1) Most bands only put out a CD once every few years. But you can put out dozens of T-shirt designs and other products within that same time period! So your fans buy only one CD, but are likely to buy several different apparel styles and other merch.
2) Just do the math: Buy 100 T-shirts for around $3.00 each, sell them for $10.00 each. You only have to sell 30 to make back your investment and you pocket $700.00 in profits! Better yet: Buy 100 PREMIUM T-Shirts for around $8.00 each, sell them for $20.00 each. Sell 40 to make back your investment, you pocket $1200.00 in profits!
You have 100 fans that will buy a T-shirt, right? (If not you need to consider getting out of the music business!) So contact us for a quote to get your T-shirts started today! (You could use an extra $700-$1200 or more, right?!)

USES – Sell at gigs! You should have a merch booth set up at EVERY gig no matter how big or small. Most successful bands have a friend or fan they trust run the merch booth for them. The most successful bands have more than one T-shirt or apparel item to choose from. Most of your most faithful fans will buy anything you make so make sure they are happy and make a lot of styles! Long sleeves, Hoodies, Women’s styles, you might even want to do something totally different and unique.
Promote your band! One of the best things about merch is that your fans PAY you to walk around promoting your band!

Even with the advent of the internet and MySpace, old-school printed promotion such as posters, stickers, flyers, and postcards, are tried, tested, and still prove to be one of the most successful and effective marketing tools.

USES – Use posters to promote upcoming gigs, display in clubs, record stores, lifestyle shops, etc. Sell stickers to fans for additional profits and promotion, paste them all over town, or give them away for free at your gigs. Use postcard/flyers as a mail-out or set them on tables before a gig to promote an upcoming release, upcoming shows, or items at your merch table.

Are you making a CD? If so, you will need to make sure that your CD is compatible for iTunes and other digital music retailers, and formatted properly for identification in all popular computer and mobile media players. (So that the artist and title name are displayed on your media player when playing a CD on a computer or MP3 player.) Crystal Clear can provide this service for you for only $99.00! Click here for more info.

USES – Your music is formatted to play and display properly in iTunes and other computer media players and MP3 players.

This one is a no-brainer.
Of course you MUST have your music on iTunes and every other significant digital download site in order to be successful and get your music to as many people as possible.
So why wait!?
Just click here to sign up and submit your music now with Crystal Clear’s sister company, Fancorps. (You can do this even before your CD is made. In fact, you do not even have to have a CD release!)
The best part? IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE TO SIGN UP AND GET YOUR MUSIC ON ITUNES AND OTHERS IMMEDIATELY!

USES – It’s obvious. These days most music fans buy at least a portion of their music as digital downloads. And over 90% of ALL digital downloads are purchased from iTunes. So, if your music is not available on iTunes, you miss out and so do your fans and potential fans.

Selling your CDs and other merch products online from your website or MySpace is a MUST for any successful recording artist. But managing a successful online store on your own is tedious and time-consuming. Who wants to take time or even has the resources to create a professional online store front, manage inventory, process credit cards, handle the time and expense to package and ship orders (you really want to drive to the post office every day?!), and even deal with customer service issues?
So just let Crystal Clear's E-Market online fulfillment services handle all these details for you! You get the most profit and efficency from your online sales, your customers get quality, professional service, and Crystal Clear does all the work for you! We can even set up “Pre-sales” of your products before they are manufactured to begin generating sales right away! Click here to view a short, helpful flash presentation to learn more about this MUST HAVE service.

USES- Your fans have easy access to purchase your music and merch. You do not have to hassle with the headaches associated with setting up your store and running it day to day.

Sure, you can put together all of your songs for your CD in the right order, but are you absolutely certain your project is ready for manufacturing? Make sure your music has the professional touch it needs to stand out from the crowd with the depth, volume and punch of a major label release. Since 1979, Crystal Clear has developed a reputation as one of the finest mastering facilities anywhere in the country. You’ll get the same quality, professional, major label-standard mastering services at a fraction of the price of other qualified facilities. We’ll even master part of your disc for FREE to show you the difference mastering can make! Check out Crystal Clear’s state-of-the-art, affordable digital mastering and editing services. GET 10% OFF MASTERING WITH EVERY CD ORDER!
Visit http://www.crystalclearcds.com/mastering.shtml or call 888-237-2679 for more information.

USES – Your music has the professional sound it deserves.

A healthy, organized, and vibrant street team is a must for any successful band in today’s competitive market. Crystal Clear’s sister company, Fancorps.com provides a unique social network web-based software used to create an environment that enables bands and record labels to build, organize, maintain, and manage a grass-roots "street team". Put your most devoted friends, family, fans and followers to work for your band helping to promote and mobilize others to spread the word about your music. Click here for more info or to sign up today!

At Crystal Clear, we want to do more than just make your CDs and merch, we want to be a partner in your success! So contact us today for more info on any of these essential services.