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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] 4 points 3 years ago

It's because they aren't trying to sell as many t-shirts as possible (like fashion retailers) but instead sell to their hardcore fans. People who are willing to wear a LTT shirt might even be happy if it's just for those who really identify with it instead of random people buying it to use as a t-shirt.

tl;dr: because they can