The high cost is because they used HeygearsâŚtheir MOQ is no joke. So they simply raised the price of it cuz no way they are gonna be selling the amount that the MOQ is.
So basically (all numbers are made up for the purpose of the example):
If Heygears sells their shells for say $20 a shell and has a MOQ of 5000 units that would bring the price per shell down to $5 and this IEM company had a $10,000 budget for the shells, theyâre making the decision that ordering 500 or fewer shells at $20 is more efficient for their needs than getting the 5000 units, and as you say increasing the price to maintain a profit margin?
Nah they dont print for you unless you order the MOQ. So at MOQ 1000 pieces and each piece costs 5 usd that be 5000 usd for 500 pairs.
So rather than sell the iem for say 50 usd (10 usd shell + 10 usd driver/mats + 20 other costs) = 10 usd profit). Which would mean they need to sell 500 units.
They go with the higher price for the iem at 200 usd, which would be 160 usd profit (based on numbers above) would mean they âonlyâ need to sell 31 ish units to break even with the shell MOQ costs.
Every single interaction with a western iem company has been shitty for me.
CA: Declining review unit after they saw my review (and me using graphs).
Earsonics: Had to return the unit after I shat on it, also owes me money cuz they told me they were gonna refund me for the shipping cost, they did not.
Periodic Audio: They got pissed after my review of the BE.
Close ties to the Chinese Communist Party! Placing devices in close proximity to the brains of Americans! We need to ban them on national security grounds!
TLDR: Bellsing has some former employees from Knowles and they took their methods with them and Bellsing is basically made of stolen technology. Knowles obviously does not like that and thus they made a claim (cant exactly sue a chinese company) which they won and there is now a 26 year long ban of importing any Bellsing BA drivers and transducers which use Bellsing BA drivers.