Comments on: KOAR News http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: barrym http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-103002 barrym Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:36:58 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-103002 how can an album that's not released be a bomb? how can an album that’s not released be a bomb?

]]> By: Mondogarage http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102943 Mondogarage Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:47:16 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102943 A better solution is to simply not buy any tickets sold by Ticketmaster. At all. As for selling song downloads, why can't a 99 cent song or a $9.99 album download be profitable? The electronic transmission costs are minimal, pennies at most. The royalty rates aren't terribly high. The profit margin may be small, but the sales aren't at a loss. It's not as if the digital retailers are carrying warehousing, inventory, and whatnot. So their costs per sale are far lower than physical retailers, and the price can be lower. The only people whining about iTunes sales are the labels, who don't think they're making enough in royalties from them, but the sales are profitable to Apple. A better solution is to simply not buy any tickets sold by Ticketmaster. At all.

As for selling song downloads, why can’t a 99 cent song or a $9.99 album download be profitable? The electronic transmission costs are minimal, pennies at most. The royalty rates aren’t terribly high. The profit margin may be small, but the sales aren’t at a loss. It’s not as if the digital retailers are carrying warehousing, inventory, and whatnot.

So their costs per sale are far lower than physical retailers, and the price can be lower. The only people whining about iTunes sales are the labels, who don’t think they’re making enough in royalties from them, but the sales are profitable to Apple.

]]> By: tim.towner http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102927 tim.towner Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:16:49 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102927 SnoCap gave out over 3,000 download cards, a day, on Warped Tour. I guess that was their last ditch effort to spurn sales. SnoCap gave out over 3,000 download cards, a day, on Warped Tour. I guess that was their last ditch effort to spurn sales.

]]> By: Paul T. http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102745 Paul T. Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:04:16 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102745 Apple has never made money selling music, it's always been a loss-leader to help push the iPod, why else would it be only .99 cents a download? Apple has never made money selling music, it’s always been a loss-leader to help push the iPod, why else would it be only .99 cents a download?

]]> By: AJ-KOAR http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102725 AJ-KOAR Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:36:18 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102725 Yay! More layoffs and mergers!! There is nothing more fun than dealing with a label employee responsible for more than 90 releases at a time. They are SO focused and on top of things. Yay! More layoffs and mergers!! There is nothing more fun than dealing with a label employee responsible for more than 90 releases at a time. They are SO focused and on top of things.

]]> By: Cris http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102724 Cris Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:33:44 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102724 The truth is... no one can live off of .99 cents with one song. That is why you have to make great records!! I make 6 figures a year and im not on a label because i dont just sell one song. This is bullshit pumped by people that don't understand yet that people still buy music... just record labels dont put music out anymore. The truth is… no one can live off of .99 cents with one song. That is why you have to make great records!! I make 6 figures a year and im not on a label because i dont just sell one song. This is bullshit pumped by people that don’t understand yet that people still buy music… just record labels dont put music out anymore.

]]> By: Jon Cole http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102712 Jon Cole Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:30:38 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2007/12/17/koar-news-120/#comment-102712 It all comes back to pricing. No one's going to be successful selling songs at $.89 or $.99. That's a given. But that doesn't mean that selling music isn't profitable. It hinges on volume. How is everyone so out of touch with the way we consume digital media? It all comes back to pricing. No one’s going to be successful selling songs at $.89 or $.99. That’s a given. But that doesn’t mean that selling music isn’t profitable. It hinges on volume.

How is everyone so out of touch with the way we consume digital media?

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