Manner created a physical store called Laji in Sé, Macau, that sells Manner-branded snacks and souvenirs.
The Macau Post Daily called Manner "one of the biggest YouTube channels in South East Asia".
After criticism from netizens and brands cut ties with the company, Manner announced on August 10, 2023, that it would temporarily suspend its operations.
[5] The group's Chinese slogan is "生活的調味", which means "seasoning for (daily) life", while its English counterpart is "Taste Happiness".
[6][13] According to Exmoo News, the song, which discussed childhood toys such as the spinning top and the Game Boy and memories of a first love, had "affecting lyrics and thoughtful pictures and earned big praise from netizens".
[5] Sixtycents visited Taiwan in 2015 for a summer vacation during which he learned from Internet celebrities and new media companies and resolved to change Manner's business model upon returning to Macau.
The skit quickly became viral, leading to its being shared 190,000 times on Weibo and its Facebook page receiving 50,000 new members in a night.
[12] The Macau Post Daily said that the video's popularity was "the beginning of one of the biggest YouTube channels in South East Asia".
[14] Sixtycents observed that Macau is a city focused on gambling whose inhabitants largely look to other places such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and China for entertainment.
[18] The company expanded to Hong Kong in August 2018 to allow them to recruit local entertainment talent and to better tap into the mainland China market through the city.
[5][19] They rented from a friend of Sixtycents' a Kwun Tong office that could hold 20 people and set up a Sheung Wan dormitory for their employees who lived in Macau.
[19][20] The investor had connections with people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry who Sixtycents believed would help Manner grow more quickly.
[24] Celine Cheung, RSVP Communications' account director, criticised Manner's response to the suicide, saying it alienated the community by being phony and from a position of trying to protect themselves.
[27] Manner's CEO Sixtycents told artists that during the company's suspension, they were free to choose who to work with and determine how to further develop their careers.
[10] Manner has accounts on multiple social networking services and online video platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Sina Weibo, Meipai, and Miaopai.
The Macau writers and actors are heavily influenced by consuming Hong Kong television dramas, movies, and songs, which are predominantly in Cantonese.
[17] Its executive director acknowledged that their subtitles are "unusual" because "Poor English is part of Macau's culture because our two official languages are Chinese and Portuguese".
[14] The Macau scholar and cultural critic Li Zhanpeng found that Manner has a substantial influence on online viewers but that its material is "decontextualised" into a "very silly situational joke".
[73] According to Manner director Sixtycents, online audiences have short attention spans so generally will not appreciate videos longer than 10 minutes.
[75] Manner's actors, Carl Ao Ieong, Puinam, and Yelo, performed for Hacken Lee's music video for the 2020 song Fairy Tales, which is about a couple who are unable to meet face-to-face because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
[30][79] Starring Sixtycents, Nathan Lam, Rachel Lau, and Yelo; it has the themes of time, health, work, and marriage.
[83] The Macao Daily News said the play "releases funny positive energy and presents a wonderful and unforgettable performance to the audience".
[84] Manner made an advertisement music video on 20 May 2016 titled "520" that modified the lyrics of the Hebe Tien song "A Little Happiness" that discussed the relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend.
[5] Companies they have made ads for include Alipay, the Yeung Gwong drink, and the electronics chain store Broadway.
[15] People they have made ads for include Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Eddie Peng, Wan Kwong, and Nancy Sit.
Called Laji (Chinese: 辣記), the store was located close to the Ruins of Saint Paul's at Travessa dos Anjos in Sé, Macau.
It sold Phoenix egg rolls, Chinese almond biscuits, and beef jerky and its products had a slightly spicy taste.
They switched to online selling of their products such as mugs and T-shirts to increase the profit margin and reduce the time investment.
[14] Using the same name as one of the company's shows, Sixtycents founded a restaurant at Sha Tin's New Town Plaza called Manner Dai Pai Dong (Chinese: 微辣大排檔).
[85] The restaurant's four sections each had a theme: a subway car, a mahjong school, ferry seats in the Hong Kong and Macau styles, and an old-fashioned ice room.