![]() ![]() This is great if you want to build your own store on your web site and just let buyers click through to the RN store. As an individual store item “buy” button.(The WordPress widget is missing from the ReverbNation site, but is available via the WordPress plug-in dashboard.) As a widget that supports several Social Media and blogging platforms.You can embed the store in your own site (using an iframe, so make sure your platform supports this - most will).As a direct link that shows your store items.You can send listeners (buyers!) to the store in six ways: Upload your artwork, set up the design, and the item is created when someone orders it. In addition to the COD, you can also create merchandise on demand that includes T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, mugs, drink bottles and possibly more. Fees are subject to change, so be sure to find out what they are currently on the ReverbNation web site. In other words, if I create a CD that is $12.99, I’ll get $7.50 after the ReverbNation fee. Right now, CD On Demand (COD) costs (the amount that goes to RN) is $5.49 and direct digital song downloads are $.30. Fortunately, the direct song (and CD) sales are simple enough. As an example, check out the digital distribution FAQ page that includes royalties and fees. The other thing that becomes complex quickly on RN are their fees. It would be interesting to know how many musicians use all fourteen. There are 14 categories in the web version of the artist Control Room. While I understand that part of this is the shear number of tools available, I would recommend a more tiered approach where the artist (and fan) can go deeper into a more limited number of grouped features rather than trying to have so many of them present on the initial page. I find the artist and fan interface to be cluttered. It’s often difficult to find the specific tool or feature I’m looking for. In fact, I think overwhelm is one of the biggest down-sides of their approach: there may be something for everyone, but at what cost? The ControlRoom interface is case in point. There are such a myriad of options, apps and services at ReverbNation, that I almost hesitate to mention any of them. ![]() RN offers everything from email lists and web hosting to a jukebox and storefront. How well have they done? In any case, you should go to the ReverbNation web site and check out all the options. This is what ReverbNation (RN) tries to do. There’s something really attractive about the idea that the independent musician could go to one place, have a great control panel (or ControlRoom in this case), and do all the configuring, marketing and sales without having to integrate a bunch of other tools as well. I’m looking for your ongoing, honest responses to these services and my particular take on them. In previous reviews, I’ve covered CreateSpace and TuneCore/SmashSongs/RootMusic. I asked for input from other musicians and got it on this blog, on Twitter and in person. This is another in my series of reviews of tools/services for independent musicians to perform digital direct sales of songs. The review here is old and has not been validated since 2012. They are great indicators of why I wrote a “better” review of RN. I do highly recommend reading the comments below this post, though. Let me put that another way: Don’t read this page. Be sure to check out my updated and more complete review of ReverbNation.
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