Music Download Store Experimenting With Demand-Based Pricing
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MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat
MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat
09/02/2004 01:31 PMSource: The Search Engine Journal - MSN has unveiled MSN Music Store,
their pay per download WMP driven system which is predicted to give
Apple iTunes, Napster, and RealNetworks a run for their money in the
realm of legal music...
Beatles May Get Their Own Music Download
Store
Beatles May Get Their Own Music Download
Store
06/08/2004 05:12 PMPeople have pointed out in the past that one of the major limitations
to online download music stores is the fact that certain popular
artists have not allowed their music to be (legally) offered online
yet. Exhibit number one is always the Beatles. Well, now it appears
that the Beatles are finally warming up to the idea,
but only if someone is willing to pay
them lots and lots and lots of money for the right to set up an
exclusive Beatles store. That's right, the music wouldn't be
available in just any download store, but a Beatles-only music store
that would be run by some other company. While the article mentions
Apple iTunes as a possibility, this seems unlikely unless the Beatles
and Apple
patch
up their legal problems first. Either way, this points out just
how ridiculous all these different online stores are. Would the
Beatles have ever become famous if you could only buy their music in
exclusive Beatles-only record stores, which would then only play on
special Beatles-only record players, that had all sorts of limitations
on what you could do compared to other music you owned? The Beatles
may have been great musicians, but they now appear to be greedy and
shortsighted in their attempt to move into the online world.
Sony opens US music download store
Sony opens US music download store
05/04/2004 11:02 AMConnect to MiniDisc
RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store (AP)
RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store (AP)
01/07/2004 02:25 PMAP - RealNetworks Inc. is preaching digital inclusion with its launch
Wednesday of a music download store and media player that support the
top two audio formats.
RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store
RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store
01/07/2004 02:03 PMAP via Daily Press Jan 7 2004 12:19PM ET
Is There Any Company At All Who Won't
Launch Their Own Music Download Store?
Is There Any Company At All Who Won't
Launch Their Own Music Download Store?
12/08/2003 03:33 PMOkay, someone make it stop. Last week I mentioned HP's plans to
open
their own music download store and wondered if there was any tech
company that
wasn't planning their own music download store.
Apparently, I was too narrow in my focus. Coca-Cola has announced
plans to offer a music download store as well. It's beginning
to feel like the "feature" that everyone wants to add. "Oh yeah, our
website has a spinning logo, a store locator, search functionality,
customer self-service, and, of course, our own music download store."
Of course, this will be like every other download music store with
silly limitations and bad pricing, but that's the way things go. It's
difficult to see what benefit an outfit like Coke stands to gain.
It's way (way) out of the core competency, and most of these stores
have been shown to act as loss leaders for other products (like music
players). I'm not sure how music becomes a loss leader for soda. I'm
sure there will be many more similar announcements before some sense
of sanity is reached, and companies start shutting down or merging all
of these download stores into just a few entities. Having all of
these separate stores with different restrictions does no good.
Sony Connect Online Music Download Store
Launches
Sony Connect Online Music Download Store
Launches
05/04/2004 01:58 PMWeb-based iTunes Music Store client and
library
Web-based iTunes Music Store client and
library
04/18/2004 05:39 PMThe Downhill Battle people are hosting a web-based script that
searches the iTunes Music Store and allows you to interact with it as
though you were using a copy of iTunes itself. The script is
open-source, and they hope the script will be used for innovative
functionality in other apps, like providing 30-second previews and
metadate for tracks on P2P nets.
Link
(
via /.)
iTunes Music Store Vs. WalMart's
Download Service: A Head-To-Head
Comparison
iTunes Music Store Vs. WalMart's
Download Service: A Head-To-Head
Comparison
12/21/2003 07:07 PMWalMart's download service would probably seem bearable if iTunes for
Windows didn't exist. But unfortunately for WalMart, it does. (Bill
Palmer via MyAppleMenu)
Increased Security Product Demand Drives
Discount Security Store to Expand Online
Store
Increased Security Product Demand Drives
Discount Security Store to Expand Online
Store
03/17/2005 03:52 AMDiscount Security Store, the leading online supplier of high-end
security products at discounted prices, has announced an increase in
offered access control and closed-circuit television products and
accessories to meet customer demand. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]
Important update and new pricing for
Speed Download 3 released
Important update and new pricing for
Speed Download 3 released
03/14/2005 05:28 PMMarch 9, 2005 – Yazsoft announces the release of an important update
for Speed Download, version 3.0.3.
[[ Visit http://www.macmegasite.com for full article ]]
Apple Store Offers iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates
Apple Store Offers iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates
11/10/2003 11:26 PM(MacNN via MyAppleMenu)
Apple Store sells iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates
Apple Store sells iTunes Music Store
Gift Certificates
11/10/2003 11:28 PMThe Apple Store is selling gift
certificates good for purchasing music from the iTunes Music Store.
The simple order form on the Apple Store Web site asks users to input
their name, and the name and e-mail address of the recipient along
with a personal message. Purchasers can select US$10 increments
ranging from $10 to $200.
Is Gender-Based Pricing Fair? (Reuters)
Is Gender-Based Pricing Fair? (Reuters)
03/17/2005 03:16 AMReuters - Most women, accustomed to paying more
than men for goods and services like clothes and hair cuts,
simply shrug it off as part of life, but an Ontario legislator
hopes to end all that.
KT Seeks Usage-Based Internet Pricing
KT Seeks Usage-Based Internet Pricing
03/28/2005 10:31 AMHankooki Mar 28 2005 2:04PM GMT
KT Seeks Usage-Based Pricing System
KT Seeks Usage-Based Pricing System
03/28/2005 05:56 AMHankooki Mar 28 2005 9:26AM GMT
Target looks for better margins with
rollout of web-based pricing software
Target looks for better margins with
rollout of web-based pricing software
06/07/2004 10:04 PMInternetRetailer.com Jun 8 2004 2:50AM GMT
Microsoft gears up for massive XP
download demand
Microsoft gears up for massive XP
download demand
08/10/2004 11:11 PMSearchVB.com Aug 11 2004 2:58AM GMT
Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia?
Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia?
12/26/2004 08:28 PM By Les Posen, CyberPsych Blog
Download In The Store
Download In The Store
06/25/2004 12:11 PMJeremiah writes
"On the heels of iTunes announcement that it has sold
800,000 tracks in its first week of operation in Europe, BestBuy
announces it will partner with Napster and promote it as its "leading digital
music service." It's my personal belief this signals the
beginning-of-the-end of the "shiny, plastic-disc" era of digital
music... but I digress. The "scoop", however, is not the above
stories (which you can read anywhere); they're just for context. Word
on the street is a major bookseller (B&N or Borders) is planning to
install WiFi in its stores *AND* provide access to libraries of
digital music for download onto your device of choice. One marketing
idea is to sell mp3 players in-store with a $10 gift-cert for digital
downloads, or players with audio-books preloaded. To access their
in-store WiFi, customers will lease a wireless NIC on an hourly basis,
that's been "keyed" to only work on their network (removing the
motivation to steal the nics). The hourly cost is "...somewhere around
what you'd pay for a large coffee." Word is a beta will be in some
west-coast stores around August-Sept." There have been similar
rumors of services at certain music stores in the past, but it sounds
like such talk is heating up. Of course, this does make you wonder
what the purpose of the "store" is? If you can download from
anywhere, why would you need to go to a store to download?
Music.Download.com Free Music is a
Winner!
Music.Download.com Free Music is a
Winner!
04/27/2004 06:56 PMI have downloaded about a 100 tracks from Music.Download.com music
section this afternoon. It is nice to be able to...
DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store
DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store
08/04/2004 02:36 AMDEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple
iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]
HP to launch music store, digital music
player
HP to launch music store, digital music
player
12/03/2003 03:43 PMFollowing the lead of its competitors in the PC industry,
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) plans to
announce a digital music player and music store along with a line of
digital televisions early next year, a HP spokeswoman said Wednesday.
5 cent download store comes to life!
5 cent download store comes to life!
03/30/2005 08:30 PMA week ago, I blogged about the 5 cent
download. Soon after, I heard from Tryad, a virtual band that spans the
ocean from Japan to
Ohio. They decided to open their own 5 cent download
store, and also offer the service to other
artists for free (as long as the bandwidth costs remain
manageable).
So, if you want to sell you Creative Commons licensed music, drop them
a line. If you want to support artists who go CC, go buy some music.
Let's build some good content, and hopefully, a good market.
Thanks Tryad for taking this idea and running with it.
Microsoft Launches Download Store
Microsoft Launches Download Store
09/01/2004 08:37 PMBillboard Sep 2 2004 0:28AM GMT
TiVo-based set-top boxes in high demand
TiVo-based set-top boxes in high demand
12/11/2003 05:05 PMBoston Globe Dec 11 2003 4:19PM ET
TiVo-Based Set-Top Boxes in High Demand
TiVo-Based Set-Top Boxes in High Demand
12/11/2003 01:13 PMSan Jose Mercury News Dec 11 2003 12:08PM ET
Today's business needs drive demand for
Wintel-based optimisation
Today's business needs drive demand for
Wintel-based optimisation
01/27/2004 02:29 AMSunday Times South Africa Jan 27 2004 6:48AM GMT
Sony's Connect Music Service Offers Fair
Pricing, Little Else
Sony's Connect Music Service Offers Fair
Pricing, Little Else
05/09/2004 06:39 PMJust compare Apple's iTunes with Sony's Connect: One of these stores
has a future, and one of them does not. And the difference comes down
to nothing more complex than each company's willingness to learn from
experience and listen to customers. By Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post
(via MyAppleMenu)
British Music Fans Decry ITunes Pricing
(PC World)
British Music Fans Decry ITunes Pricing
(PC World)
09/17/2004 06:29 AMPC World - Consumer group complains of higher prices in U.K. than
elsewhere in Europe.
Will Walmart's Entrance Signal Download
Store Price Wars?
Will Walmart's Entrance Signal Download
Store Price Wars?
12/18/2003 09:54 PMI've been wondering how long the $0.99/song price for music could
hold. Already, some say that the dollar a song price is
too
much, and basic competition would suggest that the prices will get
driven down over time. The floor at this point is the $0.67 that the
labels demand from each song sold. So far, the various download
stores have mostly (though not completely) held the line at a dollar.
Sooner or later, though, you had to know that someone would realize
they could get more attention by going lower, and who else but the
leader in "everyday low pricing" Walmart? They're
testing their new download store with songs at $0.88 per song.
Hello, price wars! Of course, they know that they'll be losing money
on this offering, but they see it as a loss leader to get people to
buy other stuff at Walmart.com. So, if the price war continues, at
what point will someone realize that, since they're just using the
music as a loss leader anyway, they don't mind paying the $0.67
themselves. For example, Apple already says they're losing
money on iTunes, but more than making it up on iPods. Wouldn't they
sell more iPods if the music were even cheaper? It's an optimization
question of "how low do you go?" until the cost of the music outweighs
the benefit of selling more other stuff. However, if the music really
is acting as incentive to buy other (high priced, high margin) goods,
you'd think they'll eventually be willing to go pretty damn low.
Sony's Connect Music Service Offers Fair
Pricing, Little Else
(washingtonpost.com)
Sony's Connect Music Service Offers Fair
Pricing, Little Else
(washingtonpost.com)
05/08/2004 11:05 PMwashingtonpost.com - If anybody can get Internet music downloads
right, it should be Sony Corp. The company has years of experience
selling records, consumer electronics and personal computers -- and
it's had plenty of time to study earlier digital-music ventures.
HP Music Player and Music Store
HP Music Player and Music Store
12/03/2003 03:01 AM
CBS MarketWatch notes that HP will also be entering the
music-download/player arena in January 2004 with its own version of a
digital music player and...
Big Demand for Digital Music Players
Big Demand for Digital Music Players
09/22/2004 06:37 PMGreen Hills Software Expands in Europe
and Middle East Based on Strong Customer
Demand
Green Hills Software Expands in Europe
and Middle East Based on Strong Customer
Demand
07/22/2004 02:41 AMNew Offices are Opened in Sweden and Israel with Additional Offices
Being Added in Germany, France and Other Fast Growing Regions
Throughout EMEA [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]
Music Download Firms Don't Get It
Music Download Firms Don't Get It
06/03/2004 01:42 PMA less-than-pleasant downloading experience indicates companies have a
long way to go.
Which Music Download Service is Best?
Which Music Download Service is Best?
04/08/2005 10:42 PMReviews: Legal online music services are sprouting like weeds.
What separates one from another, aside from a few cents per downloaded
song? We'll give you all the ammo you need to make your decision.
UK To Get Music Download Chart
UK To Get Music Download Chart
07/04/2004 12:17 PMMTV Getting into Music Download Business
MTV Getting into Music Download Business
11/04/2003 09:44 AMPranjal writes "According to this article at Economic Times, MTV is
getting into the music download business. MTV chief Tom Freston
announced on Monday, the ...
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