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

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!

  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 months ago

    I’m looking for unix keycaps, I’ll end up designing them myself and having them printed.

    At about 150 dollars at most, it’s probably the simplest way to get what I want. Must simpler than endlessly waiting for a group to come up with what I want.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      I’ve done a couple of boards worth of lasering dye-sublimation markers into PBT keycaps. It comes out pretty nice, and blanks from Amazon or AliExpress are cheap.