In depth with digital distributor Catapult

Catapult is not just a medieval siege weapon, but one of the many great choices as far as self-publishing and digital distribution goes. So who is Catapult? “Catapult Distribution is a leading digital distributor of audio content for Artists and Labels from around the world. We distribute music CDs, albums and other audio content into the top digital music stores such as iTunes, AmazonMP3, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster, Zune and many more. Once albums begin appearing in the music stores and customers make purchases of the content, we then report the downloads and make payments to the artist or label.” Catapult, 2011.

From reading the last statement about the company, you may wonder what separates them from the competition? Well first, they distribute your music to over 100 digital music stores across the world! So you will not be restricted to just one market area, like iTunes USA for example. Secondly, they have very reasonable prices per upload, $9 per single track, and $25 for a full album. These prices are very reasonable considering the competition charging over $50 per album. Thirdly, they take a very small portion of royalties from your music sales, about 8%.

Seeing as you are getting charged per upload and a royalty rate, you may think it is not such a great deal. However, you are getting much more than you would get at any competitor. You are getting fast payments from your music sales, 24 hours upload time to all the digital stores, and on top of that, worldwide distribution! For the little bit extra you go much further than with other digital distributors, such as CDbaby. Your payments are made once a month, however, every digital music store is different and has different intervals of payments. Catapult promises to make a payment to you every month, depending on what each music store has paid out to them.

Catapult is a win-win situation, for a small fee you can distribute your music globally within 24 hours. You can be completely unavailable to the world and within a day be available to all your eager fans!

Reference:

Catapult, 2011. About the company, www.catapultdistribution.com. Retrieved April 17^th, 2011 from:

http://www.catapultdistribution.com/front_about.html