blog.conigs.com » distribution http://blog.conigs.com post-production, video, films, and general foolishness Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:45:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 As of Today, We’ve Sold Over 110,000 Copies for a Total of Over $500,000. Minus Some Money For http://blog.conigs.com/2011/12/as-of-today-weve-sold-over-110-000-copies-for-a/ http://blog.conigs.com/2011/12/as-of-today-weve-sold-over-110-000-copies-for-a/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:13:00 +0000 conigs http://blog.conigs.com/2011/12/as-of-today-weve-sold-over-110-000-copies-for-a/ As of Today, we’ve sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you, but they would have charged you about $20 for the video. They would have given you an encrypted and regionally restricted video of limited value, and they would have owned your private information for their own use. They would have withheld international availability indefinitely.

Louis CK

An interesting experiment and I’m glad it’s working. But as Anil Dash noted, for this to work you have to “start by being one of the greatest talents in the history of your craft.”

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This sounds like a great option. I know many people who have a difficult time getting distribution in the physical arena. This would allow their films to reach audiences around the world for a small fraction of the overall budget. I’m looking forward to finding new indie films up on iTunes.

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