Raspberry Pi Zero has been quite popular when it launched due to its $5 price tag, excluding shipping and taxes. It’s been too popular actually, as manufacturing could not keep pace with demand, and resellers soon had to show it as Out of Stock, or simply decided to complete pull out the product page such as Element 14.
The supply tightness has lasted a few weeks, and recently I showed on GearBest for $19.10 including shipping, but it’s now out of stock, and the company expects to get more boards mid March… This also led to a website called whereismypizero.com which automatically tracks stock on some of the main distributors, namely Element14, Adafruit, The PiHut, Pimoroni, and Raspberry Pi Swag. The good news is that it is back on Pimoroni, where you can get a Raspberry Pi Zero board for 4.25 GBP ($6), unless you live outside of Europe, and you don’t need to pay VAT, and it’s back to the original 3.54 GBP (~$5) + shipping.
But I don’t suppose it will be in stock for very long.
[Update 24/02/2016: Out of stock in Pimoroni, but now in stock at The Pi Hut]
Thanks to Gabe for the tip.
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I’ve purchased one finally. Total with shipping: £9.04 ($12.74).
When PayPal exchange rate fees are taken into account that exactly the same price I’ve paid for Orange Pi One…
10EUR shipping to Belgium.
@zoobab
Lol. How is that possible? Standard shipping to Thailand was about $7.
@zoobab
10EUR shipping included I meant:
Subtotal : £3.54 GBP
VAT : £0.71 GBP
Shipping : £4.00 GBP
Total : £8.25 GBP
8.25GBP == 10.54EUR
Thanks for the tip… but already out of stock for the pi zero only 🙁
@zoobab
Note that the cost of the shipping is the cost of the device itself 🙂 I think for people in the UK, it was free shipping…
@zoobab
Zoobab,
Where do You live somewhere in Belgium, maybe there is a solution for the shipping cost 🙂
My home is in Diksmuide. If it’s to far then I haven’t a solution, belgian mail is also expensive…
Let me know when I can buy 10 at a time.
already out of stock 🙁
cheap but can’t buy, so they try to learn China Xiaomi? Fortunately there are many other options and I didn’t need hang on this one.
@Fan
If I remember correctly you are based in China, in which case Raspberry Pi Zero is not such a good deal, due to the extra shipping fee compared to the competition.
@roel
Sharing shipping is not an option, since you are limited to one board per order.
Well, if they refill stocks with only small quantities, I would just avoid losing time on any articles or videos talking about the new hack/cool thing done with the PiZero.
in stock at the pi hut
@pat
Thanks. Direct link: http://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero?variant=14062715972
and some kit at pimoroni and adafruit
@Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)
Purchased on February 22nd, and received on March 2nd. About 10 days shipping not too bad.
I’m not quite sure what I will do with/write about it yet.