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IOUmusic: New Artist Crowdfunding App Launches

How Does It Compare To Other Fan Funding Sites? IOUmusic, in a similar vein as other grassroots, crowdfunding applications such as Kickstarter and RocketHub, is a new donation website that's. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/ioumusic-new-artist-crowdfunding-app-launches.html

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How Does It Compare To Other Fan Funding Sites?

IOUmusic, in a similar vein as other grassroots, crowdfunding applications such as Kickstarter and RocketHub, is a new donation website that's focused on assisting musicians and providing them with alternative means to fund their creative projects. 

image from www.chinookpta.com As well, they are positioning themselves as a way for fans to pay artists for music that they have obtained for free.  The founders of the company state that while this is their first incarnation, as a crowdfunding app, they are open to evolution of the site as the needs and wishes of artists change. From the payments to the artist, garnered from their fans, IOUmusic takes a 10% cut.

Two Alternatives

According to Maria Popova at Brain Pickings, "Kickstarter charges a flat fee of 5%, but also passes along the Amazon Payments transactional fees (3%–5%) to the artists who use the platform, for a total fee anywhere between 8% and 10%. RocketHub charges a flat total fee of 8%."  Thus, depending on your goals, there are the fees to consider, but sometimes one site just feels better than the other.

(via IndieMusicTech)

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