Oriental Trading Company LAST VERIFIED: August 7, 2026

Oriental Trading Company is one of the largest US direct merchants of value-priced party goods, founded in 1932 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It is widely reported to be a Berkshire Hathaway company, though that is not stated on its homepage. The catalog spans party supplies, toys and novelties, crafts, teaching and classroom supplies, candy, and holiday decor, including a licensed character shop with Paw Patrol, Peanuts, and Dr. Seuss lines. Its bulk buy-more-and-save assortments target schools, churches, and event planners as much as individual consumers, sold through an ordinary open webstore.

Terms are open and consumer-simple. No account is required, and there is no minimum order quantity — items sell in bulk packs and dozens at value pricing rather than under trade contracts. No minimum order value applies. US shipping is offered with frequent free-shipping promotions, such as on orders of 25 dollars or more. The record does not state accepted payment methods, and no dropship program is described anywhere. Buyers effectively get retail checkout with bulk-pack economics, which suits event and classroom quantities far more than it suits true resale-scale procurement or margin-driven wholesale buying programs.

Oriental Trading’s strengths are real: nine decades of history, an enormous assortment, licensed product, and effortless small-bulk ordering for schools, churches, and event planners. The record’s one red flag frames the honest caveat — this is a B2C bulk direct retailer, not a trade-only wholesaler. Resellers should not expect wholesale-tier pricing, reseller programs, or trade terms, and margins on resale of value-priced novelty goods will be thin. The Berkshire Hathaway ownership is widely reported rather than site-stated. For event, classroom, and organizational buying it is a safe default; for genuine wholesale sourcing it is the wrong tool.