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What
does Overplay offer me or my band?
Overplay
offers 3 different accounts (bronze,
silver and gold) which gives you your
own website and web address, for example
www.overplay.com/yourbandname. This
provides artists with a shop
window
to further promote themselves to fans
and the music
industry. Artists
can do this by getting their songs played,
rated and on sale on overplay. Artists
accounts include bands’ profile,
history, a song listing page where you
can upload your songs for visitors to
either play, download or buy your MP3.
You'll also have a gig page to announce
dates and venues. We also offer a gallery
page, where you can display photos,
and a contact page and message board
for fans and the music industry to get
in touch with you. PLUS if you have
the gold account you will have the facility
to sell your CD's and merchandise online.
There is also the overplay charts to
enter, be able to submit a song to be
played on overplay's radio and overplays
regular 'Play & Rate' competition
where we have some top A&R judges.
Upon registering, you'll receive a username
and password, enabling you to login
to your website area and upload and
edit your info it as often as you like.
Our extensive list of contacts ensures
your site will be viewed by people in
the music industry worldwide.
Click here
to see an example of what your site
could look like.
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How
do I join?
Click
here
to go to our sign-up page which lists
all the benefits of being a overplay
member where you'll be guided through
the sign-up process and could be up
and running within minutes. Once you
have submitted your details you will
be instantly sent a unique password
which will enable you to access your
admin page to your artists website.
Then you can start adding information
for everyone to view in a few minutes.
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How
do I upload my songs?
When
you have chosen the tracks that will
be featured on your site, you will need
to convert the tracks to a MP3 format.
Just simply upload the MP3 files from
your admin area to our database and
then they will be live within minutes
depending on fast your internet access
is. Once
uploaded your songs will be abled to be played online. If you have a Silver or Gold account you can give an action to your songs to
either be just played online, let people
download the song for free or put your
song up for sale at 89p. Within
your admin area there is a tips section
to guide you through the uploading process.
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What
pictures can I upload to my bands pages?
When
you have chosen your pictures that best
show off your band you can simply upload
them onto your artists website from
your admin area. To keep the site looking
clean and for visitors to quickly see
your pics we ask you to keep all pictures
at 72dpi and not to exceed 1MB. Please
save your pics as either a jpeg or a
tif. Within your
admin area there is a tips section to
guide you through the uploading process.
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How
can I change the details on my artist/band
pages?
Once
you have logged in, you will enter your
artists admin area. Here you will see
all the headings to your artists website
where you can uplaod or edit your information
as often as you like. Within
your admin area there is a tips section
to guide you through the uploading process.
Click
here to log in.
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How
to sell your music and merchandise
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 member of overplay.
If you just want to sell your MP3's
then you will need a Silver or Gold overplay account.
If you wish to sell your 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.
| Key
benefits |
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Sell
your CD’s and other merchandise
items - all sales to the artist |
| 2. |
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. |
| 3. |
There
are no additional fees you can
sell as many different merchandise
items as long as they are related
to your band. |
| 4. |
Opportunity to sell to listeners
worldwide. |
| 5. |
Total
control of what you are selling
and how much you want to sell
for. |
| 6. |
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. |
For
full details in how to sell your music
and merchandise please click
here.
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How
do artists get paid?
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.
Why
does payment go first to overplay?
This is simply for convenience for the
buyer. If the buyer is buying multiple
amounts of songs from different artists
in one visit then the buyer cannot be
expected to pay direct to each of the
individual artists they have bought
from. It is easier to pay direct to
one source and then for overplay to
distribute payments to the artists.
For
full details in how to sell your music
and merchandise please click
here.
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How
much money can artists make?
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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For
full details in how to sell your music
and merchandise please click
here.
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Can
I close my shop down?
Within
your admin area, you have complete control
of the content on your site area. If
wish to stop selling your CD(s) or merchandise
then you can simply take them off the
shelf immediately. If you don't have
any CD's to sell then get recording
or get your MP3's on sale. Remember
CD's and merchandise are the main source
to artists making money.
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What
if I want to upgrade my account?
If
you initially choose, for example, a
Silver account you will have the option
within the first 30 days to upgrade
to a higher-ranking account and simply
pay the price difference from both accounts.
For example, to upgrade from a Silver
(£20) to a Gold (£30) account
you will only be required to pay the
difference of £10. If you choose
to upgrade your account after the first
30 days you will be obligated to pay
the full rate for that new account.
Within your admin area there will be
an 'upgrade' button to modify your account.
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How
do I renew my membership?
You
will be contacted a month in advance
when it is time to renew your membership
it will also tell you within your admin
area when your account is about to close.
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How
do I submit a song to the overplay radio?
If you are a Gold account member you can submit a song to be played on overplays radio player. Plus you have the opportunity through your admin area to submit up to 3 songs to be played by overplays radio partners. We are working to gather more partners in the future for your music to reach an even bigger audience to find out more please go to our radio section
here.
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How
do my songs get listed in the 'Gig Guide'?
Once
an artist member,
within your admin area you are able
to enter and list your forthcoming gigs.
Any gigs you list within your site area
will automatically get listed in overplays
overall 'Gig Guide'.
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How
do I get my CD reviewed or an interview?
If
you're an artist/band who is a Silver or Gold account member on
overplay then post your CD for a review to us at
Overplay, PO Box 11188, Sutton Coldfield
B76 1WX England. We upload 1-2 new
reviews a week so if you do send a CD
to us please be patient as you can imagine
we have a lot of CD's sent in to us.
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How
do you enter overplays'Play & Rate'
competition?
Overplay
have created a competition 'PLAY &
RATE' to unearth and reward the best
unsigned songs that deserve to be heard.
Every artist/band that is a Silver or
a Gold member of overplay
(join here)
can submit one song into the competition
into the genre of their choice. Then
sit back, relax while other artists,
fans, music lovers and industry have
the chance to listen and rate your song.
The competition runs for 3 months with
3 competitions a year. The public can
rate the songs entered and the most
highly rated songs will then be finally
judged and rated by overplays industry
judging panel consisting of some top
A&R judges. Apart from getting some
great feedback from fans and the industry
there will be a selection of prizes
to be won too. So artists please submit
your best song and let the public and
industry decide which song is the best
unsigned unheard song waiting to be
heard. For more information please
click here.
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Copyrighting
your music?
Overplay
does not accept the responsibility of
copyrighting your material. We advise
you to copyright all your material before
registering with Overplay. It is the
artist/bands full responsibility to
deal with copyrighting not overplays.
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My
band has just been signed to a major
record label. Will Overplay take a cut?
No.
Once a record label has signed an artist
that originally was recognised on Overplay
then our work has been done and successful.
All that we would ask is if we could
use your bands’ name as proof that
Overplay really does work!!
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How
does the Overplay Top 20 Chart work?
When
users visit the artists websites or
download a song, they are monitored
and recorded in our database. The more
hits or song plays you get on your site
area the higher up the chart you go.
So it would be useful to advertise your
site to get fans and friends to visit
and get you up that top 20 listing.
We have an IP blocker on the charts
which means our system will only register
1 hit from your computer per day. So
if you keep hitting a song a dozen times
in one day it makes no difference we
will only register one of those hits.
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Can
my business be added to your industry
directory?
Yes,
if your business falls within any of
our industry categories you will be
able to submit your site onto Overplay
at no cost. If you want to advertise
your business on overplay please click
here.
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Do
I have to be a member to join the
message Board?
Yes
you will have to be a member of our
FREE music fans account to be able
yo use the main overplay message board
and the artists individual message
boards. You can open a FREE
music fans account to get
your own personal area on overplay.
You'll be able to play and rate songs,
gain easy access to artists and overplays
messageboard and have your very own
personal area. Here you can monitor
your favourite artists, make quick
links, hear their latest songs or
view their latest gig, receive latest
news and updates, buy music and monitor
any buys from the artists.
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How
do I get my own personal music fans
account?
Open
a FREE music fans account and get
your own personal area on overplay.
You'll be able to play and rate songs,
gain easy access to artists and overplays
messageboard and have your very own
personal area. Here you can monitor
your favourite artists, make quick
links, hear their latest songs or
view their latest gig, receive latest
news and updates, buy music and monitor
any buys from the artists.
Click
here to open a FREE music fans account.
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