Corsair To Acquire DIY Keyboard Store Drop

Corsair has today announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire certain assets from Drop, a storefront best known for its custom keyboards, keycaps and switches, popular in the DIY Keyboard enthusiast community.

Corsair Acquires Drop

Drop, formerly known as Massdrop will be acquired by Corsair for an undisclosed amount with the deal only acquiring certain assets. Drop was founded in 2011 and is popular in the DIY keyboard community for its custom keycaps and custom keyboards offering a storefront for the hobby. Drop consistently offers new colour schemes and concepts to meet the varied demands of keyboard enthusiasts and is sure to provide some great things with Corsair as well as wider availability for their products. Following the acquisition, Drop will remain a separate brand with all existing warranties, purchases and customer support requests will continue to be handled by the team at Drop.

What Corsair & Drop Had To Say

“Personalized Keyboards that can be modified by the consumer is one of the fastest growing trends in the gaming peripheral space. Drop has proven to be one of the leaders in this space and with Corsair’s global footprint, we expect to significantly grow the Drop brand worldwide. We are also excited to be able to offer specialized Corsair and Elgato products to the enthusiast community that Drop is engaged with.” said Andy Paul, Founder and CEO of CORSAIR.

“CORSAIR is the ideal partner to help Drop grow and continue to fulfill its purpose of creating amazing community-driven products,” said Jef Holove, CEO of Drop. “With a worldwide sales and logistics footprint, we’ll be able to make Drop products more widely available, faster, while retaining the enthusiast-led product development that has seen millions of fans trust Drop for their setup and hardware.”