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Why is merchandise like T-shirts, water bottles etc so expensive? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Merchandise of content creators, companies and organizations are really expensive. For example, A T-shirt from lttstore costs $20. That is expensive. I don't live in the USA so after conversion, the price becomes high.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

The whole point of merch is to generate money. The cheaper the cost of production is, the easier it is for the seller to get into it. So it is pretty common when someone starts to have an audience to sell stickers, then gradually go for t-shirts, etc. The strategy is not just self paid advertisement but ideally a good stream of income apart from the main activity. And it can be such a good one that many entities make more money selling merch than from their main role, movies being the most known example. And to the buyer, they are paying for what the thing represents more than what the thing really is.