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Our goal when developing the new digital download system was to make it the most versatile available. This means we not only had to let you upload any type of file you wanted, but also convert lossless audio into many other formats automatically, let you change ID3 tags without having to upload again, and finally our most challenging feature, make setting up a digital product ridiculously fast. Let’s look at each of these features a little more closely.

Lossless Audio

Uploading a lossless album or single track, and letting us convert it, is a great way to give your customers a wide range of formats to choose from when they redeem their download. We’ll provide your customers with 5 different choices: ALAC, FLAC, MP3-320, MP3-VBR, and AAC-256. And just like all our upload forms, you can select as many files as you want, and we’ll upload as many as 6 at a time for you. We also give you a separate spot to upload all your artwork, track information, tour dates, etc.

Everything Else

Here’s where you can get specific with your digital item. Maybe you have a book, digital magazine or an icon set you’ve just designed that you want to sell, Everything Else is the place for you. You can even upload MP3s if you don’t want to use our Lossless conversion feature. Once again, select as many files as you want and we’ll upload them 6 at a time. And since we only have one upload spot, you can choose an entire album of MP3s, plus artwork, thank yous, tour dates, etc, and upload them in one shot.

Versatility and Control

And lastly, if you’d like to only let your customers download certain types of music files, then you can use our Everything Else digital section and upload a ZIP of your album. For instance, let’s say you wanted to sell the FLAC version of your album, as well as an MP3 version of your album. And you wanted to charge more for the FLAC version. It’s simple, here’s how you do it:

1. Upload a ZIP of the album in MP3 format to one digital item.
2. Upload a ZIP of the album in FLAC format to a second digital item.
3. Attach the digital items to separate variations in the product form.
4. When your customer goes to select the variation they’d like, they get to choose from the two file types you uploaded.

So, that’s our new digital download system. If you upload lossless audio, we’ll automatically convert it, let you update ID3 tags, and let your customers pick what they want to download. Or, upload anything else and set your digital items to be sold exactly the way you want them to be sold. We think you’re going to love it.