>>51278308For SCs, YouTube takes a big cut and then cover sees only a cut of what's left. Same for memberships.
Merch, they have to pay production costs and for anything custom it's probably not cheap.
Tempus needs managers, it needs time from the CEO and other higher ups for strategy, it needs time and attention from middle managers, they take time and attention from translation staff, moderation staff. They'll eventually use 3D studio and 3D staff time, and 3D animator time.
They commissioned and paid for ads for these dudes, they're doing animation projects, they need designers for any good merch and even for the cheap shit merch they need artists.
We can be pretty sure that like $50k USD sales for Kronii was considered disaster territory because of how they extended the deadlines and had her shill it multiple times. The average Tempus probably isn't touching that for most merch.