So between The BIG ALbum Kickstarter, I'llSeeU-P's The ⑥ Circus, and the upcoming UtaForum Collab Album I have partnered with a Southern-California CD pressing service and have quite a bit of infrastructure in place (+400 bubble mailers, thermal printer, web services, etc.) and I wanted to guage interest in an expansion of my previously one-shot Weeaboo Co. initiative.
In some ways there is a bit of an overlap with Vocallective, in other ways the target audience is a bit different, smaller, more-independent, label-less producers that have access to less resources. The idea is to leverage my existing business relationships and help produce physical releases for smaller producers. As I don't expect smaller producers to be able afford the large upfront costs of a physical CD my idea would be to launch a private crowdfunding service (powered by Ignition Deck) whose sole purpose is to fund indie Vocaloid/UTAU producers physical CDs with a "fixed-funding" campaign for the CD.
A "fixed-funding" campaign is a campaign that where the goal is not reached no one is charged anything. If the goal is reached, pre-orders will be processed, and a full 100 CD run is produced, and CDs shipped out to all the backers. After the initial pre-orders are fulfilled we will add any remaining copies of the CD to our webstore where in an effort to make the process as simple as possible for our collaborating producer we will handle the inventory, packaging, and shipping of all physical CD in exchange for a small cut of each sale. If the producer would prefer to handle their own fulfillment we will offer an option for them to do so as well.
What do you think of this physical CD production/fulfillment/crowdfunding idea? Would you be interested in buying indie (western) Vocaloid CDs? As a producer would you be interested in collaborating with us? Reply to this thread!
I am still hatching out the exact details, likely the UtaForum Collab Album will be my test case, but I would love to hear your feedback.
TL;DR: Private Crowdfunding/Preorder Service to Allow Indie Vocaloid Producer to Publish Physical CDs.
If 20 CDs are pre-ordered a run of 100 physical CD will be produced. If not, no one is charged, nothing happens/changes.
In some ways there is a bit of an overlap with Vocallective, in other ways the target audience is a bit different, smaller, more-independent, label-less producers that have access to less resources. The idea is to leverage my existing business relationships and help produce physical releases for smaller producers. As I don't expect smaller producers to be able afford the large upfront costs of a physical CD my idea would be to launch a private crowdfunding service (powered by Ignition Deck) whose sole purpose is to fund indie Vocaloid/UTAU producers physical CDs with a "fixed-funding" campaign for the CD.
A "fixed-funding" campaign is a campaign that where the goal is not reached no one is charged anything. If the goal is reached, pre-orders will be processed, and a full 100 CD run is produced, and CDs shipped out to all the backers. After the initial pre-orders are fulfilled we will add any remaining copies of the CD to our webstore where in an effort to make the process as simple as possible for our collaborating producer we will handle the inventory, packaging, and shipping of all physical CD in exchange for a small cut of each sale. If the producer would prefer to handle their own fulfillment we will offer an option for them to do so as well.
What do you think of this physical CD production/fulfillment/crowdfunding idea? Would you be interested in buying indie (western) Vocaloid CDs? As a producer would you be interested in collaborating with us? Reply to this thread!
I am still hatching out the exact details, likely the UtaForum Collab Album will be my test case, but I would love to hear your feedback.
TL;DR: Private Crowdfunding/Preorder Service to Allow Indie Vocaloid Producer to Publish Physical CDs.
If 20 CDs are pre-ordered a run of 100 physical CD will be produced. If not, no one is charged, nothing happens/changes.