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Should Numpad be in the Base kit?

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Zzzzhao:
Wow if the price difference between bundled full kit and tkl is this low, I would say most people who don't anticipate using a numpad would be glad to pay a bit more to have everything.

PS. I was very sad that the fleuriste set's numpad kit did not reach moq so there's that.

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Hugo_mungus:
This is a fun preliminary review of prices, and great info for a question I’ve wondered myself!


--- Quote from: dvorcol on Sun, 25 May 2025, 22:30:49 ---I'm ignoring a lot of other set-to-set variables too: number of stock and custom colors, MOQs, sales margins, GB dates, etc.

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With that said “adding the numpad would only cost $3” is probably not the slam-dunk conclusion that someone skimming this might think it is because of those quoted reasons. Still good food for thought

dvorcol:

--- Quote from: Zzzzhao on Mon, 10 November 2025, 22:38:50 ---PS. I was very sad that the GMK Fleuriste set's numpad kit did not reach moq so there's that.

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Yeah, that's no fun. But it's hard to justify paying $47 for a numpad kit. The orders-only take rate was less than 12%





GMK Yugo is the only other set I remember canceling it's numpad (Yugo 55). It was $50. Even still, the orders-only take rate was about 28%.

ber7:
I'm totally fine with 3% to 5% or even 10% increased prices for a Full Base Kit although I'm mostly using TKL layouts. Paying 40 to 50 bucks just for numpad kits is pain af.

zslane:
Most mech keyboard enthusiasts don't use numpads, so it is rarely worth it to add them to keycap sets these days. I always buy numpad kits because I'm a full-size kbd user, but I acknowledge that I'm something of a dinosaur in that respect, and while I'm willing to pay a premium to get a numpad kit for a set I really like, I don't expect very many others to do the same.

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