Massdrop

Massdrop is a community-driven commerce platform. We make products with input from our members and give them a place to connect, learn, and shop with people who share their interests. 
The site features products, polls, articles, and other content related to enthusiast industries like audio, mechanical keyboards, ultralight backpacking, cooking, and tech. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Massdrop founders Steve El-Hage and Nelson Wu met in Toronto, Canada, where El-Hage was studying economics at the University of Toronto. The two had grown up using online forums as a way to explore their hobbies, but believed these forums had many shortcomings, including disorganized meetups and unreliable group buys.They thought that by combining their forum experience with their interest in bulk buying, they could create a site that would better support enthusiast communities. The pair moved to Silicon Valley, where Massdrop was started in 2012.
Massdrop conducts community-driven commerce in multiple ways: by making new products, by carrying existing products from other manufacturers, and by helping small designers scale their products to larger sales.Members can request specific products and features by voting in Massdrop's poll system and posting in discussions. The most requested products and features appear in limited-time sales events called "drops."