Hanging Vinyl Records (Credit:Steve Snodgrass via Flickr)Ever made your own CD to sell at gigs? Want a limited run of Vinyl for your next release? The London Trade Exchange could be just what you need. It's the first price comparison site of its kind, allowing you to input all of your requirements for media duplication, and compare prices without registering or having to check loads of different websites for the best price. Think of it as GoCompare.com for your recording media. It's really rather good.
Here's more from its makers.
Press Release: The London Trade Exchange is a new, price comparison website for the CD, DVD & Vinyl Record Industry.
Its aim is to quickly and easily compare the prices buyers normally collect when choosing a supplier to duplicate or replicate their productions. It’s the only place in the world where buyers and producers can, for free, and before registering:
specify precisely what they want and when they want it delivered and then
instantly see a comparison of prices for duplicating, replicating or pressing this specification
The founders of the London Trade Exchange have over 40 years’ experience as suppliers to the industry. They know only too well the prodigious time and effort a producer or buyer of Vinyl, CD or DVD copying services has to put in repeatedly to compare quotes. Only then is an informed buying decision possible. The London Trade Exchange has created comparisons for CD, DVD and Vinyl so you can do away with this age old drain on resources, once and for all.
In high pressure situations, where time really is money, using this online facility means:
No need to research a list of potential suppliers
No need to spend time calling around for quotes
No need for anyone to spend hours deciphering offers, terms and prices
No waiting or chasing suppliers for responses
No uncertainties: just better prices in less time
The London Trade Exchange is independent and impartial. Its revenues come from sellers paying for the facility to display their own prices on its website. There is no other easy way to compare prices from the companies selling into this industry.
For buyers who want more information, we encourage registration. When registered and logged in the suppliers’ names and contact details are displayed. There are also facilities to save quotes, confirm a specification with a supplier, download their artwork templates and place an order.
Marco Forgione, CEO of the I.V.C.A. (International Visual Communications Association) is quoted as saying:
My first response was “Why hasn’t somebody done this before?”
Now that they have, I really urge those in our industry to benefit by getting involved and developing this resource.
Tests with users have been universally positive. They were very keen for it to be available and plan to use it for purchasing and budgeting.
