Saturday, March 10, 2007

Demand-side Music Download Pricing

I heard about this the other day on CNET's Buzz Outloud podcast.

Amie Street is a music download service that has an interesting pricing policy.  All music posted up starts off free, but as more people downlaod the music, the price goes up.  This seems like an interesting way for lesser-known artists to introduce themselves.

It takes 98 downloads for a song to  hit the ceiling of 98 cents, which then makes it comparable with the flat-fee iTunes.

Barenaked Ladies is one of the first bigger-known bands to sign on.

2 comments:

Jim said...

i want iGovernment.

Dan said...

You made me giggle like a little schoolgirl. ;-)