Web Site Review: 10-Cent Music Downloads?
What?! Yeah, you read the title correctly. Thanks to http://www.mp3search.ru/, we can now legally download music mp3 files for only 10 cents per song.
How Can This Be? So you have scoured sites like iTunes.com or MusicMatch.com only to find songs are priced a whopping 99 cents each, or $9.99 per album. The price doesn't sound too bad, but just start downloading. It adds up quickly. And thanks to download technology, you can get the songs you want lightning-fast. If this is the case, then how does mp3search.ru sell for only 10 cents per song? Well, for starters, the site is physically based in Russia. Thanks to international trade laws, downloading from this site is no different than traveling to Russia, purchasing a discounted CD, and returning with it to the states... at least this is how I understand it. If anyone has more info on this, I am all ears.
How Does It Work? For starters, it isn't as fast or seamless as purchasing music through iTunes eStore. You begin with loading your account with a pre-set dollar amount. In my case, I chose to load it up with $40. In addition to my deposit, I was given 60 free downloads once my $40 is completely used. As soon as I set up an account, which was quite simple, I could begin downloading. I could select to purchase a single song or the whole album. Purchasing the whole album at once even gave me 10% off the 10-cent per song price. (Note: Save your single-song downloads for your freebies at the end. You cannot purchase a whole album at once with the freebies.) Albums average about a dollar each... That's a dollar for the whole album as opposed to a single song. Once you purchase, you then right-click "Download" on each individual track and tell it where to save. There is also an optional "download manager" tool available for download, but I passed. Downloading each song can be a bit slow, but again, the price you pay for the 90% discount.
And In The End? The songs you take is equal to the buck... you make. Come again? Just a hint that there is a huge Beatles catalog on this site. Yes, really. And when it is all said and done, $40 gets you 460+ legal songs to add to your collection.
Risk? Yes, I, like most people, was a bit apprehensive about putting my credit card information on a Russian site. I called my credit card company in advance and told them of my overseas purchase. I've been watching it for a few weeks now, and no problems. Whew!
Rating: There aren't enough asterisks to represent how cool this is. I'll give it all I've got. *****
How Can This Be? So you have scoured sites like iTunes.com or MusicMatch.com only to find songs are priced a whopping 99 cents each, or $9.99 per album. The price doesn't sound too bad, but just start downloading. It adds up quickly. And thanks to download technology, you can get the songs you want lightning-fast. If this is the case, then how does mp3search.ru sell for only 10 cents per song? Well, for starters, the site is physically based in Russia. Thanks to international trade laws, downloading from this site is no different than traveling to Russia, purchasing a discounted CD, and returning with it to the states... at least this is how I understand it. If anyone has more info on this, I am all ears.
How Does It Work? For starters, it isn't as fast or seamless as purchasing music through iTunes eStore. You begin with loading your account with a pre-set dollar amount. In my case, I chose to load it up with $40. In addition to my deposit, I was given 60 free downloads once my $40 is completely used. As soon as I set up an account, which was quite simple, I could begin downloading. I could select to purchase a single song or the whole album. Purchasing the whole album at once even gave me 10% off the 10-cent per song price. (Note: Save your single-song downloads for your freebies at the end. You cannot purchase a whole album at once with the freebies.) Albums average about a dollar each... That's a dollar for the whole album as opposed to a single song. Once you purchase, you then right-click "Download" on each individual track and tell it where to save. There is also an optional "download manager" tool available for download, but I passed. Downloading each song can be a bit slow, but again, the price you pay for the 90% discount.
And In The End? The songs you take is equal to the buck... you make. Come again? Just a hint that there is a huge Beatles catalog on this site. Yes, really. And when it is all said and done, $40 gets you 460+ legal songs to add to your collection.
Risk? Yes, I, like most people, was a bit apprehensive about putting my credit card information on a Russian site. I called my credit card company in advance and told them of my overseas purchase. I've been watching it for a few weeks now, and no problems. Whew!
Rating: There aren't enough asterisks to represent how cool this is. I'll give it all I've got. *****
posted by Cooper at 10:40 PM
1 Comments:
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Come and check it out if you get time :-)
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