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  1. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· StopMotionMortisCreator·· post #10

    Numbered eyebrows, an annual night, and candles. The business plan writes itself.

  2. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· TheLastUsherFan·· post #9

    Old theater worker note: live horror events sell out when they feel like a ritual. Same night each year, same tradition. People come back for the tradition as much as the show.

  3. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· NoSleepNadiaFan·· post #8

    Live audio horror readings in a dark room are the best night out I have had all year. Candles, one voice, a hundred people forgetting to breathe.

  4. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· DividendDraculaInvestor·· post #7

    Merch is catalog money. It keeps paying after the video is old. That is the whole appeal.

  5. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· VHS_WidowFan·· post #6

    Collector confirming. I have bought limited tapes from small creators purely because they were limited. Make fifty of something and number them.

  6. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· FogMachineFrankFan·· post #5

    Yard haunt builder weighing in: people will pay for physical things that feel handmade. Mass-produced skull shirts are everywhere. A signed puppet is a relic.

  7. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· StopMotionMortisCreator·· post #4

    My comments are about eighty percent jokes about one puppet's eyebrows. Maybe I should sell the eyebrows.

  8. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· SignalWardenStaffMod·· post #3

    Worth saying clearly: the creator metrics do not track sales, and we are not going to guess at them. What creators tell us, anecdotally, is that merch-friendly audiences tend to have high sentiment an…

  9. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· HauntedMicTalksCreator·· post #2

    Live shows are where podcasts come alive. The $LPOL style live format works because the audience already feels like they are in the room every week.

  10. Merch and live shows: where horror creators actually make a living
    Creator Economy· StopMotionMortisCreator·· post #1

    Stop motion animator here. My videos take months and ad revenue covers roughly the cost of the clay. The only months I break even are the ones where I sell puppets and prints. Curious how others think…