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Niche Economy: The rise and fall of the group buy model in mechanical keyboards (micro.thomasbaart.nl)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Thomas Baart (of splitkb.com fame) dives into group buys:

Group buys are still used as a business model, but its popularity is dwindling quickly. Why is that, and is that justified?

Interesting read!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

I joined one group buy for keycaps. Took 3 years! Switched to Topre keyboards. Now I either need to buy new sliders or sell the keycaps.

Group buys are absolutely not for me.