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I’m finally returning following a long break, this article covers the topic of hiring a designer for your group buy board, or for a one-off keyboard design. It took a while to get all the information together, as very little information is available publicly when it comes to commissioning designers. This week, we’ll dig into the basics of hiring a …

Hey all, I am finally back at it again, and it’s time to finally finish up the topic we started nearly a month ago, if you’ve already forgotten – we were covering the viability of a design, and we’ll pick up where that post left off. First things first, this is a chapter in a long series of posts with …

We interrupt our regularly scheduled posts to bring an interview with Zambumon! you may know him from his successful keyset designs, or from his dashing good looks. Here we cover some points of discussion relating to product viability, and will pick up our scheduled topic next week. What do you think is the most common reason for keysets failing to …

This is a post in a long series of articles that will dive into what’s involved in running a group buy, and what to expect through all stages. I think the very first step to producing a keyboard is to figure out exactly what you want, and whether or not the idea is viable for production and distribution to the …

This is the first in a long series of articles that will dive into what’s involved in running a group buy, and what to expect through all stages. Although this series is meant for group buy runners, a good first step would be to better inform prospective group buy customers, so they know what happens behind the curtains of a …

This is the first bit of a long series I would like to talk about over the next few months I think it would be pretty enlightening for the community to get an idea of all of the requirements needed for running a group buy or designing your own keyboard. Before we start, let me first say that I am …