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How
to sell your music and merchandise |
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If
you want to sell your music and merchandise
to a wider audience you can get your sale
items online in just a few minutes when
you become a Silver or Gold member of overplay. If you
only want to sell your MP3's then please choose overplays Silver account or if you wish to sell
your mp3's, CD's and merchandise then you'll need
to choose a gold account. With a gold account
you'll have your own artists shop window
dedicated to showcasing your CD’s and
other merchandise items with the opportunity
to reach audiences beyond gigs and traditional
distribution. Overplay only provides the
platform and tools to start selling your
merchandise, giving the artist the power
and sole responsibility for the posting
and packaging of your CD's and merchandise.
There are no contracts to sign as we don’t
own the rights to you, the artist has total
control with the majority of sales going
to the artist.
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Key
benefits |
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Sell your CD’s
and other merchandise items - all sales to
the artist |
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Sell your mp3
songs - 89p per song, overplays handling fee
is only 10p per song and the only other deduction
is the small transaction charge from Paypal.
See breakdown of costs below. |
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There are no additional
fees you can sell as many different merchandise
items as long as they are related to your
band. |
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Opportunity to
sell to listeners worldwide. |
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Total control
of what you are selling and how much you want
to sell for. |
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Artist have control
and full responsibility in packaging and posting
any sold items. |
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You don’t
need any technical know-how as overplay have
created the platform and tools for you to
easily sell your music and merchandise worldwide.
It’s so simple to use you could be up
and selling in a few minutes. |
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How
does the artist get paid? |
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In the artists
admin area you will be able to view all your
sale orders where payment will be sent to
you once sales have reached or exceeded your
chosen sales target. Sale target is the amount
you select (between £10 - £50)
in your admin area. When your sales target
has been reached overplay will then make payment
to you. For example if you set your target
at £10, once you have reached that £10
sales target overplay will then send you payment
to your paypal account for that amount. |
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The
breakdown of cost |
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Artists are able to sell their MP3's, CD's
and any merchandise. All MP3's are sold
at £0.89, CD's and merchandise prices
are decided by the artist. When a sale item
is bought payment is made through Paypal
(payment service provider) where Paypal
charges a small transaction fee on each
sale of: minus 3.4% + £0.20 GBP for
payments in Pounds Sterling, $0.30 USD for
US Dollars, $0.55 CAD for Canadian Dollar,
¥40 JPY for Yen, €0.35 EUR for
Euro, $0.40 AUD for Australian Dollar.
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example of MP3 sale breakdown: |
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MP3 song on sale for
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89p
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Paypal transaction
cost
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-23p (-3.4% + £0.20
GBP)
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overplays handling
fee
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-10p
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total artist receives
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56p
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example of a CD sale breakdown: |
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CD on sale for
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£7.99
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Paypal transaction
cost
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-£0.47 (-3.4%
+ £0.20 GBP)
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overplays handling
fee
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0 (nothing)
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total artist receives
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£7.52
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When your account
balance reaches your sales target overplay
will then send you payment to your paypal
account where a small Paypal transaction charge
will be deducted from your amount.
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example of account balance: |
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If your account balance
is
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£10
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Paypal transaction
cost
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- £0.54 (-3.4%
+ £0.20 GBP)
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total artist receives
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£9.46
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majority
of sales to the artist, not bad.
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