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- Kerchoonz was a social networking website founded in April 2005 and launched live in June 2008. Kerchoonz has been described as "A modern Record Deal" for bands and artists. Music fans have access to music for free and the bands get paid for each stream listened to via an advertising share that they receive from the site. Bands can also sell their music directly from their profile player and set the price for their own download sales. Users can create free accounts in the following categories: Fan, Artist, Record Label, DJ, Industry Pro or Writer were connected to labels, managers, publishers, venues, vendors, promotors and more. It was the first company in the world that paid musicians for downloads and streams of their music via advertising revenue and via a subscription model. Kerchoonz was a global marketplace that connected bands and artists to record labels, managers, venues, vendors and offered an online shop for bands, allowing bands to sell their digital downloads and their physical CDs, T-shirts and gear through their own social networking profile on the site as well as in K-Ching, an on-line direct sale and auction marketplace. Kerchoonz was monetized via a subscription model, advertising model and commissions on transactions within the marketplace. Regular non-artist members can also sell used and new items on K-Ching and set up a store on their Kerchoonz profile. First online digital company that paid artist for streams Kerchoonz offered an online shop for bands, allowing bands to sell their digital downloads and their physical CDs, T-shirts and gear through their own social networking profile on the site as well as in , an on-line direct sale and auction marketplace. Regular non-artist members can also sell used and new items on K-Ching and set up a store on their Kerchoonz profile. The company grew to 14,400,000 users in the space of two years. The site was created as 'an alternative to piracy'. (en)
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- Kerchoonz was a social networking website founded in April 2005 and launched live in June 2008. Kerchoonz has been described as "A modern Record Deal" for bands and artists. Music fans have access to music for free and the bands get paid for each stream listened to via an advertising share that they receive from the site. Bands can also sell their music directly from their profile player and set the price for their own download sales. Users can create free accounts in the following categories: Fan, Artist, Record Label, DJ, Industry Pro or Writer were connected to labels, managers, publishers, venues, vendors, promotors and more. It was the first company in the world that paid musicians for downloads and streams of their music via advertising revenue and via a subscription model. Kerchoonz (en)
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