ToasterBoy
Feb 6th, 2006, 03:42 PM
Okay, I'm just putting this out there into the ether, just because it's an idea that is working for us and may work for other folks as well. This may or may not work for your podcast. Again, I'm just putting it out there.
We've found a way to make money* selling downloads of our shows. THis is how we did it.
1. Make a CD of your shows. For us this is easy because we make CDs of each season. You may have a longer, free format, type of show where this won't work. in that case make a best of CD, much like Dan Klass did. At any rate, at this point just make one master CD.
2. Go to www.CDBaby.com Sign up as an artist and list your CD with them. THis will cost you a one time $35 charge. Then, also through CD baby, purchase a UPC code (unless you already have free access to one). This will be a one time $20 charge.
3. Go to www.DiskFaktory.com and pick a CD package that works for you. We chose the 100 CDs with 1 panel inserts. Design your artwork, slap in your UPC code and send it all off to them. In a week or two you'll have 100 CDs to sell.
4. Send some CDs off to CD baby. This will put them on CDBaby's store and make them available at a bunch of other online retailers (Tower Records and Best Buy). We get random sales from people just browsing CDBaby. One or two a month.
5. Sign your CDs up for Digital Distribution via CDBaby. This will make your CD available at Music Download sites including iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.
Over time this works. People will find your CD though iTunes, or wherever and download it. There are folks who know nothing about Podcasting and will still check out and buy your tracks.
We signed Dr. Floyd up with CDBaby and while the tracks haven't hit iTunes yet, they have hit a few other places and we're already making some money (and this is for stuff we have for FREE DOWNLOAD on our site already)!
Anyway, it's just a thought. It worked for us. Dan Klass is doing it. Might work for you!
I am not getting paid by any of these companies, these are just who I used. You may know of different or cheaper ways to do this stuff. I'd be glad to hear it!
Grant
*I'm not saying we're making millions. we aren't. But we do get some regular income from this method.
We've found a way to make money* selling downloads of our shows. THis is how we did it.
1. Make a CD of your shows. For us this is easy because we make CDs of each season. You may have a longer, free format, type of show where this won't work. in that case make a best of CD, much like Dan Klass did. At any rate, at this point just make one master CD.
2. Go to www.CDBaby.com Sign up as an artist and list your CD with them. THis will cost you a one time $35 charge. Then, also through CD baby, purchase a UPC code (unless you already have free access to one). This will be a one time $20 charge.
3. Go to www.DiskFaktory.com and pick a CD package that works for you. We chose the 100 CDs with 1 panel inserts. Design your artwork, slap in your UPC code and send it all off to them. In a week or two you'll have 100 CDs to sell.
4. Send some CDs off to CD baby. This will put them on CDBaby's store and make them available at a bunch of other online retailers (Tower Records and Best Buy). We get random sales from people just browsing CDBaby. One or two a month.
5. Sign your CDs up for Digital Distribution via CDBaby. This will make your CD available at Music Download sites including iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.
Over time this works. People will find your CD though iTunes, or wherever and download it. There are folks who know nothing about Podcasting and will still check out and buy your tracks.
We signed Dr. Floyd up with CDBaby and while the tracks haven't hit iTunes yet, they have hit a few other places and we're already making some money (and this is for stuff we have for FREE DOWNLOAD on our site already)!
Anyway, it's just a thought. It worked for us. Dan Klass is doing it. Might work for you!
I am not getting paid by any of these companies, these are just who I used. You may know of different or cheaper ways to do this stuff. I'd be glad to hear it!
Grant
*I'm not saying we're making millions. we aren't. But we do get some regular income from this method.