How to Sell Your CD Here
If you are an unsigned or independent band or artist and you have
released a CD, we'll help you sell it.
We'll stock your CD at CD
Unsigned, with its own webpage.
And unlike other music stores, you'll get paid each time your CD is sold.
what do I have to do?
- You fill out our submission form with your band and CD details.
- You tell us how you'd like to get paid for your CD sales.
- You send us 5 CDs for now. We'll ask for more if they sell.
- You DON'T have to edit info or upload songs. We do it all for you!
what will you do for me?
- We build you a permanent 24/7 online CD page on CD Unsigned, complete with your CD information, song clips, biography, etc. (or separate pages for each CD if you have released more than one)
- We upload your music and material and do all the work.
- We change/update your page(s) at your request at any time.
- We deal with all CD sales and ship them out to customers for you.
what about the money?
- You name your own selling price for your CD.
- We keep only £2.00 GBP commission per CD sale on CDs priced £10 and below, and 20% on CDs priced over £10. You get the rest!
- We pay you each time your CD is sold. Payment is made to you at the end of each month.
- There is no waiting to reach a certain threshold amount before being paid.
how many CDs will I sell here?
How long is a piece of string? Different bands will appeal to different people. Sales are not set in stone and customers can be very fickle! Some bands may sell a few copies a month, whereas others sell more.
Some bands do sell a lot of CDs. These are bands who have good looking CDs with good production, gig a lot, have their own websites, promote their music thoroughly through email newsletters, word of mouth, etc and, most importantly, have links to their CD Unsigned pages on their websites, so their fans know where to buy their CDs.
Self-promotion and giving your band a good image is the key here! Let's face it! We are NOT Universal or Sony. You will NOT sell 1000s of CDs a week here, but CD Unsigned is here for making sure that unsigned or independent bands can sell copies of their CDs to anyone in the world at any time!
A lot of bands have sold a lot of CDs over the years at CD Unsigned who would not have had that opportunity if they hadn't joined us.
how much will this cost me?
- There is a ONE TIME Band Registration Fee of: £19.99
- Apart from this initial fee, there is nothing else to pay.
- If you have released more than one CD, you can sell them all here with ONE registration fee. (each CD has its own separate page)
- You can also add more CDs at a later date, free of charge.
why do I have to pay to register?
Yeah, okay, so you've already spent a fortune on recording and manufacturing your CD and then you're going to have to pay postage costs to send us the CDs, but the ONE TIME registration fee goes towards things like these:
- Creating your artist page.
- Providing a permanent 24/7 online presence for your CD.
- Providing a 24/7 checkout system to sell your CD.
- Providing sales and despatch of your CD to customers.
- Hosting and streaming of your song clips.
- Funds for website maintenance and advertising.
It also weeds out the freeloaders and naff amateurs. We don't want cr*p on our website. We want serious bands who play quality music!
And don't forget! Unlike other online CD stores, we don't charge a fee for every CD you release. You can sell ALL your CD releases here with ONE registration! We will update your artist page for you at your request at any time and you also can add more CD releases for free at a later date.
and, before you ask...
- We will NOT discontinue your CD if it doesn't sell. We will always be happy to stock it!
- Your CDs do NOT have to be barcoded or shrinkwrapped.
- You can sell home made CDRs here as long as they have good-looking printed sleeves and labels.
- There is NO contract to sign.
- We do all the work. All you do is fill out the submission form and send us your material.
OK, I'd like to sell my CD here!
