice is the one that governs — but a published figure changing without the site changing would be our error, and you are entitled to point at it.
These four are the ones a buyer needs before they can put a date in a plan. They are the same figures on the quote page and on the trust pages; nothing here is rounded in our favour.
Sampling counts from a confirmed brief and artwork, bulk from deposit received and sample approved, and the costing reply from a usable brief — Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8). The reorder page explains what is shorter the second time round.
A wholesale page that lists only what a supplier can do is a sales page. These are the four limits that decide most of the work, and they are here because you will find them out anyway.
A wholesale enquiry usually arrives with four questions attached, and each one has its own page. Reading them first is faster than asking, and it makes the brief better.
| Page | The question it answers | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Wholesale terms | What do the terms actually say? | MOQ, freight, lead times, returns and claims, each on its own line. |
| Wholesale sock FAQ | What is the MOQ, and what are the lead times? | The published figures, with the sampling route and the fee in one place. |
| Shipping volume | What does a 10,000-pair order weigh and fill? | The carton maths: 100 pairs per carton, 100 cartons, 9.6 m³. |
| How to vet a socks supplier | How do I check you before paying? | A checklist that runs against us first, not against a competitor. |
| Importers and distributors | Can one order carry many styles? | How a multi-style distributor brief is handled on one floor. |
One brief with the styles, the colourways and the destination is enough for a costing reply. We answer within one working day with a reference range, the trade term it sits on, and the MOQ restated against your own style count.
Michelle Zhang, Export sales manager, answers enquiries within one working day — sales@sockwholesalers.com, +86-13761030160 (WhatsApp same number).
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