Corsair acquires drop

[spartaman64]

 

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Corsair is acquiring Drop, an online retailer best known for its lineup of mechanical keyboards and keyboard accessories like keycaps. “Drop has been acquired by Corsair,” wrote Drop CEO Jef Holove in a post announcing the deal. Corsair’s press release specifies that the deal only includes “certain assets” from Drop, but Corsair spokesperson Harry Butler confirmed to The Verge that the deal includes “the Drop.com website, brand, business, community, and all its staff.”

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“You’ll see new products from us soon that Corsair is just as excited about as we were in creating them. You’ll see new collabs with community favorites. Access to a world class supply chain will make getting you those products more reliable,” Holove said in his post.

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“We’ll be evaluating the non-keyboard aspects of [Drop’s] business as time goes on but will be making no changes immediately,” Butler said. Corsair’s press release adds that Drop will continue to handle “all existing warranties, purchases and customer support requests.” Exact financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

 

My thoughts

I'm a bit concerned about this because even though they sort of serve different markets many of the products on drop are competitors to corsair. Also, corsair seems interested in moving into those markets, hence them purchasing drop. This would be sort of like if intel buys newegg or something. They say they will not make any immediate changes, but if I were a company selling my products on drop, I would start planning alternatives. 

 

Sources

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/17/23797338/corsair-drop-acquisition-mechanical-keyboards

[Dedayog]

Not a big deal to me, as I can buy competing products in many other places.

 

Curious how many of Drop's items were rebranded Corsair or developed by Corsair in the first place.

[Brooksie359]

I always knew massdrop for headphones not keyboards but I guess they do both alot. 

[Terrorgod]

Hopefully optimistic they keep things mostly the same, but just add more flair to it. I joined the keyboard club when they were selling it for 1$ promo, so excited to see some of the new products.

 

With a lot of other spots to buy similar stuff as well, not to concerned if it goes downhill. 

[pas008]

21 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Not a big deal to me, as I can buy competing products in many other places.

 

Curious how many of Drop's items were rebranded Corsair or developed by Corsair in the first place.

dont think many, i'd like to actually see couple examples

 

i'm not a fan of corsair personally

[williamcll]

missed the days when it was just massdrop.