I recently bought a super awesome 80s song on Amazon for
25-cents and thought it was a fair price. Much more reasonable than the de
facto 99-cents charged by iTunes for the same song. Which got me thinking:
What if music stores used a graduated pricing model based on decade? That way
good, honest people could still buy music they love, but not have to pay
today’s prices for yesterday’s hits (which they most likely bought on
cassette or gramophone).
This Year: $1.29
/ Market Price
2011+: $.99
/ Market Price
2000-2010: $.99/$9.99
album
1990s: $.90/$9
album
1980s: $.80/$8
album
1970s: $.70/$7
album
1960s: $.60/$6
album
1950s: $.50/$5
album
1940s: $.40/$4
album
1930s: $.30/$3
album
1920s: $.20/$2
album
1910s: $.10/$1
album
1900s: $.01/$.25
album
But the problem with this model is that the prices are still
too high. So I propose a more competitive model with prices designed to be more
enticing than outright stealing.
This Year: $.99
- $1.29 / $10 album
2011+: $.89
/ $5 album
2000-2010: $.50/$3
album
1990s: $.35/$2
album
1980s: $.25/$1
album
1970s: $.25/$1
album
1960s: $.25/$1
album
1950s: $.10/$.75
album
1940s: $.01/$.05
album
1930s: $.01/$.05
album
1920s: $.01/$.05
album
1910s: $.01/$.05
album
1900s: FREE
Now that’s music to your ears! Woo!
