Audio CD on Demand
Prices
Royalties for Customer CD on Demand
Orders For CDs sold to customers, your royalty equals the list price you set in your member account minus our share. Our share is calculated by taking a percentage of the list price plus a fixed charge. The fixed charge is $4.95 for single disc units, or $7.45 for a two disc set, which is two CD-Rs in a single jewel case. The percentage varies depending on where you list your CD: CreateSpace E-store = 15%, Amazon.com = 45%.
For example...
If you sold a CD with a list price of $25.00 through a CreateSpace E-Store, you would earn a royalty of $16.30 per sale. The calculation is as follows:
| List Price | $25.00 |
| Our Share | $8.70 (see details below) |
| Your Royalty | $16.30 (list price minus our share) |
| % Share for E-Store | $3.75 (15% of $25) |
| Fixed Charge | $4.95 (one CD-R in jewel case) |
| Our Share Total | $8.70 |
If we decide to sell your CD at a lower price than your list price, you will still earn your royalty based on the list price you set in your member account. For example, in the illustration above, if we sold your CD for $20.00, you would still earn $16.30. Discounts you set yourself in your member account are considered reductions to your list price for the purpose of calculating your royalty.
CD Duplication Orders
Duplication orders, which are also called "wholesale CD orders" or "owner disc orders", are orders for multiple copies of the same CD shipped directly to a single address you designate in a single order. For wholesale orders you pay the fixed charge minus a volume discount if the order is for 50 or more copies of the same CD.
| Volume Discount | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of Discs | Percent Discount | Cost per CD |
| 1-49 | -- | $4.95 |
| 50-99 | 20% | $3.96 |
| 100-500 | 40% | $2.97 |
| 500+ | see Replication | |
For example, if you ordered 100 copies of a CD, you would pay $297.00 plus shipping and handling ($2.97 each for 100 CDs). If your CD is a two disc set, you pay the fixed fee based on the two disc set less the volume discount. For example, if you ordered 100 two disc sets, you'd pay $447.00 plus shipping and handling (each unit costs $4.47, which is the fixed fee of $7.45 less the 40% volume discount).
You pay for wholesale orders when you place your order and you don't earn royalties for wholesale copies. Unless we have a valid resale certificate from you in our system at the time of your order, you will be charged sales tax on certain wholesale orders.
CD Proof Copies
The cost for a proof copy is the same as the cost for a single wholesale CD, and you don't earn royalties for proof copies.
