SO, Soundcloud has finally updated the membership options. This is a mail I received.


Big news to share today: I am proud to announce the launch of On SoundCloud, our new creator partner program. On SoundCloud lays the foundation for creators to make money from their work on the platform.

As artists ourselves, Eric and I started SoundCloud with a simple vision. We wanted to develop tools for creators, help them reach fans all over the world, and shape a way we could pay the creators who fuel the growth of SoundCloud.

We’re laying this foundation by initially inviting a small group of creators to become Premier partners in the On SoundCloud program, enabling them to make money on the platform. Over time we will roll this out across the creator community.

To make this possible, we’re introducing advertising from select brand partners to SoundCloud. When someone sees or hears an ad, they’re supporting an artist. We will include ads gradually and bring on more advertisers as we grow On SoundCloud.

Everybody at SoundCloud is really excited about bringing this creator program to you. We often hear people say, ‘I’m on SoundCloud’. Now we’re happy to be able to offer even more for the millions of creators who have made it the best place in the world to share and discover music & audio.

Alex Ljung
Founder and CEO of SoundCloud

More info: http://on.soundcloud.com/

So what do you all think about this? They have an 'invite only' premier membership option which supposedly will pay the artistes.

 

Interesting article here about that:


Popular and Free, SoundCloud Is Now Ready for Ads

 

I got an email on my free account that said they were giving me 50% more capacity on my free account. I guess it is related to this advertising stuff.

 

I'd be interested in feedback from anyone that will choose the Premier option. Thanks in advance.

 

Yeah me too.It'd be sweet if they let you do custom design options.That was the one thing I really liked about a premium soundclick.

But for the price they charge,I'll build my own site and just pay for a domain and host.It'll look better and I wont be limited to just their options.

But as far as soundcloud goes I am rather interested in their exclusive promotional tools they mention with the premier.

 

Yah, but you would miss the millions of visitors/potential buyers that soundcloud bring inherited that could help you if you know how to play well your cards

 

I have a premium account, and still did not get notified about these changes

How about if they finally improve the audio quality of their streaming, ffs?
It is still only 128 kbp/s, which is unacceptable for such a huge audio platform, especially in the age of full HD videos on YouTube.

 

i didn't neither, i think it's because the program is usa only at this time. annoying...

 

I think the 'Premium' membership is not the same as the 'Pro' membership which was earlier (and still) available. Premium is invite based and yes, at present only in the USA. Well hopefully we get more information on how it works soon.

 

by now, i really can't tell what a premium membershit would do for me. in my understanding, the pricing is individually discussed and all the "premium" profiles i saw were only the really popular ones. i mean, with plays in 10s of thousands.
i have the unlimited pro plan and i'm very happy if i hit 100+ plays on a song, so this option doesn't really makes sense for me (yet ;) ).
i really would like to have the ability to upload a banner, though.