INZU's roots are in the music business, with the service first having been set up because of the lack of user controlled distribution services for digital music. At the time only a handful of digital music outlets were around, all of which were taking huge percentages from musicians as well as dictating prices and formats.

In a short space of time many digital music services have cropped up but still only a few put the musicians' interests first. INZU is committed to providing the best deal possible for musicians and doing its bit to support musicians' rights to be paid properly for the work they do.

Through having a broad and forward-thinking outlook and by working closely with musicians and independent labels on the development of INZU, we can offer a service that is always improving, offering more value for money and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

It is also important to us that new artists and well established musicians/labels enjoy the same levels of service and that the tools are there for artists to make the progression they need to when the time is right for them.

Debut

If you've just recorded your first single and want to make it available to the public with minimum fuss, INZU offers all you need using the most basic package on offer. You don't need your own website - simply create a mini-site on INZU e.g. www.inzu.net/myband and away you go.

You can sell digital downloads in any format and set your own prices, enjoying an outstanding 90% of each sale, or if you have CDs or vinyl you can sell those too; in fact you can sell anything including merchandise and even take donations.

As well as being able to sell music on your page you will also be able to add news information, gig details, galleries, biography, video and links. You really don't need any other site - INZU will provide you with everything you need to get selling music online today.

Running your site with INZU

If you want a more bespoke site and your own domain (web address) and perhaps have the time and resources to build your own site, INZU can provide you with everything you need to get a professional site up and running.

Using INZU you can manage every aspect of your own website from your INZU account, including the store, home page, news, gigs, video, discography, artist profiles, galleries, links, contact information, free downloads and articles/blog.

Using this method you will be able to set your own prices and download formats, and you can also choose to create a INZU mini-site page that is updated simultaneously with your own site, so you can update two sites with one push of a button.

If you're feeling really adventurous you can even set up a mobile application that uses the same data feeds, giving you three sites all updatable from one central admin suite.

You don't need a merchant bank account to get started, and creating a site is incredibly easy as we provide all the code you need - all you need to do is create your own design and layout. Your customers will only see INZU as your payment provider on checking out, ensuring you have full artistic freedom in your design. You can even use Flash, there are no final design restrictions.

Independent labels

The good news for independent labels is that INZU works just as well for multiple artists as it does for individuals. The admin suite has been developed in conjunction with independent record labels and other small businesses, ensuring you have an easy-to-understand system that is a pleasure to use.

The system provides the benefits of a custom-built content management system but at a fraction of the cost. And because INZU is a centralised "cloud" service, as new features are created you will be able to access them straight away with no new installs on your site required.

Here is a selection of a few labels using INZU

www.ynr-productions.co.uk
www.domandroland.com
www.house-trained.com

Keeping it simple

INZU provides some great tools for you to manage your entire site and store from one place, which is great, but for a more straightforward solution to selling your music online we also provide buy now links for any item you upload so you can simply add these to a blog, Tweet or Facebook update for a super-simple no-nonsense approach.

Extra features

• • Send HTML e-mails to your fans
• • Jukebox generator for Myspace and other band sites
• • Accept donations
• • Sell any digital file including videos or ring tones