SmartCDs

ListenSmart : SmartCDs

CD Sales (coming soon)

Although the music featured on the site is free in its digital form, users who wish to own the music in a physical manner will be offered the option to purchase CDs through our e-commerce infrastructure. Thus, as a valued added service to site visitors, and as another potential revenue stream for artist, "produced on demand" CDs will be offered in addition to "consignment" CD sales. The price of the "produced on demand" CDs should actually be interpreted as a "service" charge for recording the free music to a blank CD and shipping it directly to the customer.

SmartLabel CDs

SmartLabel CDs are similar to MP3.com's DAM CD program where artists can create their own CD based on their MP3 songs files and using a web-based interface. However, artists will be given much more flexibility in terms of graphical content, text content, and a much less obtrusive logo. Artists may also set their own unit prices from $5.99 - $18.99 and receive a 50% commission on the sale. Moreover, optional shrink-wrapping and bulk discounts will be offered to musicians looking to stockpile saleable units for live events in addition to local CD retailers. It should also be noted that artists will be able to upload MP3 files with a higher bitrate than 128Kbs to a special section of the server for the purposes of burning CDs. Moreover, artists with current CDs will be able to mail them to ListenSmart.com so that we may burn their new CDs directly from red-book digital audio for premium sound quality.

SmartCompilation CDs

"SmartCompilation CDs" will offer an extraordinary value since the customers will have the ultimate control over the content and creation. What makes this approach unique, is the opportunity it gives to a listener to create his or her own compilation/greatest hits CD, (up to 74 minutes of music) from amongst the ListenSmart.com artists. Customers will have the choice to add songs or compositions that they enjoy to their SmartCompilation CD by using an intuitive "Shopping Cart" system that has become so familiar in E-commerce. Customers can even add to their shopping cart over multiple online sessions and the "contents" of their shopping cart will be retained. Additionally, customers will not only have a choice of all the music available on the site, but they will also have their choice of format, MP3, CD digital audio (red book standard), or both. Should a customer select CD digital audio only, he could select up to 74 minutes of music. Should a customer select MP3 file formats only, he could select approximately 130 songs (using 5MB as an average file size). The ability to maximize and customize each CD by song, composition, and file format creates a tremendous value for the customer.

The unit price of SmartCompilation CDs will be set at a fixed price of $8.99. Thus, all of the artists with songs appearing on the SmartCompilation CD will split the 50% royalty ($4.50), based on the total number of tracks included. It should be noted that particpation in the SmartCompilation CD program is a song-by-song option, decided by the artists.

Consignment CD Sales

Artists with CDs for sale that have already be produced will be offered the opportunity to ship 5 units at a time to ListenSmart.com to be sold on the artists' page and through our e-commerce infrastructure for a minimal 10% service charge. Artists will set their own pricing for consignment merchandise.

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