iTunes is a lot cheaper than the Warp store, I think - it's 99 cents for a track on iTunes, and 99 pence on Warp, so at the current exchange rate it's almost twice as expensive. Not sure if iTunes has a "per EP" pricing deal, though; what I've seen of it seems to be heavily structured around albums and tracks.
The prices of these tracks online is a bit much, I agree - you'd expect more discount than that. But then again this is a new way of selling music and people like Warp have to bear in mind that sales might be abysmally low. They're taking a bit of a risk by launching these services and so I think that's a big part of the reason the pricing is quite cautious. I don't doubt that if it takes off and becomes a bit of a cash cow then prices will drop - Warp say they're going to implement a system later on down the line where the cost-per-track will drop based on how many tracks you've got in an individual order, which would make more sense to me. Brendan > -----Original Message----- > From: Cobert, Gwendal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 January 2004 12:08 > To: 313 > Subject: RE: (313) warprecords > > > To me it is a matter of pricing : I don't know how much > iTunes charges (how much is it for an Environ EP BTW ?), but > on the Warp site tracks are about two times more expensive as > I would like them to be. Since you don't have the actual > object anymore, it should be normal to have some discount... > would it be only because it also costs a lot less to the label. > Gwendal > > -----Original Message----- > From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2004 13:06 > To: 'Tom Churchill'; 'Alex Bond'; '313' > Subject: RE: (313) warprecords > > > -> > I was just wondering why anyone would? > -> > > -> > I mean it's just as easy to download from a peer to peer > -> right, and it's > -> > free. > -> > -> I wondered the same thing when Apple launched their iTunes > -> Music Store - but > -> eight months later they've sold 30 million songs. And bear > -> in mind the > -> service is only available to Mac users (approx 5% of the > -> market), and only > -> in America. So it looks like the market's definitely there... > > there's a itunes for windows now (to access iTMS).... > > -> While we're on the subject - would people on the list pay to > -> download (for > -> example) Headspace and Emoticon tracks as high-quality MP3s? > -> Trying to work > -> out whether it's worth exploring these alternative forms of > -> selling music on > -> such a small scale... > > i think there will most likely be a market for this when more people > have the ability to dj mp3s (either through ableton live....needs mp3 > support, or finalscratch/traktor)...not sure we're at that stage yet? > > then again you might be tapping into a different market. environ think > it's there, you can get their stuff through iTunes Music > Service now. be > interesting to watch their sales, if that data is available. > > > robin... > >
