[Method] make money with old laptop keyboards

M4DM4X said:

I found this method while searching for a new keyboard online for my laptop because one key was broken. New keyboards are quite expensive. So while searching on ebay I found some sellers selling only the keys one by one, not the whole keyboard just keys, at a lower price than the whole keyboard obviously.
One key is sold at around $5/6 for my laptop model. So I happily bought the one I needed.

These people are buying old keyboards, or maybe just get some old broken laptops for a few bucks on fb marketplace, and then sell the keys apart. That's a great business idea I think. Even if you buy new keyboards to do this method, is still profitable.
A keyboard is composed of around 100 keys, which means $500 minimum per keyboard if you sell keys one by one. That's huge compared to if you were selling the whole keyboard (around $50).
Keyboads are not complicated to store for someone who wants to do this from home, and shipping cost for a key is very low. ROI on this one is great.

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TechEinstien said:

It will not be worth it. But I like the thought.

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vijurjO8 said:

You mean keycap? Like for custom keyboard?

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M4DM4X said:

I found this method while searching for a new keyboard online for my laptop because one key was broken. New keyboards are quite expensive. So while searching on ebay I found some sellers selling only the keys one by one, not the whole keyboard just keys, at a lower price than the whole keyboard obviously.
One key is sold at around $5/6 for my laptop model. So I happily bought the one I needed.

These people are buying old keyboards, or maybe just get some old broken laptops for a few bucks on fb marketplace, and then sell the keys apart. That's a great business idea I think. Even if you buy new keyboards to do this method, is still profitable.
A keyboard is composed of around 100 keys, which means $500 minimum per keyboard if you sell keys one by one. That's huge compared to if you were selling the whole keyboard (around $50).
Keyboads are not complicated to store for someone who wants to do this from home, and shipping cost for a key is very low. ROI on this one is great.

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nirajjoshi said:

To make things even simpler, work things out with someone who repair/resale or deal with old laptops. Once you get an order then get your keys from that person and pay him the commission.

You save on investment.
You don't have to store any inventory.

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M4DM4X said:

I found this method while searching for a new keyboard online for my laptop because one key was broken. New keyboards are quite expensive. So while searching on ebay I found some sellers selling only the keys one by one, not the whole keyboard just keys, at a lower price than the whole keyboard obviously.
One key is sold at around $5/6 for my laptop model. So I happily bought the one I needed.

These people are buying old keyboards, or maybe just get some old broken laptops for a few bucks on fb marketplace, and then sell the keys apart. That's a great business idea I think. Even if you buy new keyboards to do this method, is still profitable.
A keyboard is composed of around 100 keys, which means $500 minimum per keyboard if you sell keys one by one. That's huge compared to if you were selling the whole keyboard (around $50).
Keyboads are not complicated to store for someone who wants to do this from home, and shipping cost for a key is very low. ROI on this one is great.

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