PORTLAND, Ore., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CD Baby, the world’s largest online distributor of independent music, is proud to launch its new Music Store Widget,
providing artists with the easiest way to sell downloads and CDs
directly to their fans. The customizable Music Store Widget can be
embedded on an artist’s website, blog, or Facebook Page (through an
HTML-enabling app like Static HTML: iFrames tab), and CD Baby will
handle the rest, from the customer purchase to the artist payout.

For
existing CD Baby members, The Music Store Widget is free and available
in a variety of attractive themes. Artists simply choose the theme that
best fits their needs, copy the HTML code, and paste it into the
appropriate display area (the widget will form-fit to the selected
display area’s dimensions). The Music Store Widget will show the fans
all of the artist’s relevant info , including artist name, album title,
album art, release date, style description, price (for both physical CD
and MP3), and sample clips for the music.

“There’s
no reason that independent artists should have to spend time worrying
about the boring details of order fulfillment,” says CD Baby president Brian Felsen.
“With the Music Store Widget, all you have to do is decide what product
you want to sell and how you want the widget to look. After that, CD
Baby handles the credit card processing, delivery of downloaded MP3s,
warehousing and shipping of CDs, customer service, and accounting — so
artists can get back to doing the good stuff like writing, recording,
and performing.”

Existing
CD Baby artists can start selling their music immediately through The
Music Store Widget by logging into their member accounts at https://members.cdbaby.com/widgets/store/storeconfig.aspx

Artists
who are not currently distributing their music through CD Baby can find
more information about The Music Store Widget at: http://members.cdbaby.com/MusicStoreWidget.aspx

CD Baby
is the world’s leading digital distributor of independent music. CD
Baby distributes over 3 million tracks to dozens of digital music
retailers including iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhapsody, and Spotify, and
pays artists weekly for their product sales. From their Portland, OR
headquarters, they warehouse and ship over 360,000 independent CD
titles to a customer base that spans the entire globe. The company also
offers other services to musicians such as the ability to accept credit
cards at shows, and web hosting through their sister company Host Baby.

CD Baby