I hope the holiday season has been wonderful for you and that you had the chance to spend time with family and friends.
As we kick off 2008, I want to bring you up to speed with a few developments at MUSIC:NUVO that we feel are going to enable you to be more productive in your online efforts with fans:
First, and most importantly, we have decided to make NUVO Artist Stores FREE to all artists! When we originally launched NUVO last year we charged a monthly / annual fee to operate the store… that charge is now GONE. As of January you will no longer be billed to run your store, and additionally, there are NO costs to add product to your store! Your artist royalty rates remain competitive – you keep 70% of all digital download sales and 90% of all physical CD / Merch sales.
Ultimately we want to see MUSIC:NUVO grow into a full service website that helps independent artists connect more effectively with their fans online. To do that, we’re going to be offering a few different tiers of service. To outline…
- NUVO Artist Stores: You’re familiar with these of course… They’re free, you keep more of your royalty, and you can literally sell anything you want from your store. More on NUVO Stores here.
- NUVO Cards: These unique products allow you to sell (or give away) digital downloads to your fans at shows. Order a set of cards, each with a unique ‘download code’, and offer to fans at shows… they take the card to musicnuvo.com and redeem it for digital content. Comparable to DiscRevolt, but cheaper for you! For more info click here.
- NUVO Web: Beginning in 2008 we will begin offering custom ala carte web design and consultancy services. We will offer everything from NUVO Store integration – literally embed your store into your personal website – to full web design consultancy for complete site overhauls. Our focus will be on Web 2.0 concepts with an emphasis placed on getting your fans more INVOLVED in your career as artists and making your site an interactive destination… not just a static page of information. For more info click here.
We’re looking forward to the New Year and we’re excited about all of these changes. Ultimately we want to develop MUSIC:NUVO into the preferred resource to help indie artists reach their fans online. In an effort to be more transparent with where we’re headed, we are posting our MUSIC:NUVO Business Plan online as a Google document for everyone to see. We hope you will check it out and send us your comments and feedback!
Again, Happy New Year… here’s to the best in 2008!
Thanks,
Matt
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Put to use the most powerful online store for independent artists and start selling all of your content from one place! Visit http://www.musicnuvo.com/ to learn more.
