subject: Sell Beats On Soundclick Easy As Pie [print this page] Many people under estimate the fact that learning how to sell beats on Soundclick is easily the strongest website online for music producers who are trying to get into the game by selling rap instrumentals for relatively low prices (such as $100-$1,000 per beat). What's funny is, to most people that kind of money would sound great... But professionals know, you can get a whole lot more than that for beats in today's market.
Selling beats online is going to jump start your career for you as a producer online. You can sell to rappers who are not well known but who still need beats, and are willing to pay for them. Many of the rappers I've encountered are down to sell beats at very low prices, but the truth of the matter is that you shouldn't have to sell out too hard in order to crunch on a profit. There are so many small time rappers in the world that pure quantity assures the fact that you'll have plenty of customers forever.
If you do want to go after this type of profit you're going to have to get into the right mind set. You need to realize that you don't even have to give away exclusive rights, ever, if you don't want to. You can lease out beats for lower prices. If you're going to do these smaller sales, meaning $25-$50 per beat but with no exclusives, then you have to be sure to establish the right to re-sell the beat over and over again.
Leveraging sales is the next step. Instead of trying to get more people to come to your website, why not have the people coming to your site already buy more? You can convince them to buy more easier than you think. Just always try to get them to upgrade their purchase. If they come asking about Leasing Rights, try to talk them into buying Semi-Exclusives. If they come for semi-exclusives, talk them into buying exclusive rights. If they come for 1 beat, tell them they'll get 1 free if they buy 2.. meaning buy 2, get 1 free. This will surely increase profits.
You can also use websites such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to promote your Soundclick. The reason you want to promote your Soundclick more than any other website is because of it's charts system. Rising in the charts on this website is considered to be one of the only forms of hope for producers trying to establish themselves online without the use of a record label. You can get some "light" from this website if you use it correctly, and you can really establish a great big name for yourself along the process.
Coming up on Soundclick is easier than you might think. My favorite method is to team up with a rap artist who can kill beats, get him/her on a lot of your tracks, make sure they shout you out in the intro and promote that on Soundclick! Get as many people to bump/download the song as possible, and get the mp3 distributed as far as you can. Doing this will mean the song will spread across the internet, through fans, and as it spreads, your name will as well. This will lead to a lot of really good sales, and it's free to do so there is no trouble.
In conclusion, it's easier than you think to ball out on Soundclick. It's as simple as 1-2-3 and it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Just do your research, jump into the water and get STARTED as soon as you can. Don't wait around for somebody to give you that little piece of information you may think you need. Figure it out yourself, or visit SellBeatsNow.com and pick up the eBooks if you want to learn fast.
