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10,000,000 Songs Sold via iTunes Music Store

Re: Re: Re: Impressive

Originally posted by AppleMatt
Apple's consumer market share is currently hovering around 3.5%, it's been going up for the last two years.

https://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/09/20030904111142.shtml

But I agree, it's still very impressive ;)

AppleMatt
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LESS THAN 1% IS MUCH MORE ACCURATE FOR THIS THREAD.

Remember, (as mentioned before), ITMS is only for those that Have a MAC, Have OSX, Have a U.S. Billing Address, Have a Credit Card, Have an Internet Connection, etc.

And, that is ASSUMING that all of these people have even so much as CLICKED on the iTunes icon to begin with. Don't underestimate the reasons that EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER are trying to copy Apple on this one!
 
So have you noticed how there is Windows compatability plastered over every hardware spec and ad concerning the iPod? Do you think this is a precedent for the iTunes for Windows coming of age? Maybe sooner than we expect?
 
Originally posted by Photorun
That seems like a lot of songs until you realize they'd all fit on 1,000 new iPods.
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Oh, man. And I only have 350 iPods. ;)

I thinks it's great. I've purchased quite a few tunes from the store. The Rolling Stones addition is a great step in the right direction.

Now they just need to work on their paltry Electronica section.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Impressive

Originally posted by BigJayhawk
LESS THAN 1% IS MUCH MORE ACCURATE FOR THIS THREAD.

Remember, (as mentioned before), ITMS is only for those that Have a MAC, Have OSX, Have a U.S. Billing Address, Have a Credit Card, Have an Internet Connection, etc.
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Correct. The Mac has 3.5% worldwide "market share" (=sales per quarter. REMEMBER THAT!!:D), but around 10 - 12% installed user base.

Apple themselves said that around 20% of all Mac users are currently using OSX (which BTW is more that the percentage of Windoze users on XP.), so my 1% figure is quite accurate, I believe.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Impressive

Originally posted by BigJayhawk
LESS THAN 1% IS MUCH MORE ACCURATE FOR THIS THREAD.
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Alright, I misinterpreted the post, which can happen, BUT THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOUT.

If the original post had said, along the lines of, "taking into account..." then I wouldn't have misinterpreted it.

Anyway, of course everyone copies Apple. Microsoft may own 95% of the boat, but Apple's 5% is the rudder ;)

AppleMatt
 
I know that this may knock this thread WAY off topic, but considering:

1) Impressive iTMS sales;
2) New iPods w/heavily marketed Windows compatibility; and
3) Apple Expo Paris 'round the corner

Methinks the Steve-note might unveil either International iTMS (Why? Paris anyone?) or iTunes for Windows.

Any thoughts? :confused:
 
Originally posted by e-coli
Oh, man. And I only have 350 iPods. ;)

I thinks it's great. I've purchased quite a few tunes from the store. The Rolling Stones addition is a great step in the right direction.

Now they just need to work on their paltry Electronica section.
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The only thing paltry is Americans calling dance music electronica. The most rediculous word ever invented to frame the genre.
 
Originally posted by rog
Whose the nitwit who bought that song? I'd gladly pay 99 cents to not have to ever hear it again!
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Total agreement.

iTMS should pay the user .99 cents to wash its hands clean of ever dealing with such a pretend star with no street cred ;)

oh well, its a commercial service designed to appeal to everybody.
 
Imagine the possibilities

Imagine what that number will be once iTunes is released to the Windows market. Whatever their take, Apple is sitting on a huge profit potential. Hmm...once the shareholders get a taste for that I bet the other iApps will be next.
 
Didn't Apple say the store broke even very rapidly, faster than they planned? So they must be pocketing profit now.

Breakdown:

.99 cents per song

minus .65 to the record label (artist gets some)

minus Apple's costs (servers, labor, power, bandwidth, legal, etc. But note that the major work--encoding and uploading songs--is done by the labels, who must buy Macs for the purpose)

minus the cut taken by the credit card companies (per transaction--and Apple is smarter than buymusic.com, they combine all songs purchased in a short period into a single transaction)
 
New iPod`

Yes, I have 43 gigs of music, all of which I own on CD except a few that I have purchased from iTMS on my external 80 gig hard drive.

And yes, I have been saying ever since I purchased the 10 gig old fashioned iPod a month before the 20 gig was available over a year ago that I would get the 40 gig as soon as it came out.

Finally! Now my wife won't have to ask me to meet up with her to give her the 10 gig every time she wants to go work out, she can have it for herself and have only the songs she likes on it.

As for me, I can put all but 3 gigs of music that I own on it!

SWEET.
 
So, I want to know if the individual who downloaded the 10 millionth song actually receive notification that they broke the mark... Not that it would really matter, it would be kinda cool to know though...
 
correction

Originally posted by Mudbug
that's a pretty big number...

at a buck a piece (roughly) that makes 10 million dollars in my book...
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actually its 9,900,000.
those 10 million pennies make a difference.
 
Re: Imagine the possibilities

Originally posted by xtekdiver
Imagine what that number will be once iTunes is released to the Windows market. ... Hmm...once the shareholders get a taste for that I bet the other iApps will be next.
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I cant see that happening. I reckon that by going big time for iTMS Apple are aiming to get people gagging to find out what other iApps they have apart from iTunes. Sorry PC bods, if you want iPhoto and iMovie and everything else we have that works with equal iTunes slickness, you just got to buy a Mac.
 
electronica

Originally posted by e-coli
Oh, man. And I only have 350 iPods. ;)

I thinks it's great. I've purchased quite a few tunes from the store. The Rolling Stones addition is a great step in the right direction.

Now they just need to work on their paltry Electronica section.
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DiN records, the label that my album "Art of Sacrifice" is on are talking to Apple at the mo..... Looking forward to seeing my name on the store.

If you fancy a preview go to www.dbkaos.com sorry about the plug but I'm very excited about this.
 
Originally posted by encro
The only thing paltry is Americans calling dance music electronica. The most rediculous word ever invented to frame the genre.
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Actually, I meant ELECTRONICA, not DANCE, as I stated. :rolleyes:

And, yes, the ELECTRONICA section is woefully inadequate. Dance is in a different category on iTMS. You might have seen it, it's called DANCE.

I can't stand the cheap anti-American shots. The attitude is so tired. Get over yourself.
 
Electronica is not Dance

Originally posted by e-coli
Actually, I meant ELECTRONICA, not DANCE, as I stated. :rolleyes:

And, yes, the ELECTRONICA section is woefully inadequate. Dance is in a different category on iTMS. You might have seen it, it's called DANCE.

I can't stand the cheap anti-American shots Europeans are famous for. The attitude is so tired. Get over yourselves.
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who's anti-American not me

I'm just a hippy kinda chap who writes Electronica for the modern ear, but when I go out live I make them Dance.
 
Awesome! That's just about 2.5 million a month, no? And considering less than 3% of computer users (seeing as how you have to be running 10.1.5 or later) are making the purchases, what kind of craziness is going to happen when iTunes is ported to Windows?!?! I'm drooling with anticipation.

PS - Has Apple said which versions of Windows iTunes will be available on? I was thinking, and it seems they'll probably only release it for ME/2000/XP. Does that sound about right?
 
moderation from a third party

Originally posted by e-coli
Actually, I meant ELECTRONICAI can't stand the cheap anti-American shots Europeans are famous for. The attitude is so tired. Get over yourselves.
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As a third party observer, neither french nor american, I can say that I see dung fly from both direction over the atlantic. Maybe even more east-bound.

Also, Encro's profile marks him clearly as Australian, and australia is not part of Europe.

... let's all be friends. ^_^ ... and I'll have a large portion of freedom fries with that... or "patates frites" as we french-Cannucks call 'em.

Your friendly Canuck,

Me
 
Originally posted by jxyama
any idea how buymusic.com is doing..? with 30x the machine base, they'd have to sell nearly 15 million songs per week to "match" the rate of iTMS.

have they even sold 1 million songs yet?

he he :D
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Didn't Scott Blum claim that he would be able to sell 500,000 songs a day?

Methinks that it's not selling nearly as well as the iTMS (despite the much bigger pool of customers), which is why we haven't heard any stats on their sales. :p
 
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