Comments on: Music Sales Widget Feature Comparison

By: Owe

Owe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:01:42 +0000

I signed up some months ago to nimbit, but I´m actually disappointed. My fans can download and pay with paypal, but I can´t get paid via paypal as an artist through nimbit…!?!, I live in Sweden ,so the check I get from nimbit costs more to withdraw, than what the check is worth, cause of the high bank fees. No, I don´t make that much money on my music, but I don´t want to wait for my money either, by setting a higher value on the payout.
I´considering to let go of the money that are “trapped” at nimbit and look for a better solution.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:49:44 +0000

This is a great article that overviews the music widget as a powerful tool for the new musician. Audiolife takes it to another level by allowing artists to sell not just digital downloads, but also physical CDs, ringtones, and merchandise. Another plus is that it allows the fan to purchase directly on the site they see the storefront on, instead of redirecting them to a third party. From my experience, this really benefits the artist in that it really captures the fan.

By: Mark S. Meritt

Mark S. Meritt — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:28:42 +0000

Thanks for this useful post comparing widgets. Nimbit and some of these others do look promising.

Of course, time goes on, and other options arise. CD Baby is apparently working on their own widget, and they’ve suggested I look at http://www.gydget.com/ and http://www.fizzkicks.com/ in the meantime.

Tough choices, since with a widget, I’d imagine it’s best to really try to use just one or very few, since they’ll get out there in the world and then drive traffic, and you want it driving people somewhere where you’re optimizing net revenue, features like mailings list signup, news feeds, etc.

And then to consider where to hook up with broader digital distribution, like Nimbit, CD Baby, Tunecore, etc., all giving options to get you to iTunes, Rhapsody, etc., and who’s the better deal, etc.

Complicated stuff!

By: Two4One

Two4One — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:19:47 +0000

As an artist, I love the Nimbit’s feature where bands can set a free track and get an email in return for the download. This is a really great feature especially for pop/r&b/hip-hop artists who don’t usually do as many gigs as rock bands do, and therefore, have limited means of growing their email lists.

Best of all, Nimbit allows you to set your price per download and also have a free account on digital downloads. Many younger fans tell us they are not willing to pay the 0.99c per track the other widgets/stores set for their downloads.

Two4one

http://www.myspace.com/two4onemusic
http://www.youtube.com/Two4OneMusic

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:51:45 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Jeremy! Let me point out the unique thing FanDoodle offers – Fans become partners with Artists and receive 20% of sales they generate. Artists get 60% with the balance going to FanDoodle. We launched FanDoodle Digital today, a service that allows Artists to upload music and banners, manage text content and images, and set their own price – and begin selling through Fans and friends immediately. Payments are handled through Paypal.

We figure that the Fan is doing the bulk of the marketing and should be rewarded.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:58:06 +0000

Please let me know when you write an updated article, or revisit this subject! I’d love to read what you have to say. Thanks.

Sincerely,

Michael M.

By: Sell and promote your music with widgets | Not Evil Music - Online Music Marketing Tactics

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:12:01 +0000

[...] In my humble opinion there are better ways to make money with music nowadays than selling it directly to consumers. However, if you are into selling your music Hometracked has a great article listing and comparing 7 most popular music sales widgets around. Music sales widgets are basically online MP3 players that have an integrated option to also buy the track you are listening to. I checked them all out and noticed one fundamental drawback in each one – they are all aimed at US markets. If you live in Europe and your fans are in Europe, US dollars aren’t the most convenient way for your fans to pay for the music. Until we see a music sales widget with multilingual and multi-currency support I recommend selling your music through iTunes and other similar music stores that support various languages and currencies. [...]

By: imaginary band

imaginary band — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:14:06 +0000

This is brilliant articles and thanks for the comments too. I am wondering if anyone knows of a widget that DOESN’T require the user to become a member of the site? I feel that must put off a LOT of potential buyers. Why can’t we just buy something and be gone?

As an artist (influences include Radiohead, Dylan, Queen, Tool, Nina Simone) I have tried Musicane and 7digital so far and am seeking advice.

Musicane: seems to only accept US credit cards – I thought they claimed to be international widgets. Any idea how to do this? Plus the forementioned paypal doesn’t come up as an option at all on my widget.

7Digital: Anyone know how (on the free subscription) we can set MUCH lower prices.

On the plus side these two widgets are easy to embed seem pretty intuitive to use, and update themselves quickly. Musicane’s one incorporates the idea of automatically allowing re-selling of an artist’s music by anyone. Brilliant.

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By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:22:44 +0000

This is a fantastic list, but I was wondering if you had any resources or links for creating your own widget of this type? Most of these have limited customization and finding much info about how-to is proving quite difficult.