AMND Download Codes for Vinyl Shoppers
I’ve decided to take advantage of one of Bandcamp’s latest feature additions, and have generated a few download codes for A Midsummer Nice Dream.
Anyone who buys a copy of the album on vinyl will receive a download code along with the album, so they may download a high-quality digital version of the release for their iPod, car, PC etc., at no extra cost. The codes are, as far as I can tell, good for one single download only, so choose your format wisely! mp3, flac, aac and ogg are all present and accounted for.
I haven’t yet decided how to present the codes — I could use stickers on the shrink-wrap, but risk buyers throwing this away with the packaging, or I could put paper slips in with the vinyl, and risk them being ignored at the bottom of the envelope. Could email them, but that’s more work for me and could still be ignored. Hmm. Any preferences?
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4 Responses to “AMND Download Codes for Vinyl Shoppers”:
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Nice photo-usage.
nice idea )
thanks for you work
Hey Ochre. I really like this Vinyl + download code thing thats going on at the moment but i’ve no idea how to get it set-up without using Dropcard or some other service. If you have a minute to explain how it is done i’d really appreciate it. Thanks
jon nash
Hi Jon,
It’s all handled through Bandcamp—once you upload the digital version of the album you want to provide codes for, there’s an option in the admin area to generate a specified amount of single-use download codes. Once you’ve generated more than 500 codes, I believe you have to purchase some more, but the initial 500 are free. See here for more info.
I should add—you don’t have to sell the digital version on its own either, as you can provide codes for releases that are either hidden, or don’t have downloads enabled.