Leanthar has just added his Burnlounge store to the Layonara website. All of you can help fund Layonara by taking advantage of what he is offering to you. There are a number of ways you can do this.
1. Buy your music directly from the Layonara store. Layonara will earn a commission for the music that is downloaded from the store, providing the order is at least one album, or the equivalent. So, if you normally buy three tracks one day, and four tracks another, simply adjust your buying habits a little and bundle them into one order of at least ten tracks at a time.
2. Tell people you know who download their music to do it through the Layonara store site, following the same guidelines as above.
3. Sign up for your own store through Layonaras store, or tell people who might be interested in a new business to look at the Burnlounge concept. Right now, the least expensive store can be purchased for $30/year, plus $7/month if you want your rewards convertible into cash. More can be learned
here, starting with Step 1. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in this, make sure to sign up through the Layonara site.
4. Next month, when Burnlounge 2.0 is released, ALL of you can sign up for a FREE Burnpage through the Layonara store. Click
here for a brief description of how the system will change from the current setup. Even if you do not buy much online yourself, you can help build the Layonara community by passing out Burnpages to other people you know, and encouraging them to do the same. Layonara will benefit as this FREE community grows, because Layo will receive a percentage of all the sales made through the entire community. Also, even if someone 5 degrees of separation out decides to pick this up as a business, Layonara will benefit because that person will join Layonaras team on the business side.
5. If you are, or know, an independent artist, let them know about Burnlounge. Artists can submit their music for free, and Burnlounge will pay them between 50 and 70 cents per 99-cent download, regardless of whose store it sells through. The Layonara community can be their first level of distribution. All of us could have a "Friends of Layonara" (or something similar) section on our Burnpages, and feature the artists that have joined through the Layonara community. Please note: Though it is generally a good idea for an artist to have their own store, it is not a requirement to receive the 50-70 cents per download. They simply receive an additional 5 cents per track downloaded directly from their own store, if they have one. Of course, this applies not only to THEIR music, but all the music sold through their store.
I would like to highlight a couple of important points about the near future, too:
1. Burnlounge will begin to offer content other than music soon, as Leanthar has pointed out. Movies are slated to be first, followed by games, ring-tones, e-books, and more.
2. Burnlounge will begin international expansion in the next few months. The first country will be Canada, followed by Australia, the U.K. and Southeast Asia, among many more after that. When a new country is about to be included in the Burnlounge community, we will let you know, so either you or people you know in those countries can help build the Layonara community further.
3. As the Layonara Burnlounge community grows, we can all highlight the Layonara server and game-world on our Burnpages. The more attention brought to Layonara, the better, right?
Lane
