Tag: d2c

Welcome to the first Music Ally Report of 2013 where we plant a flag (or, rather, several flags) in the ground and pinpoint the themes and trends that we feel will shape and define the coming year.

Chill Direct is a distribution service for people to sell videos direct to fans: "Perfect for filmmakers, comedians, musicians and creators."

Bandcamp is hoping to get fans more engaged in the workings of the site by launching free 'fan accounts' in private beta.

Janet Devlin is working on her debut album, but not with a traditional label deal but via Pledge Music.

Yesterday saw announcements about new D2C features from two of the bigger players, Topspin and ReverbNation.

PaidContent reports that Domino Drip is nearing 1,000 paying subscribers, which means annual gross revenues of around $120k.

D2C platform Bandcamp has added a standalone merchandise section for artists to use, in response to what it says is strong and longstanding demand for the feature.

We've written approvingly about the Humble Indie Bundle before in the games world: it offers four or five games from independent developers in a bundle and lets people pay what they want for it.

D2C firm Audiolife provides fulfillment services to the likes of Topspin and ReverbNation, as well as individual artists selling products and merchandise direct to fans.

With 10 days still to go in her Kickstarter project, Amanda Palmer has now raised $777,844 at the time of writing to make a new album, art book and go on tour.

After a lengthy hiatus, Ben Folds Five have reformed for a tour and new album. The latter will be funded by a campaign on crowdfunding site Pledge Music.

Remember those stories about artist Amanda Palmer making lots of money from her Twitter fanbase by selling merchandise?