Just got in the mail the other day, that DiscMakers has droped their price on per 1,000 CD's. They are doing 1,000 CD's in jewl cases for $1,099. (I think it was 1,300, or so before).

Cant tell ya how to get rid of them though

I suspect, even in my case, that "ego" plays in there somewhere ("I mean, I'm so good, how can I not sell these buggers?". And greed. ("Dude, when I start doing the math, so I make 1000 and sell them them for 15,000 then I've made $12,500!"). I think I need a good dose of realism and thank you guys for providing it.

If I burn my own CD's someone suggested an Asian sounding one, which I can't find here. Do I have to order them online? I've been just using Memorex or something but I want to burn the best.

Thanks,

Sam

You could always buy something like these

http://www.discmakers.com/duplicators/products/automated/index.asp

Sam - reality bites sometimes, but it almost always saves you money

almost any good quality CD-R ought to be okay - stay away from off-brand or re-brand - for example, GQ is not 'Great Quality' regardless of the adverts... I've been using Verbatim for over a year now and haven't had any real problems (although my daughter claims her friends car stereo doesn't like them)... I've used Memorex music discs and several other brands - the only ones I've ever had problems with were GQ and CompUSA branded discs.

ORIGINAL: samhoff

If I burn my own CD's someone suggested an Asian sounding one, which I can't find here. Do I have to order them online? I've been just using Memorex or something but I want to burn the best.

Thanks,

Sam

Taiyo Yuden brand is generally regarded as being the best and that's what I've been using for a while now with no problems to report at all. You can find them here:

http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/allmedia/index.jsp?bcc

I haven't tried them yet, but CDBaby has always recommended a couple of different places for duplication purposes and one that looks really promising that a lot of guys have been using for short runs on CDr's is actually a company called Short Run Music. How's that for the perfect name? They'll do short runs of as few as 10-CDr's w/four color inserts and shrink wrapped for $5 apiece. A hundred are $3.75 each. If you're willing to go with black n white it's a dollar cheaper. And they coat the CDr's with enamel after printing them, which is supposed to keep them in better shape and keep them from getting scratched so easily. It sounds like a pretty good deal. I'm definitely gonna try 'em next time.

Short Run looks awesome. I'll give it a go and let you know how it turns out (er, well, it could well be 3 months or so . . . )

Thanks,

Sam

Short Run looks awesome.

And very, very expensive for some reason.

ORIGINAL: Ognis

Short Run looks awesome.

And very, very expensive for some reason.

Well, now that you mention it . . . I was thinking 200 was a nice number but that runs $710 which is not too far from the $1000 or so needed for 1000 elsewhere.

I just ordered a bunch of Taiyo Yuden and will just do that for a while.

Thanks everyone,

Sam

Yeah, they are expensive, but I was figuring that I'd order 50 which would set me back $200, at $4 bucks each (shipping included), and if I sold them for $12 each, I'd still clear $600 before taxes. And if I did a couple of short runs of 50 for a total of 100 CD's and a total cash layout of $400, I would make $1,200 from sales. That would pay for the cost of ordering real replicated CD's thereafter. I figure it's better to start small though in case you're stuck with a bunch of CD's you can't get rid of, which as Larry said, happens a lot to people.

On a different note, I've actually sold quite a bit more through iTunes digital downloads than I have of regular CD's through CDBaby (and their affiliates like Amazon). I've sold several single downloads of my Secret Agent Man cover at a buck each or thereabouts. Somebody actually bought the entire album through digital downloads the other day. I couldn't believe it. You get a small break on the price that way, (I think it's $9 to buy the entire record through downloads), but for just a couple of dollars more they could have had an actual CD in their hands. Times are a changing I reckon....