Pretty much the way I thought it would go ...

[ericcoleman]

but I had to ask.

So, I have an offer for a place to put the funny stuff, but that is just a part of what I do. Roper mentioned CD Baby, which I will look into tonight (or this weekend, if time goes the way I think it is going to go the next couple of days)

Any other ideas of places to sell MP3s. I looked at the service on Myspace, but they bite into the sales a LOT ...

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[guppiecat]

Do you have any idea how many unique visitors hit your site each week?

If that's high enough, you could sell direct. If not, CD Baby is likely the best way to go.

[ericcoleman]

I haven't looked in awhile (and the system that I am on makes it a little tricky for me to figure it out, at least I had problems last time I looked) but not a lot.

The problem is the time, I just don't know if I have time to manage it. Not that I will sell a lot, but still.

[rsmit212.livejournal.com]

You might talk with marcgunn. He does tons of stuff through CD Baby and may have some insight for you.

[ericcoleman]

Marc just replied saying basically ... do it ... between that and Tom below ... yeah I gotta

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

The most important thing is to opt in to digital distribution. (You'll have to spend an extra $20 to get a UPC.) Then CD Baby will set you up on two dozen or so download sites, including iTunes. No further charge, no work, you get a decent percentage of the sales, and it gets automatically deposited every month. And, they have an active list of what sites they set you up on, so you can go after other sites.

[ericcoleman]

Between the advice you and Marc gave, I just signed up and sent off the CDs. I need to get some made of the first one now and send that out too ... next week sometime.

[singingpatient.livejournal.com]

if it hasn't been mentioned, you can opt to do digital sales through cdbaby, and they will put it *everywhere* (itunes, etc.) if you're going through cdbaby, you may as well use this service. it doesn't cost any extra to set up the digital. they're very reliable, very helpful, and pay every week.
i know a lot of indie artists who use cdbaby and they all rave about it.

i personally hate the myspace "service" for selling mp3s, if you're talking about snocap. they have zero customer support. i'm going to delete my store from my myspace page.

i also post (especially the funny songs) to madmusicarchive.com. that is easy because you can e mail him mp3s, and don't even need to have an existing cd of any given song. which, with cdbaby, you do have to have a cd with a UPC and sign it up fully before it can get to itunes, etc. so i find madmusicarchive fills a nice hole in that i can send in stuff that hasn't been released on cd.

[ericcoleman]

Everything I saw about Snocap seemed ... well ... bad.

I'm talking to the folks at the Mad Music Archive ...

And I will have the occasional Fump song as well. I think I am getting it covered.

[singingpatient.livejournal.com]

sounds like you have made great choices. i've been happy with cdbaby and madmusic, and of course impressed with the fump though m,y first song hasn't appeared yet (soon!)

[ericcoleman]

BOUT TIME !!!

Besides, I feel that I need new music from you.

[singingpatient.livejournal.com]

well thanks
i'm overdue for sure
i have a bunch of live recordings i've been sitting on. sorted through them all and I still dont' ahve good versions of several songs i want to include, so I'm hoping to record one more show (at least) and get something out later this year (crossing fingeres) (as if my typing didn't suck enough(

[ericcoleman]

i have a bunch of live recordings i've been sitting on

Well, at least they're warm

postage

[singingpatient.livejournal.com]

it seems to me these days if you're sending 10 or more cds, you may as well use priority mail (and get the free box). just an FYI for the cdbaby thing.