Often, when visitors click on a musician’s “Store” page it feels much like chatting with a rep after a Mary Kay party or being cornered by a friend involved in a multilevel marketing scheme.
This awkwardness can be what keeps people from buying your music. It’s so important that you walk them through the whole sales [...]

by Laurence Trifon
What do they say it is?
PayPal Storefront is an online store widget that anyone can use to sell products from their website or blog. Simply go to the Storefront website, customize the design of your storefront, and upload your product information and store policies (shipping information, contacts, etc.). When you’re done, PayPal provides [...]

Bridging the divide between digital and physical, DiscRevolt provides a tangible solution for selling digital media. Artists upload songs to DiscRevolt’s website and design their own artwork for a plastic download card. The cards are then printed by DiscRevolt with a unique redemption code on the back. Artists sell the cards to fans at live [...]

TuneCore is a music delivery and distribution service that gets artists’ original music (even cover versions) and record label releases up for sale on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody and Napster without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music.
Basically, for the cost of a pizza, bands can [...]