This is actually very cool - can definitely see why it's been as successful as it has. Congrats on 50k!
nicosalm 16 hours ago||
Great work! And hello from the UPL :)
andrew_kwak 13 hours ago||
That's impressive. Curious, did you face any unexpected challenges in scaling from a dorm room setup? Always wondered how people manage that leap.
ChrisbyMe 17 hours ago||
Hah as a satified customer this is really heartwarming to see
sailfast 12 hours ago||
Great story. Wish you hadn’t done the bait and switch with the title.
modeless 11 hours ago|
Doesn't really seem like a bait and switch to me. He legitimately designed and produced and sold the first thousand from his dorm room. Is your complaint that he left the dorm room before hitting $1M revenue from it? Seems irrelevant.
kittikitti 13 hours ago||
Congratulations! This is a great achievement.
Topology1 15 hours ago||
This is cool, but honestly, I find it hard to believe that 50,000 units were sold.
hellweaver666 8 hours ago||
I've personally bought at least 10 of these things. Some of us build keyboards for fun!
protocolture 10 hours ago|||
Really? Why?
I know people who made like 3 or 4 of these keyboards from kits.
That I think they are insane and just buy the chinese knockoffs does not negate the existence of the other guy.
stanac 9 hours ago||
Yup, people who are into niche hobbies can be almost obsessed with it. Like a guy having 50 zippo lighters, or someone having collection of retro consoles. Same here, people are building more than one keyboard because they love it.
fragmede 15 hours ago||
If you find that hard to believe, keep in mind this is just one product in a rather crowded niche marketplace, so there's undoubtedly tens of thousands more similar products that have already been sold.