Kristinia DeBarge’s hit debut single, “Goodbye” has made it into the iTunes Top 10! As of this posting, the song is #8! Hopefully the steady increase in sales, and the recent release of the music video, will help the song rebound on the Hot 100!
And if you haven’t yet purchased “Goodbye”, you can do so here. The good news is that the single is still available for $.99 on iTunes. But for how long? Get it while it’s hot!
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you raise prices on a product, and said product is available cheaper elsewhere, your bottom line is going to suffer.
I already blogged about iTunes’ variable pricing structure, which went into effect last month. It raises prices for the most popular tracks on iTunes to $1.29, while lowering prices for an extremely small number songs to $.69. However, most songs are still available for the original $.99 pricetag.
iTunes may be extremely popular and the go-to digital retailed for most, but that loyalty is being tested in these difficult economic times. Rival retailer, Amazon.com is offering many of the chart topping singles for $.99 still. I’m not sure about anyone else, but if given the choice, I’m going to buy my song at the cheapest place possible. Lately, that’s Amazon.com. Remember that, music fans!
Right now, most tracks on iTunes are available for about $.99 (USD). But that’s about to change!
On April 7th, a new pricing structure, currently being referred to as “variable-pricing” will hit the iTunes store. Songs and artists that are more popular will carry highly pricetags. Where they may be $.99 per song, will jump to $1.29. So, basically if your favorite artists are big digital sellers like Rihanna and Lady GaGa, you can expect to pay more for their music in the future.
There’s a flip-side to this in that other artists, who aren’t as popular with downloads, will have their music sold for less than the current $.99 standard. You’ll be able to scoop up some tunes for $.69 per track. My guess is that there won’t be that many songs available for $.69, but we’ll have to wait and see!
So, if you’ve been putting off purchasing some music or video from iTunes, I suggest you get to it STAT, because prices may be going up!
