The finished blinds unit price is the end of a chain that starts at the headrail material and passes through the cord lock grade.
Where the money goes in finished blinds
| Cost line | Share of price | What moves it | Slats | 30-40 % | Material and grade; this is where the visible quality sits | Headrail and hardware | 20-28 % | The cord lock alone can be 5 % of cost and 40 % of complaints | Assembly labour | 15-20 % | Jig-based assembly cuts both cost and squareness errors | Packaging | 8-12 % | A blind that arrives bent costs more than the packaging saved | Freight | 8-12 % | Volume, not weight, decides container cost |
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Reading the finished blinds structure
The smallest line is often the one that protects you: freight at 8-12 %.
Finished blinds: three levers that actually move the price
Colour count, which is where finished blinds cost is really set
The factory cost is driven by setups, not by total metres, and 200-500 sets per size and colour is quoted per colour because a colour change resets the process.
Loosening valance, if the product allows it
Valance at coordinated or hidden is usually where a specification has been carried over from another programme without being re-examined.
Timing against a 25-40 days cycle
Production slots matter. A 25-40 days cycle can usually be met; a two-week expedite usually cannot, and when it is accepted the cost appears as overtime and air freight rather than in the unit price.
Where finished blinds savings come back as claims
The cause is cheap zinc die-cast lock or a cord that is out of specification for diameter.
Finished blinds: what to ask for in the quotation
- The specification, line by line, against ladder tape / cord and cord lock at the values you asked for.
- The validity period, because the raw material index moves before the price list does On finished blinds that is slat width at 25, 35 or 50 mm.
- What is included: operation cycles, packing, certification, sample courier.
- The MOQ per colour (200-500 sets per size and colour is typical) separately from the order minimum.
- The payment terms and what would change them For finished wooden blinds it is headrail at 25 mm steel or aluminium that settles it.
Cost detail for the material itself is on the finished blinds page; the commercial terms we work to are on the logistics page.
Questions buyers ask before ordering
What drives the price of finished cost breakdown at tolerance of 18 %?
On finished cost breakdown, ask for 18 % in writing.
Is 18 % achievable at our volume on finished cost breakdown?
On finished cost breakdown, on this item the tolerance sits at 18 %.
How do you verify tolerance against 18 % on finished cost breakdown?
On finished cost breakdown, if your customer checks tolerance, tell us the figure; 18 % is ours, and a tighter one is a different conversation.
Finished blinds: reading a quote that looks too low
- Slat width 25, 35 or 50 mm — measured at three positions on the roll, recorded as a number rather than pass or fail On finished blinds, skipping this is what produces the cord lock slipping under load.
- Headrail 25 mm steel or aluminium — cut from the middle of the lot, not from the end of the roll For finished wooden blinds, the figure to write down is cord lock at standard, auto-lock or cordless.
- Cord lock standard, auto-lock or cordless — read at 23 C / 50 % RH after conditioning, not straight off the machine On finished blinds that is slat width at 25, 35 or 50 mm.
- Width tolerance 1-2 mm on the finished blind — checked on production material, at in-process rather than only at pre-shipment For finished wooden blinds it is headrail at 25 mm steel or aluminium that settles it.
- EN 13120 for internal blinds, EN 16433 and EN 16434 for cord safety — run to the method named above; the report travels with the lot On finished blinds, skipping this is what produces the cord lock slipping under load.
Finished blinds: three concessions that lower the price honestly
- Fewer colours. Setup is per colour, so consolidating shades cuts cost without touching the specification For finished wooden blinds, the figure to write down is cord lock at standard, auto-lock or cordless.
- A longer slot. Four extra weeks lets the factory combine runs; the saving is real and it costs you nothing if the launch date allows it On finished blinds that is slat width at 25, 35 or 50 mm.
- Looser non-critical tolerances. A tight figure on valance adds cost and the product does not need it.
The three price bands behind a finished blinds quotation
A finished wooden blinds price is a stack, not a number. Almost all of the spread between offers comes from the headrail material, then the cord lock grade, and only then whether the slats are hand-selected.
| Tier | What changes in finished wooden blinds | What it means at slat width | Where it shows up | Entry | a plastic cord lock and a steel headrail without coating | slat width from 25, 35 or 50 mm upward, headrail from 25 mm steel or aluminium | the cord lock slipping under load inside the first season | Standard | slat width held at 25, 35 or 50 mm | slat width inside 25, 35 or 50 mm, headrail inside 25 mm steel or aluminium | The finished blinds lot matches the sample | Controlled | whether the slats are hand-selected plus retained samples | cord lock at the top of standard, auto-lock or cordless, logged per lot | An audit trail a brand customer accepts; measured on slat width, 25, 35 or 50 mm |
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The step from entry to standard on finished blinds is usually 6-12 %%, and it buys the distance between the cord lock slipping under load and a finished blinds lot that passes inspection. The step to controlled is smaller in money and larger in paperwork: the cord lock grade on file, per finished blinds lot, for as long as the warranty runs.
Ask which tier a finished blinds quotation sits in before comparing it. Two finished blinds offers that both name slat width at 25, 35 or 50 mm can be compared; two that name only the category cannot.
What a finished blinds quote below the floor has already removed
A finished wooden blinds offer 15 %% under the median is rarely a better deal. The saving is taken from one of four places, and three of them are visible if you ask about slat width.
- the headrail material — moved one step down the range, still inside the band, no longer inside what retail and showroom needs.
- the cord lock grade — reduced until the finished blinds sample still looks right and the fifth lot does not.
- whether the slats are hand-selected — dropped to a standard option that meets the drawing and not the retail and showroom use.
- Inspection and retained samples — the line nobody prices on finished wooden blinds, and the first thing a low quote removes.
None of the four shows up as a defect at goods-in on finished blinds. The cord lock slipping under load appears at the end user, which is why a claim on a cheap lot is hard to win: the material is inside the written width tolerance band and outside the written use.
The counter is one paragraph in the enquiry: name slat width at 25, 35 or 50 mm, name headrail at 25 mm steel or aluminium, and ask which of the four was changed to reach the price.
Building a finished blinds specification?
Send what you have — slat width, headrail, target market. We reply with the band we would hold and the two parameters we would test before the first bulk run.
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