Reference photo. The factory sample can differ by color, material, and specification.

Automotive · Phone mounts

Magnetic vent phone mount

A vent-clip phone holder that uses a magnet and a metal plate.

Last updated: September 2026

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What this product is

Magnetic vent mounts sourced in China are a small assembly: a vent clip, a magnet cup, and a metal plate, and that kit is what the buyer is actually booking. Magnet grade, clip jaw style, plate count, and body finish set the estimated unit level. A typical opening private label can recolor the clip and print a logo on an existing body, while a new vent jaw or a closed magnetic circuit needs tooling. The brief should name the phone weight the mount should hold in plain terms, vent orientation, plate shape, and color. The buyer should keep any hold figure off the card until a sample has shown it. Released numbers are an indicative ex-works band before freight. An approximate inbound cost varies with magnet weight and with how many plates ride in the same carton. Potential paint rub on a soft vent blade is a sample comment the buyer should record before release. Ask whether the plate is adhesive, and state if a second spare plate must sit in the bag.

Indicative sourcing numbers

These are desk estimates for a conversation, not a factory invoice and not a retail offer from this website.

Indicative China sourcing price: $1.10 to $2.60
Suggested retail range: $12 to $22
Estimated gross margin: 40% to 58%

Indicative estimates only. Actual margins vary by supplier, quantity, specifications, shipping, duties, taxes, marketplace fees, advertising and destination market.

Why it is interesting

The mount is a three-part kit, so the plate and the clip should be specified together.
Magnet grade explains most of the move from the low end of the band to the high end.

What to specify

Hold: Magnet plus metal plate
Attachment: Air vent clip
Power: None
Plate: Count stated in the brief
Body: ABS clip, color as ordered

Customization and private label

Clip color and a logo on the current body are first-order changes, while a new vent jaw needs tooling.

Some customization is realistic on this kind of product. Private label packaging is often possible once artwork is approved. Read how private label manufacturing in China is handled, and when a new product needs the OEM/ODM path.

How the desk would source it

Note 1. Specify magnet grade and plate count together so the kit is priced as one unit.
Note 2. Check the vent blade for rub marks on the sample clip.

The usual path is the same as other China factory sourcing: confirm the spec, compare factories, sample, then inspect before shipment. China supplier verification and China quality inspection are available. Goods can be received at the Xiamen warehouse and moved through China warehouse consolidation or sea, air, and express freight.