A sample DubFiler drop box badge.
Today we announce Dropboxes for your web site. If you’re a DJ or a label, people are sending you their tunes to check out. Let them upload their tracks to your DubFiler account, instead. We’ll send you an email when you get a file, and you can audition all your tracks in one place.
There are lots of other updates under way. Stay tuned!
PayPal’s standard fees are 2.9% + $0.30. Which means if you sell a lot of little things, like MP3’s for a dollar, you are losing a lot of money. Selling something for $1 results in a $.33 fee! That’s 33%! (Check out the PayPal Fee Calculator by Ryan Olbe).
What PayPal doesn’t advertise anywhere is that they offer a different payment scheme for “Micropayments” that’s much cheaper for any transaction under $12.
Buried in their site, with a single “sign up” link, is a page explaining that they offer a “Micropayments” merchant account at 5% + $0.05. For our $1 example, the fee is onliy $.10! 20% less. You will save money on every transaction under $12.
If you are setting up a new PayPal account to sell MP3’s, albums, or anything that’s likely to be under $12, use their Micropayment account registration form. If you already have an account, switch your account here.
Read more about it on the Paypal site under Micropayments.
I’ve used CDBaby.com for years to sell my albums, then to get on iTunes. I’ve used them less in the last few years as a I don’t really make albums anymore, but check into their artist resources area once in a while. Some how I’d missed the podcast they started. I’ve listened to a few this week and it’s great. A few talking heads but also some great discussion about DIY music creation, marketing and promotion. Check it out.
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