Sharing your music with the world has never been easier. In 2016, you don’t need to sell CDs, you don’t need a tag, and you don’t even need HTML knowledge. All you need is an internet connection, a small amount of money, and the actual music you want to sell. There are several existing online platforms, such as myflashstore and soundclick, that give you the opportunity to sell your music online, but there is one that beats them all, and that is soundgine. Let me tell you why.
1. Multiple players
With soundgine you get 3 different players that you can implement on your website to sell your music. They all have different features and designs. You can choose which one you want to use and you can easily switch between them whenever you want. Additionally, you will get a pod player that allows you to post individual tracks from your store to social media platforms like Facebook. Whichever player you choose, it will also serve as your music store. People who visit your website can browse your store, like and share songs, and finally buy them, through an integrated checkout process.
2. Different payment methods
To maximize their sales, customers must be able to choose between different payment methods. With soundgine, you can offer your customers the choice between PayPal and credit card payments. All you have to do is create a PayPal account and 2Checkout (allows you to accept credit card payments) and you are good to go.
3. Keep all your earnings
No matter how much music you sell through the soungine store, the money will be all yours. Period.
4. Your own website
Soundgine is about selling music online. To do so, you will need a music player / store that you can implement on your website. However, many musicians don’t have the time, money, or skills to create their own website. Soundgine is aware of that. That’s why they offer VUE. VUE is a website builder that comes with your subscription. It’s probably the best bonus a musician can ask for. You don’t have to use it, but if you don’t have a website or need a secondary website, VUE is the perfect choice. They even offer you some well-designed website templates to choose from. Not only that, but if you want your site to be more individual, you can basically customize everything through the so-called “expert mode” where you can write your own CSS code.
5. Keep your domain name
Many music sales platforms offer a free or paid website, which you can use to sell your music. However, if you look closely, these websites will not be yours. The reason I say this is due to domain name restrictions. Often times, the name of the service will be included in the domain that is used for “your” website. Let’s say you subscribed to a service called “SellMusic” and your username would be “ArtistX”. Your site’s domain would look like this: “sellmusic.artistx.com”. In this case, you will be connected to the company, whether you like it or not. If you want to support that service as much as you can, you probably won’t mind, but if you want to set your domain name, something like “artistx.com” would look much cleaner and more memorable. Also, when the service like in our case “SellMusic” disappears for some reason, your domain will also disappear. Then you have to create a new domain and promote it again. At a minimum, you should inform your customers that you have a new domain. Not to mention the inconvenience of changing your domain in the footers of emails, videos, other online profiles, and getting new business cards, etc.
Soundgine allows you to use your own domain name. After your subscription, you can easily transfer your domain name, to take you to your VUE website. In fact, it is quite surprising that sound technology allows you to do that. It just shows you that they care about their users and know what is important to them and their business.
6. Support
Whenever you use a service, a particular online service, there are things you cannot control. That is simply unavoidable. They are the minds behind the product you use, so of course you don’t have access to all the details. That is why it is very important that someone be there for you if something does not work or questions arise. Whether you call or email them, the support service at soundgine is top-notch. What is really special is the soundgine forum. Not only is it truly informative on all topics related to the music business, but the sound machine team is actively involved in the discussions and helps you, the end user. If you have any issues with your players or your website, there will be tons of people willing to help. They also want to hear ideas for new features. So it often happens that a soundgine user requests a certain feature and a few months, weeks, even days later, soundgine was able to implement it and comes out with a new update!
Resume:
Soundgine offers everything you need to sell your music online successfully. Not only do you get multiple music players that you can choose and switch from whenever you want, you also get a free website, if you don’t already have one. You can transfer your domain name so that you can establish your website on the market without depending on the service itself. Soundgine doesn’t claim any percentage of sales, so no matter how much you sell, the money will be yours. The subscription costs $ 20 a month, but with all the features that come with your subscription, the ability to transfer your domain name, which is fair to say the least, and the incredible support service, it is well worth it.