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CDBaby: yay or nay?

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dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california	Posted on Nov 13 2006 05:26 PM A question for anyone who has experience with the CDBaby distribution process: were you pleased with their services? Any positive or negative experiences out there? thanks for your attention to this matter at this time, -dp Last edited: Nov 14, 2006 10:16:27 Top
SurfBandBill Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco	Posted on Nov 13 2006 06:38 PM I'm VERY happy with CD Baby. Even two years later, we're still making like $25 a month of selling our music. They put your music on all the pertinent online sites as well (napster, iTunes, etc.). I think they may have even been the ones to put our disc on Amazon (though not the copy listing at $41). I have no hesitations in recommending them. ~B~ Top
Joelman Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 1485 Redlands, CA	Posted on Nov 14 2006 12:14 AM Dave, I dont have any cds to sell, but I have bought cds from CD Baby. They give great service, and unbelivable follow up service. I have never had a company email me to make sure everything arrived ok. But CD Baby did. I told them the cd case was broken when it arrived, and they offered to replace it. I didn't even ask for a replacement, they offered! So far I have had nothing but outstanding service from them. They even tell you how much money goes to the bands! Joel Top
diceophonic Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)	Posted on Nov 14 2006 12:20 AM I dig cdbaby we have no more cds of our "Vampiro Classics" all sold out but we do have digital sales coming every month! it's freaking killer! cdbaby rocks! — -Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel Beyond The Surf Instagram The Verbtones @ Instagram The Verbtones @ Facebook The Verbtones @ bandcamp Top
Jon Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH	Posted on Nov 25 2006 07:44 PM I've never bought anything from cdbaby before. I usually go to Double Crown, Sundazed, or Bada Bing. I'll have to check it out, especially after reading the previous posts. Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Nov 25 2006 08:00 PM As a customer I don't care for CDBaby's name, layout, or selection, and so on. I'd much rather do business through somebody else. Top
pvittorio Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 23	Posted on Jun 24 2009 06:23 PM I love CDbaby, they have done more for me than I could have ever asked for. Go to there website and check them out, they are the real deal. They welcome everyone and judge none. Have a good one. Paul Top
Pyronauts Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1129 Northern CA	Posted on Jun 24 2009 06:43 PM CD Baby has been good to The Pyronauts. As far as I can tell it is the best way for an independent band to get on iTunes and the like. We've done some good sales on iTunes. It costs $30 to set up, but after that nothing. They take $4 per physical CD that you sell. The biggest draw back is there credit card program. They take something like 11% which kinda sucks... BUT they don't take any money if you don't sell anything. So I just keep telling myself that those are sales that never woulda happened anyway. It's so cool getting checks from them though! Paul The Pyronaut Top
crumble Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England	Posted on Jun 24 2009 07:00 PM The band categories doesn't work quite as well as it could, for instance what CDBaby might consider surf music very often isn't but overall importing is fairly quick and painless. I like it a lot. Top
kenposurf Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA	Posted on Jun 24 2009 11:08 PM Been w/them for about three years and it's been a good deal for us — www.northofmalibu.com Top
raito Joined: Oct 16, 2008 Posts: 549 Madison, WI	Posted on Jul 09 2009 12:47 PM I'm pretty happy with them so far, but I do wonder about the future. Derek Sivers sold CDBaby off last year (and apparently took the email list with him, judging by the spam he sends out from sivers.org, considering that he doesn't own CDBaby any more). Top
deepeddy Joined: May 19, 2009 Posts: 1263 Austin, Tejas	Posted on Jul 09 2009 01:36 PM If you're not selling through CDBaby, you're missing out on all kinds of sales that you would never make on your own. — Ted James Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com Top
ArtS Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 1335 Isle of Kent, MD	Posted on Jul 09 2009 01:38 PM Been very happy with them and their staff! — Surfcat NEW - MARCH OF THE DEAD SURFERS (Released Oct 17, 2024) - Agent Octopus YOUTUBE Video - March of the Dead Surfers NEW AGENT OCTOPUS - BANDCAMP](https://agentoctopus.bandcamp.com/) SPOTIFY LINK - AGENT OCTOPUS - SURF Top
raito Joined: Oct 16, 2008 Posts: 549 Madison, WI	Posted on Jul 09 2009 03:07 PM Looking through my spam, I found a message from CDBaby. Seems like the new owners are already changing things. Check out the new TOS: http://cdbabypodcast.com/CDBabyTermsofService/physical.pdf Dontcha love the part that says that if you don't meet your threshold in 12 months, they give your money away? Top
Mel Joined: Feb 25, 2008 Posts: 321 Canada's Wet Coast	Posted on Jul 09 2009 05:43 PM raito Looking through my spam, I found a message from CDBaby. Seems like the new owners are already changing things. Check out the new TOS: http://cdbabypodcast.com/CDBabyTermsofService/physical.pdf Dontcha love the part that says that if you don't meet your threshold in 12 months, they give your money away? Section 7.3 says if you don't make your threshold payments in a year, then yes, they "can" give it away. But I don't think a <$10 giveaway is all that unreasonable (you can lower the threshold from the $50 default). Maybe they're trying to tame the accounting nightmares. — Mel Top
raito Joined: Oct 16, 2008 Posts: 549 Madison, WI	Posted on Jul 27 2009 04:07 PM Mel Maybe they're trying to tame the accounting nightmares. What nightmares? It's one of the things I'm paying them for! Top
Von_Zeke Joined: Jun 03, 2008 Posts: 8 Seattle, WA	Posted on Oct 12 2009 01:53 AM If you're not selling through CDBaby, you're missing out on all kinds of sales that you would never make on your own. That's the truth. Due to steady, consistent sales on CDBaby Mercury Four actually had to repress our 1st CD, something I never thought we'd have to do. Von Zeke Top
morphball Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC	Posted on Oct 12 2009 02:41 PM Von_Zeke That's the truth. Due to steady, consistent sales on CDBaby Mercury Four actually had to repress our 1st CD, something I never thought we'd have to do. Really excellent album by the way, happy customer here. — Mike http://www.youtube.com/morphballio Top
surferjoemusic Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2106 Livorno	Posted on Oct 12 2009 03:56 PM I'm very happy with CD Baby. They took a while this summer to put our album online, especially for the digital distribution, but it is very easy and they do a good job in the end. — Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini (www.surfmusic.net) Top
deepeddy Joined: May 19, 2009 Posts: 1263 Austin, Tejas	Posted on Oct 19 2009 01:27 PM I just wish their new website was as user friendly as their old site. — Ted James Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com Top

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