15/1/04 12:13 PM Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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.
Apple can afford it as they have most of the kit anyway... :) And they have a massive users advantage over Warp... > > 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. The system to set this up for Warp won't be cheap, so they have some cost to cover - I think we have to give them some time to see how it all goes. The GUI by Kleber is pants tho :) No need for the scroll click... At Dust Science, we a looking a selling MP3's but ours will be sold as EPs or as the vinyl but with add free extras, at a lower rate. Martin > > 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... >> >> >
