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| PREPAID MUSIC CARDS SUBSCRIPTION |
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| Our client required
a site that could allow bands / artists to create their
own prepaid music cards and facilitate offline song distribution
easy and inexpensive. Each card would have a unique access
code generated on it from the website and would be downloadable
in a PDF format. Once a band downloaded their card set,
they could print their prepaid music cards at home and
sell them or give them away at their shows. Up-and-coming
musicians would no longer have to pay a high price in
duplicating CDs for sales at performances, as the website
would provide the tools to create, print and distribute
an unlimited number of prepaid music cards anytime and
anywhere. |
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| Customer
Profile |
| Our client is a multi-solutions
provider specializing in web site design and interactive
media with the goal of helping organizations generate
a competitive value. |
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| Business
Requirement |
| Our client conceived the
idea of developing a web based solution to allow bands
to create their own prepaid music cards, enable fans to
download songs and pictures from their chosen band’s
page, and allow fans and bands to interact amongst each
other, thereby creating a whole community of users, subscribers
and members of the site, and facilitate merchandising
of collectibles associated with the bands. |
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| Online Music Service |
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| Benefits |
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Allows bands to design, build, print
and distribute their own prepaid music cards offline
or online (directly from their website/yourbandname)
website. |
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Tools in the website give bands a cost effective
and easy way to distribute their music at shows,
conventions, in schools, around campuses, or anywhere
else without the need for a CD. |
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Bands can make as many different prepaid music
cards as they like, print, distribute or sell them
wherever they want. |
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The band’s personalized web page allows
its fans purchase and download a music card that
permits them to access a set number of songs designated
on the card. |
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| Technologies used
in developing this web application are: |
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| The solution is
based on the following technical format: |
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| Activities on the
Site |
| This unique site provides versatile functionalities
in the application which the site administrator, band/artists,
fan and members can avail. The activities that the solution
offers are: |
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| Band Activities |
| Icreon thoughtfully provided its band/artists
the facilities to: |
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Subscribe to the site |
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Create a band page on the site |
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Enter band information on the band page |
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Upload media files (songs, pictures, videos) on
the page |
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Manage and trace the events in the band page |
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Maintain information regarding the fans and their
downloaded information |
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Create cards from scratch/templates |
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Use a card tool for designing the card |
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Save cards built in archive folder |
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Download PDF version of card set |
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Trace the downloaded songs |
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Sell e-prepaid music cards. |
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Generate automated thank you email to fans to
download media files |
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Interact with fans through “Friends That
Rock” |
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Delete a fan comments on the band’s “Friends
that Rock” section |
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Order a card stationary and the sticker stationary |
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Get payment information |
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Change subscriptions / change credit cards details |
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View song download reports |
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| Fan’s Activities |
| The major concern of Icreon was to ensure
fans the freedom to: |
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Access to the band page through the
band URL |
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Listen songs, view picture gallery, calendar,
and News Sections in the band’s site |
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Download songs based on the access code |
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Create a user name and become a member |
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Buy additional songs from site |
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Add pictures, comments at the bands webpage |
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Send a free e-prepaid music card to another friend
from band page |
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| Super Admin Activities
(PPMD site admin) |
| Icreon was able to provide site admin the
following features: |
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send emails to
groups of users, such as sign up, or make special
announcements to current site subscribers or members |
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Create emails
and send them out to groups of user on the system |
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Generate Email
Notification from PPMD - Users will get 3 emails
- one in the
beginning of ending month 1 and if they don't renew
at that time another one at the beginning of month
2, then one more 10 days before the account expires. |
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Create, save and
keep track of the emails to whom it has been sent
to. |
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Receive a list
of all subscriptions that are about to end and keep
track of such client. |
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Generate text
for various automated emails. Automated emails text
is provided by the super administrator such as |
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Thank you for sign-up (bands) |
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Thank you for sign-up (fans) |
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Auto response when email are
send for help / or questions |
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Email confirmation for payment(s) |
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Password & Login correspondence
emails |
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Upload banner
ads on front page, band page, and band admin pages
and manage them. Banner ads rotate among other banner
advertisements. |
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Track and mange subscription sales & account
information associated with the sales. |
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Manage
card paper stock, and stickers. |
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Add
products for sale in the sections that sell paper
card stock, and stickers |
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Create
categories and post template card designs for bands.
Super admin decides which card from each category
can be featured on the front page of the website. |
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View
any bands account and can trace their payment details. |
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Manage
the texts area in the pages, which are dynamic in
nature |
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Monitor
the additional song purchases online. |
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| Summary |
| Icreon created an ideal solution for independent
artists on tight budgets as well as fully established
artists. The website enables musicians to create prepaid
music cards worth one to 20 songs downloads per card--how
many songs can be downloaded per card and how much each
card is sold for is entirely up to the artist. Each prepaid
music card has its own unique access code allowing fans
to download songs from the artist’s library. Additional
advantages to the solution over traditional song distribution
alternatives include: creation and printing of cards on
demand; artists keep all sales revenue; distribution of
music cards online or offline; no inventory to monitor;
and song selection is left to fan discretion. |
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| In addition to receiving improved distribution
services, artists utilizing the website will have access
to download reports, 30 plus music card template designs
and the ability to create their own card designs online.
Further, subscribing musicians can post band news, bios,
music videos and photo galleries on their individual website
page, while also increasing fan and friend networking. |
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