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Exellent description, Rainer. I am a huge fan of Kunaki, and now have 14 CDs and 3 DVDs published using the service. Kris ----- Original Message ----- > Mark said: > "whats this Kunaki.com thing.. gonna check after this..." > > Kunaki is a service which makes CDs and DVDs (I'll only focus on the > CD part here). There is no initial setup cost, and there is a fixed > price of $1.75 per CD, independently of the number of units ordered in > one go or over lifetime. > There are some downsides - to qoute their website's FAQ: "Kunaki > operates more like a machine than a business and does not offer a > personalized service. [...] Because Kunaki is highly automated and > focused on quality, low price, and fast production, we offer a minimal > range of options." > > That's the biggest downside. The only option is a jewel case with > black tray and 2-page booklet (everything printed in coulor). > Another downside (for some) is that there are very specific rules and > a very specific flow for supplying your CD content. You use their > custom configuration software. It reads the data from a CD in your > computer, then you select several image documents (TIFF 8bit RGB, NOT > 16bit like it says on their website), also within the software, and > the software handles uploading data to their site. Want to give them a > WAV file and replication report instead? Doesn't work. Want to use > prepress PDFs? Doesn't work. Want a transparent jewel case, four-page > booklet, slim case or digipak? Doesn't work. > > On the other side, everything they do (including handling your orders > and providing a web shop where your fans can order your CDs at a price > set by you) is free except for the cost to you of $1.75 per CD. > > Basically, if you can live with the limitations (and the most > challenging ones for me are the package limitations), it allows for a > really extremely simple business plan. The only pre production costs > you have are the time you spend to compile your album and its artwork, > put it into the format they like and use their software to transfer > it. Starting from that point, your total income per CD is the > difference of price you set in their webshop minus $1.75 for the sales > you do from their webshop, or your selling price minus 1.75$ and > pro-rata shipping costs (for those you sell e.g. at concerts). > > They also dropship to amazon and CDbaby at no additional cost. > > Rainer > >