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February 14, 2007

Snocap, CD Baby, and Myspace
by David Harrell
CD Baby delivered our albums to Snocap back in December, but I hadn't heard a peep about the details of the business relationship until I received this e-mail yesterday:
Some people have been asking, so I just wanted to let everyone know:

Snocap (http://snocap.com/), the company that makes the "MyStore" on MySpace.com, is one of our partner companies as part of CD Baby Digital Distribution.

After 18 months(!) of contract negotiation, we got you an incredible deal as a "Premiere Snocap Partner", which means:

#1 - You'll be paid MORE for your Snocap sales through CD Baby than if you were to go through Snocap directly. (about 3 cents more per-track, but also no need for their annual fee)

#2 - You won't have to send your music to two different places. We can be a GREAT distributor for you, and do it ALL for you here.

#3 - As a "Premiere Snocap Partner", CD Baby can offer lots of PROMO opportunities, including:

- a featured "CD Baby Artist of the Week" on MySpace

- a chance to become the "Snocap Featured Download" on the Music Home Page of MySpace

- Top Seller charts for CD Baby on snocap.com and the Snocap MySpace page

... and more to come.

Soon you'll be able to personalize your Snocap store (that appears on your MySpace page if you have one), and do everything from inside your CD Baby Members Login Area, including adding new tracks, changing prices, and everything else.

They are still importing our audio files, and will be ready in a few weeks. As soon as that's done, we will send you your unique codes for linking your Snocap store, and have more details on how to make changes.
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