rage against the x-factor - Outcome: RATM is the Christmas Number One!

IIRC iTunes doesn't base it's top 10 list on most sold, but rather most sold in a short period of time i.e. what's popular.

This gives the new releases a chance to break in to the top 10. Think about it.

At least that's how the app store works, I could be wrong but it would explain why it suddenly shot to number 1 after being in second place for a long while.
 
Viper² said:
lol.

The evidence is from the Official Charts Company who say the retailer has to pay 40p. There is no evidence that Amazon subsidise that.

lol.
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In very simple terms - because clearly you are very slow or being deliberately obtuse - Amazon pay a dealer price for music at 40p - they sell it on at a loss per track but make it back on album sales.

Read the thread I posted clever guy... L....O....L....:rolleyes:
 
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Just in case anyone else is having difficulty with the concept.
 
EVH said:
IIRC iTunes doesn't base it's top 10 list on most sold, but rather most sold in a short period of time i.e. what's popular.

This gives the new releases a chance to break in to the top 10. Think about it.

At least that's how the app store works, I could be wrong but it would explain why it suddenly shot to number 1 after being in second place for a long while.
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Or it could be that it finally overtook CackFactor, which would make just as much sense. :p
 
EVH said:
IIRC iTunes doesn't base it's top 10 list on most sold, but rather most sold in a short period of time i.e. what's popular.

This gives the new releases a chance to break in to the top 10. Think about it.

At least that's how the app store works, I could be wrong but it would explain why it suddenly shot to number 1 after being in second place for a long while.
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How would it explain it?
Without being mean, i think you are wrong :p

UKTop40 use the itunes live list as a guide. Also, you would assume that even a list based on recent buys would still show ratm as being as doing better, as both are available for purchase.
 
Amazon are doing it to get people on the site, its not rocket science, offer something for a loss that has zero impact on their operation bar some server load and just hope that 10% buy something else on the site.
 
msm722 said:
Bought another copy from Amazon.
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Just wondering, how have people managed to purchase multiple copies from Amazon?

When I attempt to do this Amazon tells me I've already purchased the track and appears to let me download it again without incurring any cost or creating a new order under my account.

Is it possible to purchase multiple copies of the 29p track without having to resort to purchasing the 79p track instead?

Have already purchased from Play and Amazon, but I'm looking to make a few more purchases :)
 
Well, say I sold 10,000 copies of my single.

Anything that wanted to move higher in the iTunes top 10 would have to sell >10,000 or more. So if I'm in the chart for 2 years before you released your song you'd have a lot of catching up.

To counter this (and I know for a fact this is used in the Apple app store) they have algorithms that calculate the popularity, to give the new releases some exposure. Example, I may have sold 100x your app, but if your app sells at a faster rate then you'd pop in to the top 10; this is evidenced when you see apps appear in the charts if the price drops etc.

The obvious possibility is that it simply passed the X-Factor single in sales, but as I said.. I don't know 100% how they calculate the top 10 so it may well be clear cut as skippi90 said.
 
Mr. Anderson said:
I also find it hard to believe that amazon are willing to take a hit of 11p per download when it is in their rights to change prices whenever they want.
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They are also selling x-factor loser for 29p they are using it to get new customers. Once you find out how easy it is to download mp3s they are betting most people will be back. it is a great plan. Just look how many people have never bought an mp3 before this week.
 
I'd buy more music by download if they offered it in a lossless format.

MP3 is horrendous.
 
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