What is currently your favorite download store?
djdownload.com (trackitdown.net in 2nd)


Why is it your favorite download store?
navigation; with 1 click you can you can view all releases in a genre ordered by release date & get a decent sample of each with another click. stuff goes down in price after it's been out a while too.


What annoys you about some of the existing download stores (aesthetically or functionality)?
BEATPORT - shit samples that aren't representative of the track, they don't take maestro cards & you can't use your browser's back function.
AUDIOJELLY - having tracks divided alphabetically & having to click 2-3 times each just to hear a sample (while browsing in genre sections).
ID&T DANCE-TUNES - not being able to chronologically order all releases in a genre (last time i checked?)


What are your thoughts on the design and navigation of playittonight.com?
seems pretty decent after a quick browse. design a little bland maybe but no biggie


What do you think about the colors of the following download stores (hate it/ its alright/ love it):
Beatport.com
DJDownloads.com
Traxsource.com - best looking one imo, first 2 aren't great & one below doesn't seem to exist
Puretrax.com


Is there anything that makes you choose to buy from one download store over another?
navigation & ease of use


Which of the following images do you want to see in the header and in other locations on a download store:
not fussed really.. but less/smaller pictures would be better, for faster load times


What symbol do you like for playing audio samples when buying from online download stores:
Play symbol
Audio speaker symbol


Would you like a flash intro page (where you can choose your preferred language)?
no thanks


Would you like to get emailed with new releases and recommendations for songs of your genre of choice?
providing unsubscribing was easy if i changed my mind


How would you like to get customer service? (Phone/emailpost)
email

What is currently your favorite download store?
beatport
Why is it your favorite download store?
wav downloads ... at an extra buck per track an can eliminate any possible quality loss
What annoys you about some of the existing download stores (aesthetically or functionality)?
overhead ... they pretty on the eyes and painful on the connection
What are your thoughts on the design and navigation of playittonight.com?
dunno
What do you think about the colors of the following download stores (hate it/ its alright/ love it):

don't care ... its all functionality in my books

Is there anything that makes you choose to buy from one download store over another? WAV ... good ... make that GREAT label selection, you win the labels you win the buyers

Which of the following images do you want to see in the header and in other locations on a download store:

a techy gear picture (ex. Mixer)

What symbol do you like for playing audio samples when buying from online download stores:

Play symbol


Would you like a flash intro page (where you can choose your preferred language)? No, user preferences can handle language selection, and flash is just that ... flash, if your site is slow noone will care about flash

Would you like to get emailed with new releases and recommendations for songs of your genre of choice? no, usually know what I'm looking for

How would you like to get customer service? Email

What is currently your favorite download store?

Audiojelly

Why is it your favorite download store?

big catalogue, cheap, long and high quality prewiew-samples.. AND you can compress the files you buy into an zip-archive before you download them.. BIG+

What annoys you about some of the existing download stores
(aesthetically or functionality)?

Sometimes I only get the first half of some songs, but I just send an email, and they will fix it.. also, many stores have messed up id3tags, which is really annoying to fix for yourself.. like when i buy 20 songs, and no one of them have the artist name in the artist-field and everything_is_written_like_this..

What are your thoughts on the design and navigation of playittonight.com?

haven't been there before, but it looks ok..

What do you think about the colors of the following download stores (hate it/ its alright/ love it):

Beatport.com -i dont know.. i dont like it that much, but i dont hate it.. not my colours.. but i don't think it alright either..
DJDownloads.com -it's a bit different from what i am used do, but still i think it's nice...i love it...
Traxsource.com -too many different colours.. but it's alright
Puretrax.com -oh my god.. looks like..? i dont know.. would never buy something on a site which looks like this.. hate it

Is there anything that makes you choose to buy from one download store over another?

price, correct id3-tags, zip-compression, and the size of their catalogue (i dont wanna buy 20 songs (in total) in 4 different stores, if i can buy them all in one store)

Which of the following images do you want to see in the header and in other locations on a download store:

a cityscape at night picture


What symbol do you like for playing audio samples when buying from online download stores:

Audio speaker symbol

Other (suggestions): a headset...

Would you like a flash intro page (where you can choose your preferred language)?

no.. i hate intro-pages.. i'm not visiting a site because i want to se the intro page!

Would you like to get emailed with new releases and recommendations for songs of your genre of choice?

new releases, yes.. recommendations, no..

How would you like to get customer service?

email

Last edited by Sanjoy on Apr-06-2006 at 20:01

Thanks so much for the help.

Your time is much appriceated. This has given me some killer insight.

If anyone else can help, please do!

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