Some legal downloads are free.

 

Is there a minimum value before a download counts towards the charts?

Some legal downloads are free.

 

Is there a minimum value before a download counts towards the charts?

 

wow e man!! i was thinking about this at about 1.30am this morning.

 

so if you had a download for 1p would that count? you know like that charthype where the love bites single that was 1p with a purchase of mcfly

the minimum dealer price is 40p - and that seems to apply to digital bundles as well as individual tracks, unless the OCC mean 40p per track on the bundle - it's not clear.

 

Just to confuse you, the OCC have this note added to the pricing rules:

 

Digital Minimum Dealer Price £0.40p : Only tracks with a minimum PPD of 40 pence or more shall be eligible for the Official Singles Chart. In the event that a record company has an alternative business model for the sale of downloads (i.e ., one not based on a published dealer price), the price charged to the online digital retailer should not be less than 32 pence per track. OCC will monitor sales to ensure they are 'genuine sales'. Where OCC judges sales not to be genuine, they may be excluded from the chart at OCC's absolute discretion

Edited February 13, 200718 yr by Robbie

of course, so long as a retailer pays 40p for a digital download, they can sell it for as little as 1p if they wish. However, unlike physical singles, which can be sold by record labels to shops with bulk discounting (ie the shop pays for 2 copies but gets 3, meaning they can discount the price for the consumer) this isn't possible with downloads - every copy that the digital store sells is paid for (to the record company) AFTER the consumer has bought the track, the opposite of how stores purchase CDs etc. Labels don't sell downloads to online retailers in advance!

Edited February 13, 200718 yr by Robbie

the minimum dealer price is 40p - and that seems to apply to digital bundles as well as individual tracks, unless the OCC mean 40p per track on the bundle - it's not clear.

 

 

 

is it also 40p for physical singles?

 

and do you know what it is for albums?

of course, so long as a retailer pays 40p for a digital download, they can sell it for as little as 1p if they wish.

 

in physical albums thats the probs with tesco, as they are using it as loss leaders so people will go in for the alb and then also buy turnips, coffee and everything else put in those premium positions that manipulates how your brain works.

is it also 40p for physical singles?

 

and do you know what it is for albums?

It's more complicated for physical product, it depends on the format:

 

(these are the dealer price, not the price it is sold to the consumer)

 

SINGLES:

 

2 Track CD single - £1.20

Maxi-CD / DVD / Dual Disc - £1.79

7" - 50p

12" - £1.99

Cassette - £1.20

 

ALBUMS:

 

All physical formats except cassette (cassette prices in brackets):

 

BUDGET PRICE: £0.50 - £4.24 (£0.50 - £2.69)

MID-PRICE: £4.25 - £5.99 (£2.70 - £3.69)

FULL PRICE: £6.00+ (£3.70+)

 

There are separate Budget, Mid and Full Price charts, but for charts released to the public, mid and full price albums are combined into one chart. There is also a separate Budget Albums chart.

 

DOWNLOAD ALBUMS: £3.75 and over (full price albums only - there are no Budget or Mid-Price bands)

 

 

Thanks for the explanation Robbie.