Artist Services

MusicGlue.com

Who are we?

• Music Glue is a London-based web technology company founded 6 years ago by a collective of music lovers and is now one of the fastest growing music companies in Europe

• The music industry is going through a period of significant and long term change, with the traditional supply chains evolving. Our system al-lows you to regain control in this unstable marketplace

• The Music Glue system enables anyone with an online presence to operate as a retailer with a first class experience for their customers

• DIY doesn’t mean ‘amateur’. It just means you are in control!

Facts & figures

• Music Glue has facilitated over a million sales since 2011

• We have sold items in 96 countries

• We work with over 100 venues and promoters in the UK

• Over 8000 artists have already signed up

Who do we work with?

• Artists

• Venues

• Event Organisers

• Festivals

• Management

• Labels

Some of the artists we work with

Labels we work with

Venues & promoters we work with

What do we do?

• E-commerce - digital and physical products

• Event calendar software

• Ticketing

• Web design, build & hosting

E-commerce

• Connect with your fans - make it easy for them to buy merch and digital downloads direct from your store

• Add products quickly and easily

• Set the price or allow fans to pay what they want

• Give away digital content for free in exchange for fan email addresses

Fans can buy in 3 easy steps

• Browse products• Select items

• Add different product types to basket• Multi-currency• Mobile/tablet optimised • Offer bundle deals/discounts

• Quick, easy payment

E-commerce

• Receive payments into your nominated bank account via BACS transfer for GBP and EUR, or via PayPal for other currencies

• For merch and digital we charge a flat 10% fee of net on the total cost charged to your customer - simply build this into the price they pay

• View fan stats and demographics and collect their email addresses

E-commerce

• All music sales are chart eligible in the UK

• All major currencies catered for

• Fully optimised for mobile and tablet

• Worldwide product distribution

• Single checkout for digital items, merch and tickets

• Fans stay within your site

Profile page - store & downloads

• Create a fully customised multi-page profile for free!

• Merch store page

• Downloads page

• Show listings page

• Artist biography page

Profile page examples

• List your events on the shows page

• The option to add integrated direct to fan ticketing or link to external tickets

• Social media share buttons

Facebook integration

• Fans can view shows and buy products from within your Facebook page

• Add a store or shows tab on your Facebook page

• Quick and easy set-up

• Create a free, custom- branded profile page

• Add digital and physical products easily

• Manage your gig calendar and publish confirmed events with the option to add tickets

• Intuitive and easy to use system

• View customer orders and history

• View stats/data and access 100% of your customer email addresses

Control panel

From your Music Glue account, enjoy 24 hour access to:

Setting up digital products

• Set up and sell any digital product• Fix the price or allow fans to pay

what they want

Setting up physical products

• Add new products easily• Set stock levels for product variants• Set postage & packaging rates

Gig calendar interface

• Gig diary for use by multiple admins• Publish entries or keep private• Add notes

Reporting and data analysis

• Monitor sales in real time• View fans’ geographical locations

• Plan tours based on fan location data

• Download fan email addresses

Reporting and data analysis

No upfront fees for our service

• We take a flat 10% on all products sold, simply build this into the customer price

• Payments for sales are made directly into your chosen bank account bia BACS tranfer for GBP and EUR, or via PayPal for other currencies

Fulfilment options to suit you

• Fulfil customer orders yourself

• Or, use Music Glue fulfilment. We charge £1.30 per item plus postage and packaging (plus VAT)

• Complete control of pricing - you set the price of each product

Complete website design & build

• Full website build options available for a low one-time payment

• Add products and update your show bookings and homepage in one easy step

• Use an existing website design or let us create one for you

• Free hosting included for as long as you need it

• Easy to use content management system (CMS) for changes and blogging

Case study - Enter Shikari

“Using Music Glue to power our website, merch and ticket sales has been invaluable in maintaining a connection with fans worldwide, allowing us to target news and information on shows and new releases directly into their inbox and relevant to their part of the world. With their level of service, support and commitment to developing artists’ business and fan relationships, we would recommend Music Glue wholeheartedly to any band!”

Ian JohnsenManager, Enter Shikari

Case study - Enter Shikari

• Full custom website design and build

• Events listed with integrated direct to fan ticketing

• Links to tickets on sale through external outlets

• Shows on homepage updated automatically from Music Glue control panel

Case study - Enter Shikari

• Manage events calendar, recommend shows on homepage and add products from Music Glue control panel

• Update news items, blog posts, gallery and make general page/text changes easily via WordPress login

Case study - Enter Shikari

• Merch store

• Digital downloads - some with set price, others offered free in exchange for email address

• Pay what you want op-tion utilised for some dig-ital items

Case study - Enter Shikari

• Single checkout for digi-tal products, merch and tickets

• Discounting and bundle offers

• Fan remains within the website through entire process

Talk to us to find out how we can help

Or send us an email:enquiries@musicglue.com

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