Why are mechanical keyboards so expensive?

[_Bata_]

So i have a $15 keyboard and it works, but i've felt a mechanical keyboard before and it's just another level. I found this beautiful keyboard Corsair Strafe Chroma. Overall, yeah it's way better quality, worth paying more than $15, i was thinking about $70? but well it's like $161 on my local stores, the price difference seems to high just to have cherry MX keycaps. I'm really ignorant on keyboard assembling though, could anyone mind explaining why are mechanical keyboards so expensive? (I know they have to be expensive but $15 to $161 is like a huge difference).

 

[basroil]

Why? because mechanical switches are "expensive". Sure each one only costs about 50 cents in bulk, but an average keyboard has 103 to 120 keys (especially gaming ones, some go upwards of 130). Simple math tells you that the switches themselves cost >$50 TO THE MANUFACTURER, so after you add in the keycaps, actual keyboard frame, keyboard controller, assembly, and markup (they do make keyboards to make a profit, absolutely tiny in most cases, but they won't lose money), you can easily see why quality mechanical keyboards cost >$100

 

[SUDEEP SARKER goku]

Why? because mechanical switches are "expensive". Sure each one only costs about 50 cents in bulk, but an average keyboard has 103 to 120 keys (especially gaming ones, some go upwards of 130). Simple math tells you that the switches themselves cost >$50 TO THE MANUFACTURER, so after you add in the keycaps, actual keyboard frame, keyboard controller, assembly, and markup (they do make keyboards to make a profit, absolutely tiny in most cases, but they won't lose money), you can easily see why quality mechanical keyboards cost >$100

So is SportsBot SS301 LED Gaming Keyboard is a mechachnical keyboard?

https://www.amazon.com/SportsBot-Headphone-High-Quality-Microphone-Multimedia/dp/B018T5Y9YA?tag=tomshardware_forum_vgl-20

 

[_Bata_]

So is SportsBot SS301 LED Gaming Keyboard is a mechachnical keyboard?

https://www.amazon.com/SportsBot-Headphone-High-Quality-Microphone-Multimedia/dp/B018T5Y9YA?tag=tomshardware_forum_vgl-20

No, it's just a regular keyboard with blue Leds with the word gaming on it.