Fanband aims to allow bands to sell digital copies of their music directly to fans at gigs. Fans enter their email address and myspace user name, select the songs they ‘d like to purchase, pay and the songs are sent to their email address. An additional benefit for the band is now they have collected an email address and myspace account to build their fan base with. No internet access or credit card terminal is required. I see that as a benefit in some situations but it would be much better if it was able to work with card terminals so you could accept credit cards as well as cash.
I think this is a great idea but unfortunately it looks like a bit of a hack. First off it only works on Windows and the design, at least aesthetically, is pretty poor. It looks like a crappy modified Myspace page quite honestly. So while I think it’s a good idea and something a lot of bands would find useful, including mine, it needs a lot of work. The fact that they are charging $39.00 for this is laughable. Spend 5 minutes and you can capture an email database with someone’s desired songs in Zoho and distribute the songs yourself for free.
Anyone used this and disagree?
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Never heard of it but your right about it being laughable. I like the “Your Logo Here” space at the top. It’s probably sold as “customizable” just based on that logo space. It looks pathetic.
You know I actually downloaded the demo, and i think it needs some additional work with it, the idea is cool, but when I tried it it was pretty easy to use, and I got it sent my mp3s directly to my email address with no pro. Needs work though.