꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』

❀ Talent + Manager at @AuroraTalentCA ❀ 🇨🇦 🇮🇹
❀ MMOs and Bad Opinions
❀ Aion 2, YouTube, @Gamersupps Partner - Code: SUCKEGG
❀ Credits on Website! ♡

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

🌊 ❝ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀...❞ 🌊🌸

🎐I'm Eggie! The eepiest squid in the sea and delinquent anti-idol of @AuroraTalentCA ! ~ 🎐

⧽ I'm an ancient chaos deity who got bored with the void and decided to become an eepy squid on the internet instead!

⧽ I make reaction + commentary content on YouTube, Play MMOs on Stream, and keep Exclusive and behind-the-scenes content on Patreon!

⧽ My Squidiots are my loyal cult and they are the real stars of the show, so what are you waiting for? ONE OF US, ONE OF US !! ~

⧽ Don't ask what I was doing before the internet existed, I probably don't remember...

⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ Stream ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/kTyqdZBFmf
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ YouTube ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/Uwr4R7OCW5
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ Patreon ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/iGtYsdoF6H
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ Ko-Fi ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/VWRz0rkEJz
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ Throne ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/Mh62SP5Ho7
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ Gamersupps ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/4cSGLQ2qPh
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ꒰ Discord ꒱ ➺ https://t.co/9rIVUETeKB

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[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

omg i passed out and forgot to check Twitter, there are SO MANY OF YOU ;A;

I'll try and doodle as much as I can this weekend !!! ;w;

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

I've been doing a lot more drawing lately, and it's been so, so much fun!! 🥺

Will you leave me your VTuber references to draw this afternoon??

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

@CosyMomo Credits are at the bottom of my website and my pinned post as well!

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

Turning 31 as a vtuber hit DIFFERENT this year, and not in a good way lmao.

Am i the only one who stopped caring about expectations and just does their own thing at this age too?

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

Apex Legends is the REASON we never got Titanfall 3! I will die on this hill!

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

Will you marry me, Chat??? 💍

✎ @/Lumino

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

Imagine lying down in bed and actually falling asleep. Couldn't be me.

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

@wheresmaiknives agree with this 10000%

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

There's NOTHING worse than textures when you're autistic 😭

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

I'm in love

[Marvel Rivals @MarvelRivals]

Sweep the competition and take out the trash! 🧹

"Change it back. You t'ink you funny..."

Polish your skills and mop up your enemies as Gambit's Versatile Valet costume, inspired by Excalibur (2019) #24

Available: November 13 UTC!

Wipe 'em out and leave them in your dust!

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

⋅˚₊‧ ଳ IT'S KARAOKE TIME, SQUIDIOTS! 🎤ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅

WE'RE SINGING FOR A BIRTHDAY WHEEEE!! 🎂

I'm joining a special VTuber Karaoke Relay to celebrate my lovely friend @YwuieZzZ 's birthday, and somehow they've trusted this obnoxious squid with a microphone. BIG MISTAKE. HEHEHE >:3

Come hang out, cheer on all the amazing VTubers participating, and witness whatever musical crimes I commit!

➭ November 10th at 3 PM EST
➭ Celebrating Ywuie's birthday!
➭ Watch me live: https://t.co/N6dpXDTUvj

Bring your snacks, your glowsticks, and your questionable taste in music!

Important squid warning! This karaoke will be Twitch only, and the VOD will be unlisted, so this is your one chance to hear this obnoxious squid attempt to sing! Miss it, and you miss my musical crimes forever!

Let's make some noise for Ywuie! 💖

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

I've been doing a lot more drawing lately, and it's been so, so much fun!! 🥺

Will you leave me your VTuber references to draw this afternoon??

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

@Raimera_VT I agree with this! Both my boys get along too well, sometimes I feel like they are gonna elope without me LMAO

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

polyamory isn't a free-for-all orgy, it's a group project. and nobody wants to be the slacker!!

Here's THREE tips so it's not you!

1. communicate ALL THE TIME!!
2. Don't just ask for the fun parts, you have to be there through the tough stuff too!
3. Date people who are emotionally grown-up and intelligent!

Do you have more poly tips?? Tell me in the comments!

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

I’m gonna mute this cause I’m a little overwhelmed and don’t wanna miss any important notifs but I just wanted to give some food for thought ;w;

Thank you for being respectful in the comments also!! I appreciate you all!! <3

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

This post inspired me and I'm gonna say something possibly controversial yet brave, but I genuinely think 99% of content creators and VTubers don't make nearly enough money from merch to justify the commercial use fees most artists charge for commissions.

And before anyone comes for my throat, I COMPLETELY understand that artists need to make that bag!! Especially if someone else is profiting from their work. Artists deserve to be compensated fairly, and I'm not arguing otherwise.

BUT. Here's where I struggle with the current standard.

Let's say I commission artwork for a desk mat, and the artist charges an additional $200 for merchandise rights. The original art probably cost at least $100 on its own, so let's say $300 total.

Realistically, I'm probably making $1 in profit per desk mat sale, MAYBE. And unless you're a pretty big VTuber, that desk mat might sell once every few months.

So now I'm making a couple of dollars every few months on something I paid an extra $200 to license for merchandise. I might not even make $20 from that product in an entire YEAR, let alone enough to cover the merchandise licensing fee.

And yet, commercial fees of 100-200% or more have become pretty standard.

I understand the argument that the creator COULD blow up and suddenly sell thousands of units. Sure! That's possible! But statistically, the overwhelming majority of creators aren't going to experience that kind of growth or sales volume.

So what ends up happening is that smaller creators are paying merchandise licensing fees based on the POSSIBILITY of making money they'll realistically never see.

And I don't know, that just doesn't sit right with me.

I think what frustrates me most is that these fees have become so normalized in an industry that's largely made up of individuals commissioning other individuals.

If a massive corporation wants to license your artwork for a product they're going to sell thousands of? ABSOLUTELY charge them accordingly. Get that bag. PLEASE.

But when we're talking about a tiny VTuber who might sell five mouse pads in an entire year, charging them an additional 200% for merchandise rights feels a little excessive to me.

I don't think merchandise licensing itself is unreasonable. I just wish there were more conversations about what reasonable merchandise licensing looks like for small creators versus established businesses.

Because there's a pretty massive difference between someone making $20 a year from a piece of merch and a company making $20,000.

And having seen the backend of merch sales across a few different areas of VTubing and gaming, I think people would be genuinely surprised by how little most creators actually make from individual products.

Again, artists deserve fair compensation. FULL STOP. I'm not arguing against paying for commercial rights, and I'm certainly not saying artists should give away merchandise rights for free.

I just don't necessarily think the current one-size-fits-all approach to merchandise licensing fees makes sense for an industry where the overwhelming majority of people are barely making money from their content at all.

Anyway, that's my potentially controversial two cents, please don't come for me lmao

[Bluebell 🩵🎐 @bluebellpixels]

browsing vgen and welllll that's a first

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

The website was shut down and made private a long time ago. It's been for private use only for ages now.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't speak on things you're not actually knowledgeable about, especially when it seems like you're only bringing them up to discredit me in the comments of a completely unrelated post.

It's honestly pretty inappropriate, and I think it says a lot more about how you're choosing to conduct yourself than it does about me.

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

To be honest, I was genuinely just trying to understand your perspective and hear your side of things. I was curious about how you saw the difference between the two, and I wanted to better understand your reasoning.

I'm sorry if any of my questions came across as rude or disrespectful. That genuinely wasn't my intention. I wasn't trying to argue or dismiss your point of view. I just wanted to have an open conversation where we could share our perspectives and hopefully understand each other a little better, even if we don't necessarily agree on everything.

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

@BaalVtuber The standard range for revenue split is between 15% and 30% for most merch companies and again you only split the REVENUE, not the item itself.

So let’s say that item makes the company $10, you would make 15-30% of that which for most items is VERY low

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

Even with KatDragonz, most of the cost goes into supporting the business as well as the support staff, creators don’t see a full revenue split and the percentage is still very low, much lower than if you were to run your own store lets say.

I personally have never made over $5 in profit from a merch sale after deductions and from my experience that’s pretty standard.

I’ve personally swapped to hosting my own merch store through shopify, but truly only so I can bring the cost down for my community. I could personally care less about the profit, the point of my post was just to point out the the amount that people THINK we make is not usually correct haha

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

Right, but unless they're making fan merch of your VTuber specifically, that doesn't really solve the problem of your community not having access to merch, you know what I mean?

Personally, I don't really care if the artist wants to sell the merch themselves. By all means, go for it! I just want my community to actually have access to merch of my character. That's the whole point for me.

[꒰ Eggie ꒱🌸🎐『 AURORA 』 @EggieWeggieVT]

@Ugo_Cas3y yep!