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Yup, they have the userbase already. Also, they disrupted the incumbents by being an order of magnitude cheaper (or cheaper than that, based on how many songs y
by clay_to_n 10y ago
Yup, they have the userbase already. Also, they disrupted the incumbents by being an order of magnitude cheaper (or cheaper than that, based on how many songs you're selling) than their competitors, which helped their userbase grow.
It's hard to imagine a new competitor being able to compete with DistroKid on price at all, considering how cheap they are. An order of magnitude cheaper is probably out of the question. And these numbers (for the larger clients) are peanuts on DistroKid anyways, so even if you could compete on price it might not matter for much of the market.
- huangc10 10y agoI agree for price, you can't really beat Distrokid but disruption can come in other forms. Other competitors may think of better features, more connections, or simply better marketing. I don't know. Will this likely happen? Nah.
- icantdrive55 10y agoI don't know about price. I'm picturing $9.99. Music is a fickle industry. A girl/guy writes a song, or sings, and they think it might be good, "Let's give this new site a shot? It under $10 bucks?" They pay, and no traction for 99.9%. The site just made 10 bucks. (The same business model most Hosting Companies use. The whole unlimited thing.) I happened to have a girlfriend whom just happened to have two front men in her--"Tell me about your exes?". Yea--I got a bit nervous about the wanba be front men, until I saw their gigs. I thought they were just aweful, but I'm no critic. These bands spent every extra penny on promotion of their bands. I was in my twenties at the time, but was shocked at just how big they thought they were going to be. I'm glad the owner talked about his site. I don't know if I would with all the Sharks (Google, Amazon, etc.) swimming around. Then again--maybe it's best to get it all out there.