Comments on: Getting Your Music Released – Tunecore Vs CD Baby

By: schwarz

schwarz — Sat, 21 May 2011 18:30:46 +0000

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thanks for all info. has anyone heard of Zimbalam at all (because no one has mentioned them here but they claim a lot as TC and CDB)

Thanks

By: Peter Wells

Peter Wells — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:06:12 +0000

Lyn, the reason you get $0.70 when iTunes U.S. sells a song for $0.99 is that iTunes keeps $0.29. That’s their cut. That’s how iTunes makes their money. OF THE REMAINDER, TuneCore will always pay out 100%–that is, the full $0.70. If CD Baby is paying 91%, it means instead of getting $0.70, you’re getting only $0.637 cents.

Thanks!

–Peter
peter@tunecore.com

By: Lyn

Lyn — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:44:38 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for bringing up the topic. Although this is from 2009, still relevant for many that will read this.

Just to add to the discussion-I’ve been a CDBaby Customer for a few years now and no complaints. When I saw the Tunecore ads I was interested as they offer other retail outlets that CDB does not.

Keep in mind… Tunecore claims that you get 100% of your royalties… yeah, sure, but that is only 70% of the total price per download (per the user agreement, in most cases, but someone please correct me if I’m wrong, that is what I read as of 8/2010) whereas you get 91% with CDB of whatever they sell it for. I mean, that’s 21 % less with TC right of the bat plus the annual fees which CDB does not have.

Anyhow, please read the fine print as it does add up to quite a bit of money for the various things that Tunecore offers VS minimal percentage charge by CDB across the board with no annual fees (sign-up fee notwithstanding). I hope someone takes the time to do an actual apples to apples comparison for the final cost to the average musician with 10 tracks.

So, I will probably still use Tunecore for access to the other outlets but I am well aware that their service will be costing me a lot more than CDB and will factor that into my profit calculations.

All the best to the musicians out there!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:13:15 +0000

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It is quite hard to make a bit on money from music these days, unless you have a massive label behind you, but every little bit made helps

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:57:28 +0000

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There is something to say for the “set it and forget it” nature of CD Baby with no annual fees. A musician friend of mine recently logged into his CD Baby account after not having done so in quite some time (he perhaps took the “forget it” part of the equation to literally) to find $35 waiting for him – maybe not a huge amount but it is kinda like finding a handful of change in the couch cushion when you desperately need a few extra bucks to pay the pizza guy.
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