SoundCloud Raises $60 Million at $700 Million Valuation

Re:SoundCloud Raises $60 Million at $700 Million Valuation by return0 on Saturday January 25, 2014 @12:20PM (#7121374)

What i don't understand is why they haven't implemented a "buy song" or at least "tip the artist" a-la flattr. I don't think it would degrade the experience and would remove the hassle of setting up a separate bandcamp/whatever page.

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Re:SoundCloud Raises $60 Million at $700 Million Valuation by JonnieCache on Saturday January 25, 2014 @12:37PM (#7121441)

They have that. You can fill in any url as the "buy link" and it gets linked as "buy this track" or whatever, at the bottom of the player, next to the download link.

Seems like kind of a stopgap, I imagine it was something users really wanted and this was a way to do it with almost no engineering effort. Maybe an actual retail section is part of their plans...

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Re:SoundCloud Raises $60 Million at $700 Million Valuation by return0 on Saturday January 25, 2014 @02:51PM (#7122055)

Yes i mean selling through soundcloud.

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Re:SoundCloud Raises $60 Million at $700 Million Valuation by rhizome on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:08PM (#7122154)

I'm sure it's in the plans.

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