Buyer's Benefits

Buyer's Benefits
NETunes visitors (buyers) enjoy several advantages over conventional retail consumers including:

1. Ability to preview prospective purchases in their entirety;
2. 24-hour access;
3. No need to drive to record store;
4. No exposure to in-store ambiance;
5. No pressure from in-store sales personnel;
6. Ability to browse, listen and purchase at leisure;
7. Ability to access photographs, videos, reviews, performance schedules and other artist information at leisure;
8. Ability to purchase at wholesale;
9. Purchases delivered to door within approximately three business days;
10. Most cost-effective way to support the art of music making.

Ability To Preview

Most retail record purchases are based on very limited prior exposure to the product and buyers are frequently disappointed. Almost everybody has bought an album or CD based on having heard one good song (or reading one good review) only to bring the full recording home and not really like it. With NETunes full preview ability, those days are over. Visitors can not only buy with complete confidence, they are now free to peruse (and purchase) relatively obscure artists and albums because they can hear the product before buying. This concept alone makes so much sense, it's hard to imagine how the industry currently functions without it.

Twenty-Four Hour Access

NETunes never sleeps. The NETunes electronic storefront is in constant operation. Night owls and vampires buyers can access NETunes anytime they choose.

No Need To Drive To Store

With NETunes there is no need to expend gas, time or energy to either shop or buy recorded product. NETunes effectively establishes a 24-hour record store in every home, office and library connected to the Internet.

No Exposure To In-Store Ambiance

Retail outlets typically cater to so-called cutting-edge, youth-oriented music. In-store displays, videos and audio reflect this bias. Unfortunately, one fan's cutting edge is another fan's noise. A devote of jazz, blues, reggae or country music is not likely to be motivated to maximize his or her shopping time while forced to listen to heavy metal music (and vise versa). Yet, since a retail store can only feature one song or one video at a time, only one genre of buyers is encouraged while many more are continually discouraged from spending time in the store. NETunes customers essentially select their own ambiance. A one-size-fits-all situation is thus transformed into a buyer-customized environment.

No Pressure From In-Store Personnel

NETunes visitors shop and buy from the comfort and convenience of their own home or office. They can browse and preview as long as they like. There is no pressure to buy. No one will ever tell them the store is about to close. Every artist, every CD, every category of music is easy to find. There is no need to seek assistance from a disinterested teenager with green and orange hair, multiple tattoos and several pierced body parts. There is no pressure to move out of the way for other customers to shop particular bins. Hence, no stress is induced from interaction with either store personnel or their customers. NETunes visitors may even shop naked.

No Need To Wait In Line To Make Purchases

Retail record stores are typically staffed by minimum and/or near-minimum wage employees. Such employees are difficult to manage, generally unmotivated and not particularly reliable. Buyers frequently encounter substantial lines due to employee staffing, competence and/or attitude problems. NETunes visitors never wait; they buy on demand.

Ability To Browse, Listen and Purchase At Leisure

NETunes customers can spend more time considering a wider range of purchases because they are able to browse, listen and purchase at their leisure. Twenty-four-hour access, no need to drive to the store, no need wait in line, etc., all translate into more time for shopping and a more convenient and pleasurable shopping experience.

Ability To Access Artist Information (And Ancillary Products) At Leisure

Associated artists may also offer additional material such as photographs, videos, reviews, performance schedules and other information as well as artist-related merchandise for purchase such as hats, T-shirts and videos. Retail outlets have neither the shelf space nor technology to offer a comprehensive array of information and product for virtually every artist in catalogue.

Ability To Purchase At Wholesale

NETunes maintains that a product with a 1,700 percent mark-up, i.e., manufactured for $1.00 and sold for $18.99, has an excessive margin. You're paying way too much and little if any of what you pay actually reaches the music makers.

Various discount houses such as Staples, Price Club, Office Club and others have amply demonstrated the power of price to drive sales. Granted, records are not commodities; however, the opportunity to buy at wholesale is, at the very least, a significant incentive to investigate the NETUNES.com web site.

Additionally, if a visitor hears something appealing, a purchase is more likely to ensue at the wholesale price point. The ability to purchase at wholesale is, thus, an advantage for both buyers and sellers of recorded product.

Purchases Delivered to Door Within Three Days

NETunes believes that customer satisfaction with mail-ordered product is significantly related to turn-around time. NETunes ships all product via first class mail within 24 hours of receipt of order. Timely delivery engenders consumer confidence and encourages repeat orders by underscoring the convenience of shopping at NETUNES.com.

Most Cost-Effective Way To Support The Art Of Music Making

NETunes shoppers are true patrons of the musical arts. Even though such buyers pay about half of retail, the artists they support still receive more than four times what major labels typically pay. Further, since NETunes distributed artists retain ownership and control of both their publishing and masters, they know for sure how many CDs are sold and they are paid on every sale. No records are pirated and no sales slip through the cracks of major label accounting. NETunes shoppers not only save time and money, they support many artists who might otherwise never get the chance to make a career of music. That's a great thing and they have every right to feel good about it.