How 30 premium desk and carry brands discount, read from their own catalogs
Every price on this page comes from the brand's own public storefront catalog, read on one day. It answers the question a buyer at the expensive end actually has: will this go on sale, and if not, what is the cheapest legitimate way in.
The short version. We read the complete public catalogs of 30 premium desk, carry and phone-tech brands on 5 October 2026, 5,331 standard products in all. Eight of the 30 had no standard product listed below its compare-at price, so for those brands waiting for a sale is waiting for something the catalog does not show. Peak Design Mobile reduces prices only through bundles: 0 of its 58 single products were marked down and 132 bundles were. The deepest legitimate route into the expensive end is a returns shelf: Carl Friedrik lists 97 returned pieces at a median 33% below the compare-at price the brand lists on them.
Why read the catalogs instead of the ads
Most premium brands in this category sell on Shopify, and a Shopify store publishes its whole product list, with every variant's price and its compare-at price, in a machine-readable form documented in Shopify, Product API reference. That means a price index does not have to rely on screenshots, affiliate feeds or memory. It can read what the brand itself publishes, for every product at once, on a known date.
The compare-at price is the field that matters here. In Shopify it is the higher "was" price a merchant shows struck through next to the current one (Shopify Help Center, setting sale prices (compare-at price)). Legally it is a claim: under the FTC, Guides Against Deceptive Pricing, a former price shown in a comparison should be one the item was actually offered at in good faith for a reasonable period (16 CFR 233.1, former price comparisons). We report compare-at prices as the brand's own claim. We did not check whether any brand actually sold at the higher price.
What each brand's catalog costs in the middle
Medians are taken over standard products only: no bundles, no returns, no gift cards, spare parts or shipping protection. Oakywood prices in EUR and Harber London prices in GBP, so they are listed separately below rather than drawn against dollars.
Where the middle of each catalog sits, in US dollars
Bar length is proportional to the median standard product price on a scale of $0 to $600. A brand that sells many small accessories reads lower than one that sells mostly bags, so read this as the price of a typical item in the catalog, not of the flagship.
Carl Friedrik$501
Shinola$295
Killspencer$245
Sandmarc$159.99
Lume Cube$159.99
Tom Bihn$85
Brevite$79.99
Craighill$68
Andar$62
Ekster$60
Peak Design Mobile$59.95
mophie$59.95
WANDRD$51.80
Satechi$49.99
Lofree$49.99
Keychron$49.99
Baseus$49.99
Incase$49.99
Orbitkey$43.50
Moment$40
Native Union$39.99
Twelve South$39.99
Epomaker$39.99
Ugmonk$38
Baronfig$35
Leuchtturm1917$31.50
Fellow$24.95- Brand with no standard product below its compare-at price
- Brand with markdowns on the day
Who had markdowns on the day, and how deep
This is the share of each brand's standard catalog listed below its compare-at price on 5 October 2026. A zero is a finding, not a gap: it means every single product was at its full listed price. At the other end, Keychron had 45% of its catalog marked down, at a median of 26% off the compare-at price.
How much of each catalog was marked down on one day
Bar length is the percentage of standard products with at least one variant below its compare-at price, on a scale of 0 to 100%. The figure after the bar is that share, then the median depth of those markdowns.
Keychron45% / 26%Moment41% / 50%Native Union39% / 30%Baseus38% / 27%Ekster38% / 30%Incase34% / 38%Satechi33% / 30%Ugmonk27% / 28%Lume Cube26% / 10%Twelve South22% / 50%WANDRD20% / 25%Andar18% / 28%Orbitkey14% / 25%Shinola12% / 50%Lofree11% / 22%Baronfig9% / 20%Epomaker9% / 25%Carl Friedrik8% / 28%Fellow6% / 17%Brevite5% / 40%Killspencer2% / 20%Leuchtturm19171% / 30%Peak Design Mobile0%Tom Bihn0%Craighill0%mophie0%Sandmarc0%Three ways a premium brand lowers a price
When we first read these catalogs, two brands looked like they were running enormous sales. They were not. Peak Design Mobile's reductions were bundles priced under the sum of their parts, and Carl Friedrik's deepest "sale" items were returned pieces with "Return" in the product name. Counting either as a markdown would have overstated how much of this category is on sale, so every discounted product in the index is now sorted into one of three routes.
Markdowns, bundles and returns across all 30 catalogs
Each segment's width is its share of the 1,305 listings that sat below a compare-at price or were sold as returns on 5 October 2026.
- 906 standard products marked down
- 254 bundles priced under their parts
- 145 returned or open-box pieces
The brands that hold price
Peak Design Mobile, Harber London, Tom Bihn, Leuchtturm1917, Craighill, mophie, Sandmarc and Killspencer had no standard product below its compare-at price on 5 October 2026. For a buyer, that changes the decision. If a brand does not mark down its catalog, the price you see is the price, and the reasons to wait are a new colour or a gift, not a discount. Peak Design Mobile is a special case: the single items held price and the only reductions were on bundles.
The returns shelves
4 brands list returned or open-box stock alongside new: Carl Friedrik (97 listed, median 33% below the compare-at price the brand lists on them), Oakywood (15 listed, median 25% below the compare-at price the brand lists on them, priced in EUR), Moment (15 listed, median 17% below the compare-at price the brand lists on them) and Ugmonk (11 listed, median 53% below the compare-at price the brand lists on them). This is the route most buyers never look for, because it does not appear as a sale. On Carl Friedrik's catalog the returned pieces carry the word "Return" in the product name, are priced below the compare-at price the brand lists on them, and sit in the same store as the new stock. If you want a specific expensive piece and do not need it boxed, check the brand's own returns before waiting for a markdown that the catalog suggests may not come.
The brands that do mark down
Keychron (45% of the catalog, median 26% off), Moment (41% of the catalog, median 50% off), Native Union (39% of the catalog, median 30% off), Baseus (38% of the catalog, median 27% off), Ekster (38% of the catalog, median 30% off) and Incase (34% of the catalog, median 38% off) had the largest share of their catalogs below a compare-at price. Two cautions apply. A compare-at price is the brand's statement of a former price, and we have one day of data, so we cannot yet say whether these are seasonal events or a standing "was" price. The index re-reads every catalog weekly, and from the second edition onward it will show which markdowns move and which never do.
All 30 brands, in one table
Medians and ranges are in the brand's own currency. "Middle half" is the range from the 25th to the 75th percentile of standard product prices.
| Brand | Category | Products | Median | Middle half | Discount profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andar | leather carry | 157 | $62 | $40 to $140 | Selective markdowns |
| Baronfig | stationery | 45 | $35 | $28 to $85 | Selective markdowns |
| Baseus | phone tech | 216 | $49.99 | $29.99 to $69.99 | Active markdowns |
| Brevite | camera carry | 21 | $79.99 | $32 to $129.99 | Selective markdowns |
| Carl Friedrik | leather carry | 62 | $501 | $125 to $745 | Selective markdowns Returns shelf |
| Craighill | desk | 38 | $68 | $38 to $98 | Holds price |
| Ekster | leather carry | 47 | $60 | $35 to $95 | Active markdowns |
| Epomaker | keyboards | 127 | $39.99 | $21.99 to $85.99 | Selective markdowns |
| Fellow | desk | 309 | $24.95 | $20.75 to $30 | Selective markdowns |
 Harber London | leather carry | 122 | £99 | £69 to £229 | Holds price |
| Incase | bags | 103 | $49.99 | $29.99 to $79.99 | Active markdowns |
| Keychron | keyboards | 682 | $49.99 | $19.99 to $94.99 | Active markdowns |
| Killspencer | leather carry | 110 | $245 | $145 to $495 | Holds price |
| Leuchtturm1917 | stationery | 70 | $31.50 | $19.95 to $35.95 | Holds price |
| Lofree | keyboards | 122 | $49.99 | $49.99 to $69 | Selective markdowns |
| Lume Cube | lighting | 39 | $159.99 | $49.99 to $299.99 | Active markdowns |
| Moment | camera carry | 128 | $40 | $20 to $75 | Active markdowns Returns shelf |
| mophie | phone tech | 292 | $59.95 | $59.95 to $99.95 | Holds price |
| Native Union | phone tech | 173 | $39.99 | $29.99 to $49.99 | Active markdowns |
 Oakywood | desk | 84 | €87 | €54 to €208 | Selective markdowns Returns shelf |
| Orbitkey | carry organisation | 110 | $43.50 | $24.90 to $69.90 | Selective markdowns |
| Peak Design Mobile | phone tech | 58 | $59.95 | $39.95 to $59.95 | Bundles only |
| Sandmarc | camera carry | 666 | $159.99 | $69.99 to $299.99 | Holds price |
| Satechi | phone tech | 131 | $49.99 | $31.99 to $79.99 | Active markdowns |
| Shinola | watches leather | 810 | $295 | $125 to $795 | Selective markdowns |
| Studio Neat | desk | 41 | $80 | $25 to $95 | Selective markdowns |
| Tom Bihn | bags | 145 | $85 | $31 to $210 | Holds price |
| Twelve South | phone tech | 49 | $39.99 | $28 to $59.99 | Active markdowns |
| Ugmonk | desk | 124 | $38 | $18 to $69 | Active markdowns Returns shelf |
| WANDRD | camera carry | 250 | $51.80 | $29 to $159 | Active markdowns |
Read on 5 October 2026. "Holds price" means no standard product was below its compare-at price that day. Oakywood is in EUR and Harber London is in GBP; for a rough dollar figure use a reference rate such as the European Central Bank, euro reference exchange rates or the Bank of England, statistical database (sterling rates).
Read with this page Premium desk and carry gifts for 2026, sorted by budget The same catalogs, turned into picks by budget, with each brand's discount profile shown next to the price so you know whether waiting makes sense.How the index is built
- Source. Each brand's public storefront product list and store currency, read on 5 October 2026. 30 of 30 brands in the registry returned a full catalog that day.
- What counts as a product. We drop gift cards, spare parts, shipping protection, mystery bags, digital downloads and anything priced at zero. Bundles and returned pieces are kept but counted apart from standard products.
- Price. A product's price is its lowest-priced variant. A product is "marked down" if at least one variant is below its own compare-at price.
- Two corrections we made before publishing. The first read counted Peak Design Mobile's bundles and Carl Friedrik's returns as sales. Both were reclassified, and the tool that builds this page now has a test that fails if either mistake comes back.
- Partial catalogs. Peak Design Mobile: Mobile line only (phone cases, chargers, mobile bundles). Peak Design sells its bags and camera gear through a separate non-Shopify storefront that publishes no catalog feed; measured 2026-10-05 (feed product types: Mobile 51, Bundle 132, Everyday Electronics 7).
- Who is missing. Several well-known brands do not publish a readable catalog, including Bellroy, Nomad, Ridge, Grovemade and LUCRIN. Their absence is a feed setting, not a judgement.
- Cadence. Every catalog is re-read weekly. New products, price changes and removals are recorded from the second edition onward. The dataset behind this page is published at /data/premium-goods-price-index.json.
What this page does not claim
- No product testing. Nothing here was handled for this page.
- No verification that any compare-at price was a real former selling price. It is reported as the brand's claim.
- No prediction of future sales. One day of data shows what was marked down, not when it will be.
- No ranking of quality. A higher median is a more expensive catalog, not a better one.
For brands in this index
If your catalog is here and a figure looks wrong, write to us and we will re-read it and correct the page the same week. If your brand is not here and you would like to be read, your store needs a public catalog; tell us the domain. Inclusion is never for sale. Featured placements on DeskDeploy exist, are labelled, and are described on our advertising page.
Frequently asked questions
Does Peak Design Mobile ever go on sale?
On 5 October 2026, none of Peak Design Mobile's 58 single products was listed below its compare-at price. The only reductions in its catalog were on 132 bundles, priced under the sum of their parts. That is one day of data; the index re-reads the catalog weekly.
What is the cheapest way to buy Carl Friedrik?
Carl Friedrik lists returned pieces in its own store, 97 of them on 5 October 2026, at a median 33% below the compare-at price the brand lists on them. That was a deeper cut than its standard markdowns, which covered 5 products.
Which premium desk and carry brands never discount?
On 5 October 2026, Peak Design Mobile, Harber London, Tom Bihn, Leuchtturm1917, Craighill, mophie, Sandmarc and Killspencer had no standard product below its compare-at price. "Never" needs more than one day of data, and the index will show which of them stay at zero as weekly editions accumulate.
Is a compare-at price a real former price?
It is the brand's claim. FTC guidance on former price comparisons says the higher price should be one the item was genuinely offered at for a reasonable period. This index reports compare-at prices as published and does not verify them.
How often is the price index updated?
Every brand's catalog is re-read weekly. From the second edition, the index records new products, price changes and removals between readings.
Did any brand pay to be in this index?
No. Brands were chosen because they sell premium desk, carry or phone-tech goods and publish a readable catalog. No brand was told in advance and none paid. Paid placements on DeskDeploy are always labelled.
Sources
Brand catalogs read on 5 October 2026. Regulatory and platform sources read the same day.
- FTC, Guides Against Deceptive Pricing
- 16 CFR 233.1, former price comparisons
- Shopify Help Center, setting sale prices (compare-at price)
- Shopify, Product API reference
- FTC, Endorsement Guides: what people are asking
- European Central Bank, euro reference exchange rates
- Bank of England, statistical database (sterling rates)
- Brand storefronts: Andar, Baronfig, Baseus, Brevite, Carl Friedrik, Craighill, Ekster, Epomaker, Fellow, Harber London, Incase, Keychron, Killspencer, Leuchtturm1917, Lofree, Lume Cube, Moment, mophie, Native Union, Oakywood, Orbitkey, Peak Design Mobile, Sandmarc, Satechi, Shinola, Studio Neat, Tom Bihn, Twelve South, Ugmonk, WANDRD.