Corsair is halting Drop sales after March 25th

The Drop store, which was acquired by gaming cogwheel elephantine Corsair successful 2023, was a haven for mechanical keyboard enthusiasts and audiophiles to observe and bargain hard-to-find cogwheel — sometimes astatine amazingly bully prices. The institution will cease income aft March 25th astatine 11:59PM PT, which is besides the trim disconnected to redeem Drop Rewards. After March 31st, the tract will beryllium accessible for a constricted clip to position bid history, but each unit functionality will displacement to Corsair.

Corsair’s trading head Andrew Williams confirmed to The Verge that respective products featured connected Drop will beryllium integrated into Corsair’s tract for purchase. Select others will beryllium sold connected Amazon and Best Buy. Other products will beryllium end-of-life (EOL), peculiarly hardware collaborations including different companies.

When asked if products for illustration Sennheiser aliases Koss headphone collaborations would move complete to Corsair, Williams didn’t corroborate aliases contradict connected a product-specific level, but stated that “almost all, if not all, of those will extremity up not being moved over.” He pointed retired that Corsair, arsenic a brand, has its ain headsets and different products. However, Williams said “the main ones that are waste good and do well, we’re going to proceed connected Corsair.”

The Drop squad was integrated into Corsair erstwhile it was acquired, according to Williams, and the institution claims that nary layoffs are happening arsenic a consequence of this determination to upwind down the site. Corsair shared that existing orders, including preorders, will beryllium fulfilled arsenic planned, and that the institution will grant existing warranties connected products.