I would include Alphas in the Ergodox kit. With an MOQ of 100, it is more likely that you will find 100 buyers for a single 120$ (estimate) Ergodox kit than finding 100 buyers that will spend 220$ (estimate) for Base + Ergo mods
A few years ago when I started buying up key cap sets, you'd have a base kit and various child kits that fitted out the various alternative layouts that was on offer. It was fairly easily as a buyer to grab a set and have it cover whatever layouts I desired without lots of dupes. I honestly just purchased sets with nearly every kit possible.
I must be clearly in the minority as it seems things have changed as many key sets seem to pair a layout with an entire set. So say, you offer this ergodox set as you have stated, I am gonna buy the base kit for my TKL, anything else needed for my 60%, the 40/50/ortho kit for said layouts and the ergodox kit for my ergodox/boardwalk. I'll cover all my layouts and have plenty of unnecessary dupes at the same time.
Look, mate, I understand very clearly trying to minimize the number of kits to reach MOQs and whatnot. I'm balancing expenditures just like those selling; it makes sense. It's just .... frustrating ultimately because in the end I'll definitely bail on a layout I'll like to cover but won't purchase said kit because I don't want to have nor spend what it takes to house another complete set of alphas or something.
I apologize for my tone
, as this isn't directly at anyone or anything specific. This is just something I've noticed and becoming a personal issue trying to maintain multiple, simultaneous layouts for my keyboard collection.