Ask him why he talks shit about you, then fire him.

Many premium products (or crappy expensive products) are bought by morons with money, simply following the logic that “if it’s expensive, it must be good”. Or because buying an expensive product, especially if you can show it off even once, signals “exclusivity”.

I’ve literally heard the phrase in a shop “I’d buy it if it was more expensive” for a perfectly fine product.

I recommend to sell the exact same product for 3 times the money, by adding an “X” to its name in the end, that should work.

A lot of this shit might be money laundering, like it happens in arts or sports. There are some things which are hard to evaluate, making them ideal for this type of shady dealings.

You spent $10k, is that supposed to impress anyone?

I wish my parents had a family business, even if it meant cleaning toilets. But they didn’t, and I ended up cleaning toilets for a wage.

In any case, making youtube videos is not a career. Source: countless massively popular youtubers who quit