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Beatport decides to cut the crap!!

THANK GOD! its about time ...

In a move bound to please overwhelmed digital cratediggers in the United States, Beatport has announced that it will be more carefully curating the US portion of its site with new minimum revenue requirements for labels.

Reports surfaced last week that the service expected each label to reach a minimum of $300 per quarter in gross revenues. If an imprint failed to meet that benchmark, the label would be put on probation and forced to make more than $600 in revenue in the following quarter or its content would be removed from the site.

Ronny Kreiger, Beatport's Vice President of Content, stresses, however, that the guidelines are not a hard and fast rule. If a label has "a proper plan and structure...a unique quality sound�and fits with the repertoire we represent", Kreiger explained, there would be no reason for the US Label Management Team to take the label down from the store.

Quality control problems at Beatport are largely seen as a byproduct of the site�s popularity, and it�s an issue the site has tried to address in the past. In 2006, Beatport sent out a similar message to labels regarding revenue minimums, but the company had not been able to look at those reports and make adjustments. Krieger explains that Beatport�s UK and European Label Management culled labels in a similar fashion last year, but "for both teams the results were minor, because for various reasons they weren't as affected by quality issues."

Jean-Patrice Remillard, aka Pheek, who co-owns Archipel Records welcomed the decision. "I honestly think this will be a good thing for everyone. It may cause some people some problems for a while but there will be new ideas appearing, perhaps even new stores that cater better to the labels that may have to leave Beatport."

Even so, it looks as though few labels will be affected. Kreiger pointed out that "the doors are always open for all labels that are cut right now. If they present an interesting concept, high quality releases, a unique profile, we might reconsider and take them aboard again at a later time. Our interest in new and interesting smaller labels has always been there and will always remain."


http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=9088

I do enjoy buying tracks from labels who only put out a track every 2 months or so.... i hope they dont just vanish.

you're about 2 weeks behind on this news, no?

Re: Beatport decides to cut the crap!!

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Originally posted by stev�sto Reports surfaced last week that the service expected each label to reach a minimum of $300 per quarter in gross revenues. If an imprint failed to meet that benchmark, the label would be put on probation and forced to make more than $600 in revenue in the following quarter or its content would be removed from the site.

Read this on GU some week ago
this is just wayyyyy too low a standard in my opinion
$300 is on average 150 sales. With an output like for example Christian Paduraru has this will be easily met and it all will still be crap. There will probably only be more tunes released on the labels that have a hard time meeting the requirement, thus increasing the chance to meet the requirement alot

Doesnt fix the problem imo

Oh wait I read that wrong. I thought Beatport was changing their mind about doing that, I didn't think they were still going through with it. That's one of the worst ideas imaginable. All that's going to happen is labels releasing tons of CRAP material to make quota resulting in even more garbage being out there than there already is. What a fucking shame

No more happy hardcore

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Originally posted by bas Oh wait I read that wrong. I thought Beatport was changing their mind about doing that, I didn't think they were still going through with it. That's one of the worst ideas imaginable. All that's going to happen is labels releasing tons of CRAP material to make quota resulting in even more garbage being out there than there already is. What a fucking shame

Good point. Could be counter-intuitive

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Originally posted by Clovis No more happy hardcore

But crap music today sell better than ever...

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Originally posted by Whirloop But crap music today sell better than ever...

Indeed.

Initially I hoped this thread would be about Beatport giving up the territory restrictions

what worries me the most is that old now defunct label won't be able to upload their back catalogues on Beatport due to the lower profits.

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Originally posted by RebeL9 what worries me the most is that old now defunct label won't be able to upload their back catalogues on Beatport due to the lower profits.

that's also what gets me as well...

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Originally posted by Nik Novo Initially I hoped this thread would be about Beatport giving up the territory restrictions

You and me both.

to rebel9 and oldblue1224:

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Ronny Kreiger, Beatport's Vice President of Content, stresses, however, that the guidelines are not a hard and fast rule. If a label has "a proper plan and structure...a unique quality sound�and fits with the repertoire we represent", Kreiger explained, there would be no reason for the US Label Management Team to take the label down from the store.

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Originally posted by Nik Novo Initially I hoped this thread would be about Beatport giving up the territory restrictions

Those are not up to beatport.

Wow. That just blows my mind. The problem isn't the amount of content available--the problem is poor search functionality! Beatport is effectively rejecting the 'long tail' theory of digital economics with such a move.

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Originally posted by Clovis Those are not up to beatport.

I know, but I was hoping nevertheless

maybe whilst their at it they could sort out the SHIT download speeds, I buy about 10 tracks and have to spend ages downloading them, getting 40kb/sec on a 20mbit line..

Bah.

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Originally posted by Simcut maybe whilst their at it they could sort out the SHIT download speeds, I buy about 10 tracks and have to spend ages downloading them, getting 40kb/sec on a 20mbit line.. Bah.

why dont you just do what i did and shop somewhere else? beatport is a load of shit for that exact reason their download speeds are laughable.

^ I do :-)

but some tracks are only available at beatport, which is a real pain in the arse.

How shitty and slow is their website by the way? its pants.

Have to admit, I never had problems with their download speeds here in New York. I can easily download a track in less than a minute and I only have a 6MBit connection at home. Could just be an overseas issue for I remember connections being a little slow when I was in Portugal and Brazil.

To get back on topic. The guidelines are set this low so that people who are just starting out, or smaller labels who lack the online promotion budgets and/or big named talent to have a chance. But you'd be surprised even with a $300 gross minimum how some labels don't make it. It achievable as long as the label is willing to do basic promotions and release at least 2-3 records half way decent tracks a quarter. With the way Beatport files and organizes more current music, all you have to do is make sure the label stays somewhere near the newest releases for a while and someone is bound to buy it. It may make it harder for people to find the bombs right away, but I think having all the extra tracks is a plus. I know my eyes have opened to many different producers and remixers because of Beatport.

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Originally posted by Simcut maybe whilst their at it they could sort out the SHIT download speeds, I buy about 10 tracks and have to spend ages downloading them, getting 40kb/sec on a 20mbit line.. Bah.

I get really good download speeds from Beatport. On this shitty university accomodation connection I don't even download most ID competitions because they're so slow, but I've downloaded lots of stuff from Beatport.

Yeah, I usually get about 100-120k/sec from Beatport (while downloading 4 tracks at a time, i.e. 400-500k/sec.).

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Originally posted by MidnightSociety To get back on topic. The guidelines are set this low so that people who are just starting out, or smaller labels who lack the online promotion budgets and/or big named talent to have a chance. But you'd be surprised even with a $300 gross minimum how some labels don't make it. It achievable as long as the label is willing to do basic promotions and release at least 2-3 records half way decent tracks a quarter. With the way Beatport files and organizes more current music, all you have to do is make sure the label stays somewhere near the newest releases for a while and someone is bound to buy it. It may make it harder for people to find the bombs right away, but I think having all the extra tracks is a plus. I know my eyes have opened to many different producers and remixers because of Beatport.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this, it seems to me that you're interpreting this move the wrong way. Beatport doesn't really seem like they're out to help the smaller labels and producers. If anything his would hurt them. It's very obvious that Beatport puts emphasis on some releases over others, this move will basically make the smaller labels (which usually tend to have better release, imo) more obsolete. They could essentially push small start up labels out of the business.

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