Line notes that only about 4 percent of users actually pay for stickers; it had 8.4 million paying users in March 2016. The vast majority of its sticker money comes from sponsored sticker packs.

Sanrio and the world of Yu Yu Hakusho collide across dozens of brand-new pieces of merchandise starring Hello Kitty, Kuromi, Pompompurin and more.

The cutesy stickers that messaging app Line is famous for are not just popular — they help to rake in the money. After all, Line makes over $10 million a month just from selling stickers.

The Business Of Stickers Line is spending a lot of money to transform its messaging app into a “lifestyle platform” filled with features like grocery deliveries and streaming music.

LINE STICKERS partners with Sabina, a popular bra and underwear brand for Thai teens, to bring 8 hot characters to create a new cute collection of underwear in high-street brand.

Line introduced its main stickers feature to the messaging app in October 2011, allowing users to augment their text messages with visual emoticons and cartoon characters doing funny things.

The Line messaging app has announced the ultimate option for the sticker-obsessive — Stickers Premium. It's a subscription package that provides unlimited access to the three million stickers ...

Last year, according to the company’s IPO filing with US regulators, Line generated more than $1.1 billion in revenue---a 40 percent increase from the $819 million it made in 2014.