Drop/Massdrop had been on the way out for many years, I don't get the impression that they ever truly recovered from the transition away from the "group buy for anything" model. They were probably just barely kept afloat by the audiophile gear and keyboards.
rollypoley 2 hours ago [-]
Sad to see it go, but it had degraded significantly from the Massdrop era. It used to be a place to get a decent discount on pre-orders from good to great brands, but it slowly became nothing but second rate computer accessories.
I still have most of the things I bought from Massdrop - pocket knife, leather belt, headphones, etc. Those products lasted.
m_w_ 6 minutes ago [-]
Unfortunate, but as others point out, quality was on the decline for a while now. That said, I use their iteration of Holy Pandas on every keyboard I can. Wish I had hoarded some when they were still available.
onli 3 hours ago [-]
Massdrop was interesting, as a place to get stuff you couldn't get elsewhere easily (even if I never bought something there, I considered it multiple times and I think I had some things on my wait list). Is there already something like a successor platform? Drop.com as a site for branded corsair gear is completely useless.
nerdix 24 minutes ago [-]
For keyboards specifically, there are still community run group buys happening on the geekhack forum.
It's both a lot more interesting and a lot more risky than Massdrop used to be in the sense that there is lots of stuff that even the old Massdrop never would have offered but you're sending a random person on the internet money (sometimes hundreds of dollars) and hoping to receive a product many months later. They have added a "vendor trust" program in recent years to better help inform buyers but there is always risk.
adamgordonbell 3 hours ago [-]
> Is there already something like a successor platform?
I too would like to know. I bought many keyboard build kits from massdrop back in the day as well as my terrific Sennheiser headphones.
bargainbin 3 hours ago [-]
In other words they’ve shut it down, and are going to use the brand recognition to hawk as much low quality gaming merch as they can.
windowliker 2 hours ago [-]
>Starting our next chapter, drop.com will become a hub for our collaborations with truly exciting titles—from The Lord of the Rings™ [...], and more—across the full CORSAIR family of brands.
Gandalf wept...
drakonka 3 hours ago [-]
I think I got a really cool wallet and notebook from Hand & Sew through Massdrop many years ago. The wallet is long gone but the notebook is still around with a wonderful patina. It used to be a really cool site for unique items. I stopped using it when they had a falling out with Input Club and it seems like they've just gone downhill since then.
eeks 1 hours ago [-]
Good thing I stockpiled on Planck boards. All good things have an end I guess.
avs733 36 minutes ago [-]
I read this twice thinking it was an April fools joke I wasn’t getting.
andymegacreep 5 hours ago [-]
this is terrible, imho. defeats the purpose of the platform. i'm sad for 6XX series headphones :c
I still have most of the things I bought from Massdrop - pocket knife, leather belt, headphones, etc. Those products lasted.
It's both a lot more interesting and a lot more risky than Massdrop used to be in the sense that there is lots of stuff that even the old Massdrop never would have offered but you're sending a random person on the internet money (sometimes hundreds of dollars) and hoping to receive a product many months later. They have added a "vendor trust" program in recent years to better help inform buyers but there is always risk.
I too would like to know. I bought many keyboard build kits from massdrop back in the day as well as my terrific Sennheiser headphones.
Gandalf wept...
https://www.headphonesty.com/2026/03/sennheiser-officially-d...