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Internet and Merchandising Good For Indie Media

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sure-can't-hurt dept.

Snotty Pippen writes "A new study online (and its long) compares online revenue streams with brick and mortar ones for converting content into cash, and uses web comics as a basis of comparison. Metrist Partners note the study agrees with looks at indie music, that indicate the web is the place for distribution and that merchandising is where the real money is. T Campbell, who writes a bunch of web comics and edits Graphic Smash, bemoans it didn't come out before he wrote the chapter on money for his forthcoming book on web comics."

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  1. Re:Indie Music by saddino · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out Not Lame for a site with a similar indie vibe, though more geared towards indie/alt power pop.

    CD Baby, by the way, is a great way for indie and unsigned bands to get online music service distribution as well as CD sales. The tracks off my band's CD are just about on every online music store (iTunes, Rhapsody, etc.) thanks to CD Baby. Did I mention how cool CD Baby is? :-)

  2. Webcomics means e-dollars! by spargos · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love it when webcomics are potrayed as cash cows.

    After several years of trying to generate revenue from my online cartooning, my running total is $5.07.

    That's US$5.07 mind you ... woohoo!