Sunday, January 23, 2011

Zunior

Zunior is a online music store focused on canadian artists.

Zunior.com is a small team led by Dave Ullrich out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dave is a musician, developer, and music lover that started Zunior.com as a way to sell music directly from artists to their supporters. The site builds on Ullrich's experience as the manager of The Inbreds independent label, PF Records, and on his current experience working as a developer and promoter of open source software.

They offer albums in MP3 or in lossless FLAC. Albums sells for 10.88$ (8.88$ plus 2$ extra for the FLAC edition). This is taxable for Canadian residents;  with the GST the total of the purchase is 11.42$. I was looking for the Montreal band Braids first release, and Zunior has it in their vast catalog.

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At checkout you need to log in to your account, or create one if you're a new customer. If it's the case, check your email upon account creation, the welcome message include a coupon code for a dollar off the first purchase.

Payment by credit card or PayPal [I selected PayPal]. Once the payment is completed you are redirected to the website where you can download the music. Zunior has a download manager, but it's also possible to directly download one zip file containing all the FLACs.  I find this option more convenient than having a download manager for every online store!

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The download includes the album's cover in JPEG and the booklet in PDF.

I should also note that it's possible to download the purchase later by logging back into your account.

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