How to Sell Music Loops
Music production is an ever-growing sector of the entertainment industry that has become even more prominent with advances in digital audio recording, production and engineering. Producers around the world create full songs and loops to sell all over the Internet. Sites such as SoundClick.com and BeatSwagger.com are strong eCommerce forces that have been developed specifically for original music sales by independent producers. All you'll need is an account with one of these sites, original music loops and a little marketing to begin selling. While sales execution may take time, establishing an avenue to sell music loops only takes a couple of minutes.
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Instructions
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Go to an instrumental music sales site. (See the Resources for suggested instrumental music sales sites.)
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Locate the "Account Setup" or "Registration" option that should be available on the site's home page. The option may read "Sign Up," "Join," "Register" or "Create Account" at the top of the home page on the site's main menu.
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Select the "Artist/Band Account" option if you're registering with SoundClick.com. Enter your date of birth in the data forms provided if you're using BeatSwagger.com.
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Provide the personal information needed once the "User Account Registration Form" is displayed on the site.
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Click "Submit" to complete the registration process. A confirmation email will be sent to your account so you can verify your email address.
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Check your email and open the new message from the instrumental music sales site. Click the link provided in the email to verify your address. You will be redirected back to the site to its "Log-In" page.
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Log into your new user account on the site. Access the "User Profile" settings, and go to the "Uploading" option to add your music to the account.
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Click the "Upload" action in your user profile settings. Once you've been redirected to the uploading page, click "Browse" and locate your music loop files on your computer's hard drive.
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Locate the music folder for your computer in the pop-up window. Hold the CTRL key on the keyboard, and click the tab for each music loop file in the pop-up window.
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Click "Open" to load the files into the site's uploader. Next, click "Upload" to transfer the music loop files to your account. Once all of the music loops are uploaded, you'll be able to edit the descriptive information for each music loop file. (Descriptive information may include the music loop's title, genre, copyright and ownership information and pricing.)
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Post advertisement links for your music loops on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to drive traffic to your newly established music store. This type of marketing action can jump-start your sales and exposure.
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Tips & Warnings
Perfect your craft. This is the first step to ensure your sales. If your material is good, everything else will come with time.
Make sure you promote your music loops. Without promotion, it's as though you don't even exist. No one will buy what they don't know about. Promotion and marketing strategies include posting advertisements on Twitter, Facebook, Ning, Bebo, MySpace and YouTube. These are the strongest social networking sites that can help you gain exposure and drive traffic to your music loops store.
Be reasonable and realistic when setting prices. While you may feel as though your work is worth millions, the reality is the average consumer doesn't have that type of capital to spend. Browse the site and study the pricing trends of others to determine a price you're both satisfied and comfortable with.
Make sure your music loops are original. Selling the creative work of someone else could result in long-term legal issues, such as copyright fines or lawsuits.
Sales success is not guaranteed. This is indeed a market that requires great effort for great success. In a nutshell, you get out of it exactly what you put into it.
Be patient and consistent in your sales efforts. Don't expect to sell all of your music loops in a matter of days or months. Everything takes time.
Most sites charge a small commission fee for music sales transactions conducted on their site. In most cases, the cost can range from 5 to 10 percent per sale. (For example, if one music loop is leased or exclusively sold for $5.00, the site's commission rate would be approximately $.25 to $.50, so you'd receive a payment of $4.50 or $4.75 for the sale.)
