Artist1stop has been developed by Synergy Distribution to create an affordable and efficient national distribution solution for independent artists and labels. We have devised an on-demand distribution service that will make your music available for orders at thousands of physical retail stores and several major online retailers. This service, offered at the price of just $199 for the first title (CD/DVD) and $100 for each additional one gives you complete on-demand distribution for your music through stores and online music retailers.

Artist1Stop makes it easy and profitable for independents to get their product into the hands of consumers across the US. The Artist1Stop program includes:

National on-demand distribution to over 8,000 retailers that sell music including but not limited to: Tower Records, Circuit City, Virgin Megastores, Barnes & Noble* and thousands of independent stores. Retailers can purchase Artist1Stop releases from the following One-Stop distributors: Alliance Entertainment Corporation (AEC), Baker & Taylor Inc., and Super Discount.

Benefit: The three major ways that physical independent stores, small retailers and mom and pop type stores will be able order your cd will be from AEC, Super Discount and Baker & Taylor (one stops). Be sure to contact your local independent friendly stores to find out who they order from, let them know about your project and ask for their local support!

Global distribution is available through leading online retailers including but not limited to: barnes&noble.com, towerrecords.com, bestbuy.com, circuitcity.com, amazon.com, CDnow.com, borders.com, sonicnet.com, CDuniverse.com, samgoody.com, virginmega.com and artistdirect.com

Benefit: Now you can list a handful of these great online retailers on your site and direct your fans to the proper locations. Many of the sites have sound bites and also compare your music with other similar music to reach fans in the same genre.

Product sales figures submitted to SoundScan

Benefit: SoundScan is a way to track retail sales nationwide. This is a great way for major labels, concert promoters and A&R reps to analyze how your album is selling.

Your music submitted to Muze, Loudeye and All Music Guide, the industry’s three leading online music content providers.

Benefit: Muze, Loudeye and All Music Guide are where tons of these online sites get their content information from and that is why you will be up on various sites. This makes your cd easy to locate by your fans! Some sites use a combination of one or two of the content providers.

We submit your track titles to the CDDB Database a.k.a. Gracenote

Benefit: For instance, now when you pop your CD in a computer your cd artist name, title and track listings should come up if you’re online and connected to the net!

Warehousing and fulfillment for all orders (Skip the hassle of consignment! Now all order processing and accounting from the accounts we set up are handled by Artist1stop!)

Benefit: It can be a full time job for an artist or label to fulfill various warehouses, sites and check up on store sales. We take that headache away leaving the artistry up to you! Now fulfill all of your order requests from one location!

Artist1Stop pays for itself in as little as 30 sales

*Larger accounts and larger chain stores may be and are often more difficult to obtain placement in without proper or former promotions, marketing, touring, and/or SoundScan sales to qualify placement.