Originally Posted by Michael Borges
Kevin,
It's strictly a volume based decision. Matt Rosoff, the author of CD Baby vs. TuneCore, figures that the break-even point is about 370 downloads. I think that's per year, so that would be about 31 downloads (single song sales) per month, or about 1 per day. If you are selling more than that, he argues that TuneCore would be a better deal as the sellers (artists) would keep more of their money.

The other issue not discussed in this article is the fact that CD Baby gets artists into ALL the different digital distributors, not just a few. I understand TuneCore charges extra to set you up for each unique distributor, and they probably only cover a handful of the top distributors, like iTunes, eMusic and Rhapsody, but I'm not sure what else they cover.

It think TuneCore more of an "a la carte" approach which probably works fine for bigger name (volume driven) music publishers, labels and artists.

Michael


As a former customer of TuneCore, I'd have to agree that TuneCore may be suited for more volume base musicians. But, for a small label between CD Baby and TuneCore I'd had to suggest CD Baby. I like CD Baby because of the fact of their loyalty to the customers, and their distribution model offers a setup of physical and digital distribution in one go.

Last edited by Kevin_Rivers; 07/19/07 05:05 PM.

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