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Buying Wives Headphones and Podcast Merch Margins
from Mike Recine & Lizzo Be Quitting | The Tim Dillon Show #388 · #388
3 min
Tim tells a story about buying his wife new headphones, which leads into a discussion of low-margin podcast merch, hoodies, and past failed shirt designs compared to Ian Fidance's extensive merch line.
- Tim describes what he'd do if his kid were killed and someone desecrated the grave—settle with Alex Jones for $200k.
- Anna and Dasha like Alex Jones; Tim acknowledges he's been warm and caring to him personally despite the Sandy Hook defamation.
- Jones's team was very good at making money off the conspiracy claims despite his claims of being drunk and delusional.
- Tim on podcast merch—hoodies have the best margins, but he doesn't do a ton of inventory.
- Tim refuses to churn out a new shirt every week like other podcasters; audience backlash on his design choices taught him that.
- The Fig business with the Enron logo worked great, but other recent designs got complaints from listeners who expected better.
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