How expensive is the original Optical module?

Take Huawei as an example. The price of Huawei's original sfp-1.25g-lx10 gigabit Optical module is more than 1000 yuan. The price of the third party Optical module of the same model is only tens of yuan, which is so different. Why are original Optical module so expensive? Is the price difference really due to quality differences? In fact, this is not the case. There may be several reasons for this.

1. Brand effect

The cost of brand building is obvious, but it is also the cost of brand building. Large equipment manufacturers such as Cisco and Huawei are well-known to users due to their unique brand advantages, and the high prices are not difficult to imagine. Even if the product quality of the Optical module is good and there is no brand effect, the price will not be much higher.

2. Market monopoly

There are not many well-known network device manufacturers, and there are not many choices for users. The competition is not too fierce, and the market is almost monopolized by them. No fierce competition will naturally lead to sky high prices, and there are too many third-party Optical module manufacturers, so the price will be much cheaper.

3. Insufficient understanding of the product

Optical module is an industrial product with high technology content, which is basically unavailable in life. Those who know about Optical module are not necessarily familiar with their structure and quality. Only professional technicians can have a deeper understanding of the Optical module.

Because the end users do not know enough about the Optical module, they believe that the quality of the Optical module can only be reliable with Cisco, Huawei and Huawei. They believe that the price is cheap, but the quality is definitely not good. Therefore, no matter how high the price of the original Optical module is, they can only bear it silently.