Insound
| Insound | |
|---|---|
| Web address | www.insound.com |
Type of site | Music Retail |
| Launched | 1999 |
Alexa rank |
 114,002 (April 2014)[1] |
| Current status | Active |
Insound is an online CD, vinyl, digital, and music related merchandise retailer that focuses primarily on the sale of indie rock and music from other similar genres. The company is located in Greenpoint in Brooklyn, New York.
History
Insound was originally founded in 1998 by Christian Anthony, Matt Wishnow and Ari Sass.[2][3] Wishnow and Sass had worked together at Elektra.[3] The site took six months to build and first launched on March 1, 1999.[4] The company gradually gained notoriety through its reviews, online zines and promotion of then-small bands such as Death Cab for Cutie.[4] Insound also gained visibility through hosting events at CMJ and South by Southwest (SXSW).
Insound became profitable in 2003.[3] In 2008, more than half of the company's sales come from selling vinyl records, which have made a resurgence in the past decade.[5]
On March 19, 2015 Insound has announced that they are shutting down at the end of the month.[6]
References
- ↑ "Insound.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ↑ King, Brad (2000-04-18). "Net Lessons for Labels at Indies". Wired. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Khemsurov, Monica (2004-07-01). "High Fidelity with Higher Margins Online". CNN. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Insound 1999-2009: A ten-year history". Insound. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ↑ Brown, August (2009-04-06). "In a digital age, vinyl's making a comeback". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
- ↑ Phillips, Amy; Gordon, Jeremy (2015-03-19). "Insound Shutting Down". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2015-03-19.