Digital Distribution
The Extended Service Package is Eternite Media’s Digital Distribution service. Our Project Managers work directly with our clients to deliver a full service digital distribution experience in a mostly self service industry.
What’s Included
Distribution: Your release will be available for purchase with key digital retailers such as iTunes, AmazonMP3, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, Spotify and more.
UPC: We can issue you a UPC barcode for your digital release that can also be included on your physical release’s packaging.
ISRC Codes: If you don’t already have them, we will provide you with an ISRC code for each song in your release. These codes will be used to track sales information on your digital and physical release.
Gracenote: Your physical release will be entered into the Gracenote (formally CDDB) database for enhanced album information when your disc is opened in many popular media players such as iTunes.
All Music: We will send a copy of your physical release to the online music encyclopedia, All Music (www.allmusic.com). Many fans, labels, and reporters use All Music as an information source for an artist and their releases. Some media players (Such As Windows Media Player) use this database rather then Gracenote to pull album information.
Soundscan: We will register your physical release with the sales tracking and reporting company, Nielsen Soundscan. Many major labels, marketing groups, and music charting companies use this information on a daily basis. You can contact Nielsen to purchase a report of your physical sales to use as part of your marketing.
How It Works
- Your Project manager gathers all the meta-data and audio required for your release.
- Our engineers intake, encode and upload your release to our digital retailers. If we are manufacturing a physical release we will also submit your release to Gracenote, SoundScan, and All Music. Approximately 4-8 weeks later your release we be live in each of our retailer’s stores.
- At the end of each business quarter, our retailers calculate your net sales and send payment to us. We collect payment from all the retailers and pay you!
What It Costs
We charge a $49 setup fee per release, which covers our time and costs in the delivery process. We keep 5% of your net earnings (royalties), which covers the costs of processing your payments. That’s it. You will never pay any annual or hidden fees!
When You Get Paid
We pay you 45-50 days after a quarter has closed. Due to the volume of payments we make, we require this time to reconcile the data and then distribute the payments to our clients.
Quarter Schedule
Q1: January – March (Payment in May)
Q2: April – June (Payment in August)
Q3: July – September (Payment in November)
Q4: October – December (Payment in February)
Is This An Exclusive Deal?
Nope! We simply ask that the releases you send to us are not re-distributed by you or any of our competitors to our digital retailers and that you do not contact the retailers directly as this will cause you a big headache. Typically the release will be taken down and you will have to choose a single distributor for your release.
For more information or to sign up for our distribution services, please contact your project manager or contact us at info@eternitemedia.com
