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Make Money Online by Selling MP3's
Ok, you’re not really gonna sell the MP3's yourselves. But if you already have a Web site or a Blog you can make
some dough by referring songs from sites like like Amazon, iTunes Store, or 7digital.
A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or
website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of
copyright material without permission or payment if required. Downloads are sometimes encoded with
Digital Rights Management (DRM) that restricts making extra copies of the music or play purchased
songs on certain digital audio players.
Most download websites list music in compressed and lossy formats such as mp3 or aac/m4a (e.g. iTunes Store).
Some download websites start to offer compressed and lossless CD quality, high-definition and 5.1 surround
music in formats such as aiff, flac or wma.
The advantage of highly compressed and lossy music is faster0 download time and reduced disk usage, although
this is becoming less of a concern with faster Internet links and bigger disks.
iTunes Store
The iTunes Store features more than six million songs, 100,000 free podcasts, over 27,000 audiobooks, music videos,
short films, TV programmes and iPod games.
You can link to songs, albums, artists, TV shows, movies, music videos, audiobooks, popular public
radio programs, podcasts, iPhone and iPod touch applications, and more. You'll earn a commission (around 5%) on
all qualifying revenue generated by links to iTunes posted on your website.
The main iTunes Affiliate Program is only for the U.S. iTunes Store, so it works only for USA users.
However there are other iTunes Affiliate Programs in Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
For several years downloaded songs from iTunes Store were protected with DRM (Digital Rights Management) system
which allows protected songs to be played on a limited number of computers and an unlimited number of Apple devices
(iPod, AppleTV). But in 2009 Apple is in the process of converting to completely DRM free music (previously called iTunes Plus)
in a high quality format (but no MP3): AAC 256K.
Users can also upgrade previously purchased songs to a higher quality, DRM-free version for 30 cents per song or 30
percent of the album price.
iTunes now sells songs at three different prices: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. Record companies will choose the prices,
which marks a significant change, since Apple previously made all songs sell for 99 cents.
For several years downloaded songs from iTunes Store were protected with DRM (Digital Rights Management) system
which allows protected songs to be played on a limited number of computers and an unlimited number of Apple devices
(iPod, AppleTV). But in 2009 Apple is in the process of converting to completely DRM free music (previously called iTunes Plus)
in a high quality format (but no MP3): AAC 256K.
Users can also upgrade previously purchased songs to a higher quality, DRM-free version for 30 cents per song or 30
percent of the album price.
iTunes now sells songs at three different prices: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. Record companies will choose the prices,
which marks a significant change, since Apple previously made all songs sell for 99 cents.
Amazon MP3
At launch, Amazon offered "over 2 million songs from more than 180,000 artists and over 20,000 labels, including EMI Music
and Universal Music Group", to customers located in the United States only.
Every song and album on Amazon MP3 is available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management
(DRM) software, and with in a very good quality format: MP3 256K.
This means that Amazon MP3 customers are free to enjoy their music downloads using any hardware
device, organize their music using any music management application, and burn songs to CDs.
Most songs are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents and most albums are priced from $5.99 to $9.99.
The referral fees will be 10%, with no limit to the number of items on which referral fees are earned.
In you site you can also use an MP3 widget released from Amazon featuring samples with songs selected by you from their MP3 store.
That means money for you because it comes with buy buttons including your affiliate ID.
Every song and album on Amazon MP3 is available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management
(DRM) software, and with in a very good quality format: MP3 256K.
This means that Amazon MP3 customers are free to enjoy their music downloads using any hardware
device, organize their music using any music management application, and burn songs to CDs.
Most songs are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents and most albums are priced from $5.99 to $9.99.
The referral fees will be 10%, with no limit to the number of items on which referral fees are earned.
In you site you can also use an MP3 widget released from Amazon featuring samples with songs selected by you from their MP3 store.
That means money for you because it comes with buy buttons including your affiliate ID.
7digital.com
7digital.com is an online digital music store where consumers can purchase music, audiobooks, comedy shows and videos
(including documentaries, independent films and music videos). 7digital is the first digital music store in Europe to
offer downloads from all four major labels, Sony BMG, Universal Music, Warner Music and EMI Records.
As of September 2008, more than 4 million tracks are available, all are sold free of DRM rights restriction
as high-quality (320kbps) MP3 files, better quality than offered by iTunes Plus.
You can add links, badges and widgets to your site or blog, and earn up to 5% commission on sales that derive
from your traffic.
7digital has launched regional versions of 7digital.com in several European countries and intends to continue expanding
into other European countries and the United States.