CD Distribution

As part of your packaged CD order (bulk orders do not qualify), you can submit your CD free of charge (a $35 savings) to CD Baby, the fastest growing independent music store on the web.  CD Baby sells thousands of CDs to customers around the world each week, and yours can be one of them.

All you have to do is fill out their online submission form, and when you receive the CD Baby/Audio Sphere coupon in the mail, send that in along with 5 of your finished CDs and you're set.

What will CD Baby do for you?
*CD Baby will make a web page designed to sell your CD, complete with an easy to find web address (www.cdbaby/yourname.com) quality sound clips (2 minutes!), album artwork, bios, links and descriptions.  Your CD will
be added to the search engines and galleries at CD Baby; thousands of people shop for independent music like yours every day at CD Baby.

*CD Baby takes credit card orders online and on the phone for your CD and ships it anywhere in the world in a matter of hours.  Their easy to remember URL and toll-free number makes it easy for your fans to call.

*CD Baby will email you each and every time you sell a CD and let you know who bought it.

*CD Baby will give you a FREE credit card swiper so that you can accept credit cards at your gigs!



How does the money work?
*You set your selling price to whatever you want it to be.

*CD Baby keeps $4 from each sale, no matter what the price is. 

*CD Baby cuts checks for over $50,000 each week to independent artists like yourself.  You set your "pay point" (the dollar amount you want to reach before a check is written) so you really can be paid whenever you want.

*Your membership is FREE just for duplicating your CDs with Audio Sphere.  This membership will never expire as long as you're still selling that CD.  So, even if you only sell one CD in 20 years, CD Baby will never send back your CDs because you're not selling enough or tell you you're not important.  They'll be glad to keep it and take orders for it as long as you want them to.

It's Easy to sign up!Easy to sign up!
*Go to www.cdbaby.net and fill out the submission information online (click the Sign Up button on the top righthand)
(this can be accomplished anytime -- even before you have your CDs.  Your account will be activated when they receive your CDs and the Audio Sphere coupon).

*As soon as Audio Sphere receives your CD order, we send you a print out of this information, with a coupon at the bottom.  Cut it out, fill it out, and send it in, along with 5 CDs, to CD Baby (address will be on the back of the coupon).

Important Note:  CD Baby uses email as their primary contact with their clients so it is important that you have an email address that you can check regularly.  They'll email you when they need more CD's, when you have a sale, or when they need to contact you for any reason.  If you don't have an email address, you can get one for free at www.yahoo.com
or www.hotmail.com.


Once your CD is in CD Baby, sign up for their Free Digital Distribution!Free Digital Distribution!
*Get your music into digital retailers such as Apple's iTunes, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, AOL MusicNet, Napster, Buy Music, EMusic, Listen.com, Audio Lunchbox (and many more), and receive 91% back of whatever fees are generated.

To find out more and to sign up for digital distribution for your CD, to go www.cdbaby.net/dd


One More Time:  What's good about selling your CD at CD Baby?
*CD Baby is the largest seller of independent music in the world.
*CD Baby has paid out over $6 million so far to musicians just like you.
*Hundreds of thousands of people are browsing CD Baby every day.
*30% of their orders are international.  You'll start selling to the whole world, not just your neighborhood.
*CD Baby gives you full contact info (name, email, etc.) for each person that buys your CD.
*Real people are there to answer questions, calls and emails.
*53,000 independent musicians successfully use CD Baby to sell their music.
*CD Baby processes your orders and ships them to your fans the very same day.
*CD Baby cuts checks every Monday for CDs sold

Bathtub Music is an online CD store for INDEPENDENT artists only. They sell your CD and expose your release to indie music lovers both here in the US and internationally. They ship it to your customers for you, so you can concentrate on the MUSIC! They take care of everything and mail you a check (or pay you through ) as your CD sells.

And that’s not all… You can also sell your merchandise (t-shirts, hats, etc.) and be featured in Bathtub Music’s new LISTENING STATION.  Their LISTENING STATION can be customized to suit the needs of ANY listener and is a great sales tool to help FEATURE YOUR MUSIC.

Your contract with Bathtub Music is non-exclusive… you can cancel the service at any time. They just want to provide you with an outlet to sell MORE of your CDs and increase your exposure and sales on the web. They want you to achieve your on-line goals by increasing the likelihood of your new fans finding you – and the CDs you have worked so hard to release. They are continuously adding features to their website that will help PROMOTE your music and SELL your CDs. They are truly dedicated to independent musicians.

You decide the price of your CD, how it is described, which songs you want to have made into sound clips, and much, much more! With Bathtub Music’s easy-to-use administrative tools, you can change your CD information and update your personal bio any time 24/7. In your personal account, you can view your sales, customer contact info, inventory, etc. They keep only $4 from each sale.

It is very easy to sign up. Just to http://bathtubmusic.com/artists.php and fill out the online set up form. When you’re done, mail them 3 CDs
and they’ll handle the rest.