Wholesale PP Luggage, Straight from the Mould

What PP actually is, and where it wins

PP means polypropylene. The shell is injection moulded in one piece, so it has no seam to split and no fabric to scuff. Compared with ABS it flexes rather than cracks under airport handling, and compared with polycarbonate it costs less per unit — which is why PP owns the volume end of the hard-shell market rather than the premium end.

For a buyer the practical consequence is simple: PP is the material you put in front of customers who travel a few times a year and expect the case to survive the hold. If your market is business travellers paying for lightness and finish, polycarbonate is the better story — and we will say so rather than sell you PP.

What a wholesale order looks like here

Two shapes of order come through most often. The first is a set programme: one colour story across cabin, medium and large, sold to a retailer as a matching three- or four-piece. The second is a size run: more cabin cases than large ones, because that is what reorders fastest, with the sizes broken out rather than nested.

Both can ship in the same container. Colours can be split inside a carton, models can be split inside a container, and each carton is marked with the model, colour and size it holds so your warehouse is not opening boxes to find out.

The five spec decisions that move your landed cost

Buyers often compare quotes that are not comparable. These are the line items that separate one price from another, and the ones worth fixing in writing before you ask for a number:

• Shell thickness and finish — a thin wall saves weight and cost; a high-gloss finish shows scratches sooner than a textured one
• Wheel set — single or dual spinner wheels, and the grade of the wheel housing
• Lock — combination lock or key lock; the lock is also a customs question in some markets
• Trolley — number of stages and tube grade; this is the part that fails first
• Packing — nested or individually boxed, and the carton configuration that decides how many sets fit in a 40HQ

Why a low minimum is possible at all

Nothing about a first order requires a new mould. The shells already exist, the colours are already in stock, and your logo goes onto a case that is already in production. So the two tiers are simple: 10 pieces per model in a stock colour on the stock specification, and 200 pieces per model once you change the shell colour to your Pantone, add your logo or specify your own packaging. Neither tier carries a tooling charge buried in the unit price.

If you want a shell that does not exist yet, that is a different project with a different cost structure. We will tell you which one you are asking for.

How a first order runs

Send the model or a reference photo, the colours, your logo artwork, the quantity and the destination country. We come back with what is possible at that quantity, a price, and the sample timeline. You approve a sample, we run production, one inspector walks the line, and the shipment leaves with the export documents.