- Cassettes By Mail: For two years, I did a monthly Mixtape service. It was $8 per month, I had ~10 subscribers (one month I shipped 3 tapes, one month I shipped 30. Most months, I shipped around 10.)
I would curate a collection of local/independent music, usually a collection of 45 minutes from 2 artists (one on each side) and put together custom packaging for it all. I dubbed the tapes on pro-grade equipment, with nice labels, and high quality double sided J-Cards.
It cost me about $2.50/tape. I took $1.50 for myself. The remaining $3.00 was split between the two artists (at $1.50/tape each.) We were never going to change the music industry, but it was cool. (This was in 2013-2014) I've considering bringing this back with the option for CDs or digital delivery, because I like helping musicians make money.
then: dormant
now: Active, Cassette, CD and digital download. Production costs have gone up a bit, and we pay our artists a little more.
Learn more at https://cassettesfor.me