
Search through Amazons catalog and add entire albums or select specific MP3 tracks to the widget. MP3 Clips widget lets you showcase song samples from Amazons vast DRM-free MP3 catalog. They invited us to preview this new ad unit and I find it is a great way to add music to your site and earn money doing it. Want more consumer news? Visit our parent organization, Consumer Reports, for the latest on scams, recalls, and other consumer issues.Amazon Associates will soon launch a new MP3 Clips Widget, that webmasters can add to their websites and earn affiliate commission from users buying mp3 music.

Of course, if you’re not an Amazon Prime customer, or you live in a state where Amazon collects sales tax, then that savings goes out the window, as you’ll be hit with both shipping and taxes on the CD that you probably wouldn’t be charged if you purchased the mp3 files.īasically, it’s just another reminder to consider all your purchasing options and to never make assumptions about the relative affordability of one format over another. But sometimes, you could end up on the short end of the stick if you just assume that the mp3 will be cheaper.Ībove is a decent example, sent in by Consumerist reader Jeremy, who noticed that while Amazon is charging $11.99 for the digital download of David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day, the price for the CD is slightly less - $11.88 - and it includes Amazon’s Auto-Rip service, that automatically places a digital copy of the album in the customer’s Amazon account, making it available for streaming or download.

Which makes sense, since digital files don’t have the high manufacturing, shipping, or storage charges that physical discs do. In most cases, it will cost you more to purchase a new CD than it would to buy that same music as an mp3 download. 3.27.13 10:12 AM EDT By Chris Morran assume amazon music cd's mp3's digital downloads david bowie
