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How do I get paid when I sell my music files in my "Enhanced Parlor" page? |
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This obviosly is the 'big' question, so we thought we would answer this one first...
The administration page for your "Enhanced Parlor" includes the ability for you to enter your own PayPal® personal or business email address in order for you to sell your music files at SonicParlor.com. When a buyer purchases one or more of your music files the music files purchased are made available to the buyer immediately after PayPal® has confirmed an instant transfer of payment from the buyer's PayPal® account to your PayPal® account or when PayPal® has confirmed the request for a PayPal® 'eCheck' payment from the buyer's PayPal® account to your PayPal® account.
The PayPal® confirmation process is performed automatically and is completely processed by SonicParlor.com.
Please be advised, PayPal® 'eCheck' payments usually take about 3-5 days for you to receive the money.
If you do not want to accept PayPal® 'eCheck' payments and only allow instant transfer of payments then follow the guidelines at PayPal® to convert your account (if you have not done so already) to a 'Business' account which provides you the ability to block PayPal® 'eChecks' in your 'Payment Receiving Preferences' section found within your PayPal® account 'Profile' options.
Since you have a revenue share agreement with SonicParlor.com of 10%, we will add to what you owe us 10% of each sale that you make. So if you make a sale of $20.00 (USD), we will record that you owe us $2.00 (USD). Then if you make another sale of $3.00 (USD), then your total of what you owe us will increase to $2.30 (USD).
SonicParlor.com gets paid whenever a sale is equal to or less then the amount that you own us. For example, if you currently owe us $2.30 (USD) and you make a sale of $2.00 (USD), then we will have the payment of the sale go to our PayPal® address instead of your PayPal® address. We will then reduce what you owe us by the amount of the sale. So, in this example what you owe us would drop to $0.30 (USD).
And, to keep the revenue percentage down to only 10% we also charge a small amount for the bandwidth you consume. You will be charged $0.10 (USD) for every 200 'plays' from your parlor page. A 'play' is whenever a fan comes to your parlor page and selects to listen to one of your songs and that song is loaded from SonicParlor.com.
* Tip: If you wish to be cost conscious, just simply turn off 'No-Cache' mode in your Enhanced Parlor administration area. Files that come from the user’s cache will not add to your 'play' count becuase they are being delivered by ther user's browswer cache instead of by SonicParlor.com. However, this will allow your songs to be available to the user in their browser's cache. Remember, if the user empties their broswer cache the next time that user plays one of your songs the song will deliver from SonicParlor.com thus adding to your 'play' count. Furthermore, if the user turns off their browser cache or sets their browser cache to '0' MB's each time that user plays one of your songs the song will deliver from SonicParlor.com thus adding to your 'play' count.
* Tip: To be further cost conscious, you can also turn off 'Auto Start Mode' as well as 'Auto Advance Mode' mode in your Enhanced Parlor administration area. These settings could help to reduce your overall play count.
Whenever your 'play' count reaches and increment of 200 we will add $0.10 (USD) to what you owe us for 'plays'. There is a maximum of $0.50 (USD) of what we will charge you for 'plays' per sale. For instance, if you currenlty owe us for 2000 plays (which would be $1.00) and you currenlty owe us $2.30 (USD) for revenue share then we would only take the next sale if it was equal to or less than $2.80 (USD) ($0.50 max charge for 'plays' per transaction and $2.30 for reveunue share). So, if you make a sale of $2.00 (USD) we will have the payment of the sale go to our PayPal® address instead of your PayPal® address. $0.50 (USD) will be credited first to your 'play' (1000 plays) count and then the remaining $1.50 (USD) will be credited to what you owe for revenue share. So, in this example what you owe us for 'plays' would drop to $0.50 (USD) (still owing for 1000 'plays') and what you owe us for revenue share would drop to $0.80 (USD).
Or, if you have purchased any 'Free Download Credits' in your Enhanced Parlor administration area we will simply deduct 1 credit from your paid 'Free Download Credits' for every 100 'plays' your fans consume without adding to what you owe us for 'plays'. Every time we deduct 1 credit from your paid 'Free Download Credits' we will also deduct 100 'plays' from your accumulated 'play' count.
This method is a little more complicated then elsewhere online, but we stronly feel that in the long run you benefit from our lower revenue share pecentage of only 10% and then paying a small bandwidth fee for the 'plays' that your fans consume.
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What does it cost to create an account for a SonicParlor.com "Basic Parlor" page which includes the administration of your photo, bio, template options, events & links? |
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Signing up for an account and creating a SonicParlor.com "Basic Parlor" page is absolutely FREE!
Create An Account Now!
Remember, you may find the reason that your fans will keep on coming back to your "Basic Parlor" page is the SonicParlor.com 'Street Team Zone' that gives your fans a whole new level of providing support and spreading the word!
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What does it cost to upgrade my SonicParlor.com "Basic Parlor" to an "Enhanced Parlor"? |
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If you have your own PayPal® account and you wish to sell your music directly to your fans in an 'Ad Free' environment, you can upgrade your SonicParlor.com "Basic Parlor" to an "Enhanced Parlor" without any upfront costs and the revenue share is Only 10% plus Only 10¢ per every 200 plays (see 'How do I get paid when I sell my music files in my "Enhanced Parlor" page?' above). Furthermore, if you wish to give your music away to your fans, we have a low cost solution for you as well!
Having an "Enhanced Parlor" provides the ability to upload an UNLIMITED number of songs into your "Parlor" page! The upgrade also activates the "Share" feature which your fans use to help promote you across the Internet! As an added bonus, the "Enhanced Parlor" page also includes the ability to upload an UNLIMITED number of images into your "Parlor" page!
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How do I update the email address associated with my account? |
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To update your email address or password just 'Sign In' to your account and use the form in the 'Your Details' section. |
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How do I update the password associated with my account? |
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To update your email address or password just 'Sign In' to your account and use the form in the 'Your Details' section. |
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How do I delete my "Basic Parlor" or "Enhanced Parlor" account at SonicParlor.com? |
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To delete your account just 'Sign In' to your account and use the delete button in the form in the 'Your Details' section. |
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What connection speed is SonicParlor.com optimized for? |
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We recommend a high speed (broadband) connection. At SonicParlor.com part of the "Enhanced Parlor" experience is for your to provide music for your fans to listen to, help promote and buy. Depending on the size of your files this could result in a slower experience if you are using a dial-up connection. SonicParlor.com also uses Flash for the display of a "Enhanced Parlor" music player which is optimized for high speed (broadband) connections. |
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What browsers is SonicParlor.com optimized for? |
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Internet Explorer 6 through 8 for Windows users and Firefox for Mac and Windows users. If you are using a different browser you may experience some problems using SonicParlor.com. You can download Internet Explorer here. You can download Firefox here. |
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Do I need to install anything to edit and view items in the SonicParlor.com parlor administration area? |
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To edit and view items in the SonicParlor.com parlor administration area you will need to install the Adobe® Flash® Player. Most computers already have the Adobe® Flash® Player installed, if your computer does not you can find it here. |
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