Tersha explains why she picks creators to work with and how she detects the ones who are not good enough to do merchandise with. Then we brainstorm on the best merch for The Community Punks and end with sex toys… 😮

1. How a community helps to work with artists and creators.

2. The best ways for creators to monetize through the merch.

☝️ These are the angles we started the conversation with. This is what we ended up focusing on 👇.

1. Why sex toys could make a good merch too.

The Communities Show feels like a conversation with a friend 🥰. Sometimes you can geek out on the most serious topics and it is cool (Laís de Oliveira comes to mind). But sometimes you want to just chill and enjoy your time (remember the episode with Alex Lakatos?).

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• Episode with Laís de Oliveira

• Episode with Alex Lakatos

• Please buy our sticker

• How we care about our fans not followers

• Older episodes of The Communities Show

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