IndieTunes.com now has 1,059 Artists!!!!
OK, I passed a small milestone and didn't even realize it until
tonight. About 1 year ago, a started a website called indieTunes.com
which i envisioned as being the best place on the internet for
independent artists to sell and stream their downloadable music
on a secure platform, and the best part of it all is, that my
business model (as crazy as it may be) pays the artist 100% of
the profits from every song sold. Let's see ya beat that!!! The
only thing that gets deducted from the sale are visa/MasterCard/
and pay pal fees (which dont go to indietunes anyway) and the
rest gets paid to the artist. The only thing indieTunes.com
charges is a $9.99 a month membership fee for a Premium
membership which allows you to sell your downloadable music and
stream your music videos. Basic memberships are FREE, and you
can stream your music and alot of other stuff with a Basic. So
if you can sell one album a month, you can virtually break even,
and everything after that is pure profit. Not bad huh?
OK, for anyone who thinks I'm getting rich off the backs of indie
artists, think again. Building this site has
practically put me in the poor house and I am no where near
break-even point on monthly expenses let alone my full
investment. However, I have confidence that someday this will be
one of the cornerstone sites for independent artists on the
internet, and I will continue to build and upgrade and promote
the site to ensure its success. So far in the first year, with
very little promotion, we've gotten 1,059 artists on the site to
date. I'm ramping up to do national PR (anybody know an insanely
talented web PR person?) and I'll be much happier when the site
has 10,000 artists, which I'd like to say is my goal for this
time next year.
So hey, spread the word. indieTunes.com is
a great site, and we're finishing up a very substantial upgrade
right now that will add to each artists page (yes every artist
gets their own page), the upgrade will add a photo gallery,
artist blog, and a reviews section to every page. So, do me a
favor, go spend some time surfing indietunes, get a feel for it,
give me some feedback, positive or negative (I'm a big boy I can
take it), and spread the word. Me and the indieTunes staff are
working very hard every day to make this a successful site!!
Source: Indie Tunes Blog
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