It has never been so easy to share your music with the world. In the year 2016, you don’t need to sell CDs, you don’t need a label, 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 online platforms like myflashstore and soundclick that give you the opportunity to sell your music online, but there is one that tops 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. Plus, you’ll get a pod player that lets you 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 through your store, like and share songs, and ultimately purchase them, through an integrated checkout process.
2. Different payment methods
To maximize your sales, customers should be able to choose between different payment methods. With soundgine, you can give your customers the choice between PayPal and credit card payments. All you have to do is create a PayPal account and 2Checkout (which allows you to accept credit card payments) and you’re ready 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 all 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 this. 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 option. They even give you some nicely designed website templates to choose from. Not only that, but if you want to make your site more individual, you can basically customize everything via the so-called “expert mode”, where you can write your own CSS code!
5. Keep your domain name
Many music selling 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 because of domain name restrictions. Often the name of the service will be included in the domain that is used for “your” website. So let’s say you subscribed to a service called “SellMusic” and your username would be “ArtistX”. Your site domain would look like this: “sellmusic.artistx.com”. In this case you will be connected with the company, whether you like it or not. If you want to support that service as much as you can, you probably don’t mind, but if you want to set your domain name, something like “artistx.com” would look much cleaner and easier to remember. Also, when the service, like in our case “SellMusic” disappears for some reason, your domain will also disappear. So you have to create a new domain and promote it again. At a minimum, you should let your customers know that you have a new domain. Not to mention the inconvenience that comes with changing your domain on email footers, 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 your VUE website. It’s actually quite amazing that Soundgine allows you to do that. It just shows that they care about their users and know what is important to them and their business.
6. Support
Every time you use a service, an online service in particular, there are things you can’t control. That is unavoidable. They are the minds behind the product you use, so you don’t have access to all the details, of course. That is why it is very important that someone is there for you if something does not work or if doubts arise. Whether you call them or contact them by email, the support service at soundgine is top notch. What is really special is the Soundgine forum. Not only is it really informative on all things related to the music business, but the soundgine team themselves actively participate in the discussions and help you, the end user. If you have a problem with your players or your website, there will be many people willing to help you. They are also very keen to hear ideas for new features. So it often happens that a Soundgine user requests a certain feature and some months, weeks and even days later Soundgine was able to implement it and comes up with a new update!
Summary:
Soundgine offers everything you need to successfully sell your music online. Not only do you get multiple music players that you can choose from and switch whenever you want, but 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 in 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 is yours. The subscription costs $20 per 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 amazing support service, it’s well worth it.
