>>45630847>Buying their personalized merch (from bdays and *anniversaries)is what I meant.
Also from what I can remember hearing, the personal concerts Holos hold, whether they be free to view bday/anni Lives or paid ticket concerts like Watame/Suisei/Okayu have had etc., are paid out of pocket by the holo themselves. Hence the merch shilling after every bday and anniversary.
Have to recoup the costs of dance/singing lessons, hiring the other holo guests (or live bands), managerial fees, 3d studio fees, Cover licensing fees etc. Same goes for original songs and covers, all out of pocket. The exception in this case is for vsingers, only IRyS now, who get a substantial budget from Cover to produce music at the cost of creative freedom. Other holos can make whatever music they like but IRyS is forced sing what's given to her.
Since Sora's signed to record label I don't know what her deal is with bday/anni Lives that use her Victor licensed music, or what cut she gets from her paid for concerts.
>>45631090>In some thread, # maybe, they said that Nijisanji produces the merch so the Livers are not really involved and don't get a cut. Or maybe a very small cut. I don't remember.'That's right, as apparently admitted by niji's themselves.
Holo has this kind of generic merch too where I'd assume the cut is in Cover's favor (Summer, ERROR, "starter merch", stock post acrylic stands etc.) but at least holos have the option for personalized merch where they can make some real money. Livers apparently are not given that option.
The trick to seeing whether a holo actually gets a cut in something is whether or not they shill whatever it is on stream, and the frequency of the shillage. If they don't shill something at all, despite the merch being apparently about them, if probably means they're not getting anything from it or it's very minor.
