cdnow.com

Advantages: Excellent back catalogue
Disadvantages: Intrusive Marketing

Now I don’t know about this new fangled bangy bangy music that you young folks listen to, but ever since I stumbled upon Napster and its ilk a year or so ago, my interest in music has been seriously rekindled. You know, proper music, with tunes… “; ^> My own taste, for the most part has always been fairly obscure. As well as this, I’ve always been a music anorak and so I’ve been using the web for years to hunt down ...
...me. You know, names of labels, track listings, producers and the like. It was while doing this that I first stumbled on to CD Now; www.cdnow.com. Now, apparently, as a quick scan of their well put together site will show, CDNow fulfills a host of needs, you can download MP3 files or sate your DVD cravings. I’m not interested in any of that - I just wanna buy CDs and have them delivered to me through the mail. The following categories (for ... Read review

Advantages: Secure, fast, competitively priced, with excellent customer service.
Disadvantages: Kind of slow when using Secure Server, but for good reason.

...language is English). Mostly, CDNow.com sells compact discs, but they also carry movies, DVDs, and a few other things along those lines. So, this is a pretty good source for most of your common entertainment needs. The CDNow.com Web site is well done, with many different sections all on one screen to make browsing that much faster. You can login to your account, read the latest news, update your preferences, and look at new releases all from the ...
...other hard-to-find releases. At CDNow.com I can find music that was released or recorded for just about any foreign country - a great asset, considering that many artists include bonus tracks and rare live cuts on their foreign and import albums. Customer service is an important issue for many shoppers. Let me assure you that CDNow.com goes out of their way to make sure that you are completely satisfied. My mother once tried THREE TIMES to get a ... Read review

Advantages: GOOD SITE
Disadvantages: SEE TXT

Having been recommended this site by a friend I thought I should have a look, basically it offers music lovers ‘an unprecedented selection of music products’ and yes their database is quite large and you’ll find most tracks but I have seen better databases. Besides CD you can join their Cosmic Credit program: -by linking your web sites to promotions and artist pages, you can make money. -you can also increase your web traffic ...
...give your visitors access to hard-to-find albums, sound samples, music reviews, contests and more. They also have a C2 Program whereby: -you can get 15% commission on every sale generated through your site. • Enhance your site by offering visitors access to music, videos, sound samples, reviews and more -- all from one of the Internet's most successful and well-respected music destinations. • Get automated online reporting, expert merchandising ... Read review

Advantages: good selection, well laid out site
Disadvantages: hidden shipping prices

Ever since I started using the internet about five years ago CDNOW was one of the first big places to shop at online. Naturally there is now so many more stores to visit but through the times of dotcom businesses going down the drain this is an outfit that have rode the storm and are still surviving. Here in the UK we are subject to some rule that means we have to be overpriced for our entertainment goods such as videos,cd's etc. A visit to this ...
...CDNOw product cataligue is simply huge. When I saw the movie Scream there was one song that really stood out for me by a band called Birdbrain. Their albums are not available in the UK but CDNOW could supply and at half the price an HMV import would have set me back. I have always found the site easy for searching. You can use artist, song title etc so sometimes when you hear something and only pick up the title, a quick search should bring up what ... Read review

Advantages: Good range, Discounts available
Disadvantages: Without discounts they have only average prices

CDNow have the potential to become big players in the home entertainment market as they now ship DVDs in addition to CDs to customers in the UK. SELECTION: Based in the USA they stock many items with an emphasis on music including a good selection of CDs, videos, DVDs, music collectables, MP3 players, keyboards, DVD players and so on. They cater for gift certificates and have the unusual option of producing custom CDs made to the customers track ...
...international users. Add to that a Radio Station and free digital downloads and you have the makings of a good site. SHIPPING: Until recently they only catered for the American and Canadian markets. International Shipping was both costly and was only available on some goods, DVDs for example were not available for export. This has now changed and the introduction of a European Shipping hub means good shipping rates, particularly for large orders, ... Read review