CD Baby Retiring Online Store
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Topic: CD Baby Retiring Online Store
Posted By: Snicolette
Subject: CD Baby Retiring Online Store
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 08:16
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FYI, CD Baby will be "retiring," it's online store presence on March 31st. I am posting a link to the FAQ's regarding the closure. They will still warehouse and ship CDs and vinyl, however, via orders placed through Amazon, Alliance, local record stores and other outlets. Please see the link for other answers to questions you may have. https://support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039018232-What-you-should-know-about-the-retirement-of-CD-Baby-s-retail-store-" rel="nofollow - https://support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039018232-What-you-should-know-about-the-retirement-of-CD-Baby-s-retail-store- ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 02:10
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Wow, what news! That site's been around what seems to be forever. I remember in high school (like, 2005) browsing that site during study hall on the lab PC's looking for DEATH CD's, lol. End of an era! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 02:46
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Yeah, this is certainly sad news. Though IIRC it seemed like they were declining in the past 5 or so years. Still...got some good sttuff from them. Maybe ill have another poke around/ ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 08:05
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Recently it seemed like they would sell CDs from their own site for more money than other sites that would say the CDs were coming from CD Baby. Especially Amazon. Why would they bother to continue paying to maintain a website when they can't compete with others already distributing their products? ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 08:41
One of their downsides was that, for instance, on Amazon, you couldn't purchase a stream of a single track that lasted over 10 minutes, which I didn't really know until I was already committed (to their institution  ). Kind of hard for a progressive artist's repertoire to not include 10+ minute pieces, although in my case, it was just one. Bandcamp was a lot easier to work with, but of course, they are stand-alone, and if you do sell CD's through them, you then ship them yourself as well. That all being said, CD Baby did a great job of manufacturing the CDs, covering the various streaming outlets for me and also quickly answering any questions I had before, during and after the process.------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 16:32
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Thanks Nickie for notification, and sorry to hear that really. Physical stuffs cannot be sold so easily as digitally downloadable material, although I always look forward to their products ... ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 17:30
------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
DamoXt7942 wrote:Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 19:05
| Wow, I might place an order or two before they close shop. |