costs
earn
(high end royalty deal)
via iTunes
(low end royalty deal)
| Must sell | That's | Each costs | They earn | Using | ||
| 145 | Self-pressed CDs | 4.8 | per day | $9.99 | $8 |
|
| 155 | CD albums | 5.1 | per day | $9.99 | $7.5 |
|
| 1,160 | Retail album CDs (high end royalty deal) | 1.6 | per hour | $9.99 | $1 |
|
| 1,234 | Album downloads | 1.7 | per hour | $9.99 | $0.94 |
|
| 1,568 | MP3 downloads | 2.1 | per hour | $0.99 | $0.74 |
|
| 2,035 | MP3 downloads via iTunes | 2.8 | per hour | $0.99 | $0.57 |
|
| 3,867 | Retail album CDs (low end royalty deal) | 5.3 | per hour | $0.99 | $0.3 |
|
| 12,889 | Track downloads | 17.6 | per hour | $0.99 | $0.09 |
|
| 232,000 | Free on demand streams | 5.3 | per minute | $fixed | $0.005 |
|
| 527,273 | Streams | 12.0 | per minute | $fixed | $0.0022 |
|
| 2,697,674 | Streams | 1.0 | per second | $fixed | $0.00043 |
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