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Foil Number Balloons Wholesale: Gold, Silver & Rose Gold Buying Guide

A foil number balloon is the simplest high-margin piece in party supplies: one digit, one colour, and a customer who already knows what age, year or milestone they are celebrating. This guide covers what retailers and distributors actually need to decide before a bulk order — colours, digits, quantities, and the details worth confirming in writing.

What Are Foil Number Balloons, and Who Buys Them Wholesale?

Foil number balloons are large metallised-film balloons shaped as single digits, used as the feature piece at birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and store openings. Retailers, party-supply distributors and event planners buy them in bulk because one digit covers every age and milestone, and the same three colours sell year-round.

Unlike latex balloons, which sell by the dozen for garlands and arches, a foil number balloon is usually sold singly or in pairs — a "30", a "21", a "50". That makes it a natural add-on sale: the customer buying tableware, gift bags and a banner for a birthday will add the age number without needing to be sold on it.

Which Colours of Foil Number Balloons Sell Best?

Gold, silver and rose gold are the core wholesale colours for foil number balloons. Gold suits birthdays and celebrations, silver suits graduations and corporate events, and rose gold suits weddings, baby showers and girls' birthdays. Stocking all three colours, rather than one, lets a retailer serve almost any occasion from the same shelf.
ColourBest occasionsVerified Kadi examples on kadipaper.com
GoldBirthdays, celebrations, anniversariesGold Number 0, Gold Number 1
SilverGraduations, corporate events, New YearSilver Number 0, Silver Number 1
Rose goldWeddings, baby showers, girls' birthdaysRose Gold Number 0, Rose Gold Number 1

Note on naming: the rose-gold range is listed on some Kadi pages as "Gold Pink". It is the same pink-metallic colour shown in the product photos. If you order by colour name, confirm with the photo, not only the name, so the shade you receive matches the shade on your shelf.

Which Digits Should You Stock?

Stock digits 0 to 9 in each colour, weighted toward the digits your customers actually ask for. Milestone ages such as 18, 21, 30, 40 and 50 move first, so the digits in those ages — 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 — deserve the deepest stock, while the full 0–9 range keeps you from turning away a less common age.

Two digits make every two-digit age, so a retailer does not need a separate product for "30" and "21" — just the single digits, in matching colours. That is also why colour consistency matters: a gold "3" next to a silver "0" does not sell as a pair.

What Is the Minimum Order for Wholesale Foil Number Balloons?

Kadi's wholesale minimum is 2000 pieces, for both stock and custom orders, with no exceptions. Buyers should plan their colour and digit mix around that quantity, for example by splitting it across the three core colours and the digits that move fastest in their market, rather than ordering a single colour or digit.

Customisation is available on the same 2000-piece minimum. If you need a custom pack, print or colourway, ask for it at the same time as your stock mix — splitting a custom request across a second, smaller order will not meet the minimum.

What Should Buyers Confirm Before Ordering in Bulk?

Before a bulk order, confirm the exact size printed on the pack, the fill method, and the digit and colour mix, because packs and product pages vary. Ask the factory to confirm those three details in writing for your order, and confirm freight separately, since freight is paid by the buyer.

This guide deliberately does not quote a single size or certification for the whole range: pack labels in this range vary, and a buying guide that invents one size for every SKU would mislead the buyer who has to stock it. Confirm the size on the pack for the SKUs you are ordering, and keep that confirmation with your purchase order.

For the same reason, do not order from a photo alone. Match the SKU, the digit in the photo, and the colour name together — the three verified pairs above (0 and 1 in each colour) are the safe starting point, and any further digit should be matched to its own product photo before it goes into an order.

How Do Foil Number Balloons Fit a Full Party Assortment?

Foil number balloons work best as the feature piece in a complete party assortment, not as a standalone line. Pair them with gift bags, gift boxes, tableware and garlands from the same supplier, so one order covers the whole event and the retailer is not chasing three suppliers for one birthday.

Kadi supplies that full range factory-direct from Yiwu — gift bags, gift boxes and party supplies — and the site shows only part of the stock range, with more available on request. See also the existing balloons wholesale guide for how foil compares with latex for distributors.

Ordering Foil Number Balloons in Bulk?

Kadi supplies foil number balloons factory-direct from Yiwu, MOQ 2000 pieces. Tell us your colour and digit mix, and we will confirm size, fill method and freight for your order.

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