Sign up ×  (Copied from BPM StackExchange)  I assume that buying
CDs at shows or from the artist's own record label website
directly would be the best way. True, or not?  What's the second
best way?  For instance, how much money do artists get when you
buy mp3s on iTunes or  Is it true that musicians make most of
their money from selling merchandise?  share|improve this
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depends on how you distribute your music to iTunes. Some
e-distributors take up to 50%. I use Tunecore who charge a
delivery fee and a yearly storage fee only. This way you get to
keep all of the money from iTunes, etc. without another party
taking a cut. For example, we get around $7 for selling a $10
album after the iTunes fee. With an older service we no longer
use (who I won't name) we would have r