brandon aka kid lightbulbsSomething I am wondering about with Unstream is whether it should just be totally free / donationware, or whether the “upgrade” for list saving and other eventual features is worth keeping. I am inspired by the interest here and the ethos of #faircamp and @mirlo mostly, and I’m not looking to build a real saas business, just some good tiny tools. Open to opinions here!
DJ BoogaI like your app. 2 thoughts: 1) Maybe mention somewhere on the start page that this works only on non-mobile devices because both Apple + Google prevent digital sales of music due to their 30% platform tax. 2) It's wild that alternative download platforms like Subvert, Mirlo et al don't offer label accounts. Independent labels like my own invest in artists and connect them with audiences they would not reach otherwise. Label catalogs are a great way to discover new music too.
Roberta Fidora@rob @kidlightbulbs Hi! Both Mirlo (and Jam who are also listed on there) support label accounts. 🐦⬛
Thank you for the info. I need to contact both platforms on professional requirements like release based payment (an artist can have different releases on different labels which may require different shares) and international tax collection. From what I gather from their FAQs these requirements are not met yet, maybe they work on it.
jam.coop@RobertaFidora @rob thanks Roberta. We don't currently support automatically splitting between artist and label, but various elements of sales tax are handled. Happy to enable label support on your account, Rob, if you'd like to give it a try.