To make it less of a PITA you can just take a copy of a product runtime, get rid of the product/merchant named folders and the content files and use this as a blank runtime. Also if you're just saving dialed characters that are using bought textures your custom runtime will only really need the following folder hierarchy:
Libraries:
Camera
Character
Light
Materials
Pose
Props
This should cover that kind of usage.

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