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CDBaby
CDBaby

CD Baby is an online record store based in Portland, Oregon that sells CDs by independent musicians. When you hear a song on Whole Wheat Radio the page may display a link to CD Baby so you can purchase the CD.

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What's in it for WWR?

WWR gets $1 for each CD (except the $5 Special Sale CDs) people buy that comes with the special tag /from/jkloss on the CD Baby URL. Since September, 2003 WWR listeners have bought 2,832 CDs from CD Baby generating a total of $2,845 in referral payments for WWR.

For example, if you want to buy the Barnburner CD by The Clumsy Lovers, the normal CD Baby URL would be: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oarfin41 but if you add /from/jkloss to the end of that making it http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oarfin41/from/jkloss then WWR gets $1 from the sale. The artist gets exactly what they would have gotten otherwise - it's CD Baby who is generous enough to pay $1 to WWR for the referal.

Most of the links on the WWR system have the /from/jkloss built in so you don't have to worry about it. Supposedly, if you go to CD Baby with /from/jkloss on the URL, if you buy any CDs within the next 24 hours, even if you close your browser and come back, WWR gets $1 for each CD. This is accomplished by the CD Baby site writing a cookie to your computer that says "if this computer buys something within the next 24 hours, give WWR $1 credit". If you don't have cookies enabled for the CD Baby site, the whole scheme falls apart.

What if WWR never gets credit for a CD I ordered?

Derek Sivers
Derek Sivers

There have been semi-frequent reports from listeners that they bought CDs from CD Baby, then checked the WWR What CDs listeners have bought from CD Baby page, but didn't see their CD purchase listed. We have spoken with Derek Sivers, the wonderfully cool guy that started and runs CD Baby, and he checked his end and reported no problems. Frankly, even though Jimbob believes that sometimes WWR doesn't get credit, he is so impressed with Derek Sivers personal philosophies and the way he runs his business that WWR has no intention of complaining. There are so many variables that can go wrong on the user's end that Jimbob is sympathetic to the technical hurdles Derek must overcome to record every sale.

On the other hand, if you are technically inclined and want to help, before you make your order on CD Baby, delete the CD Baby cookie. At every step of the ordering process, make a copy of the cookie and take a screen snapshot. Wait a few days and see if your order shows up on the WWR page. If it does not, gather all the cookies and screen snapshots and send them to Jimbob. He'll see what he can figure out. If we provide Derek with enough data at every step of the ordering process, he might be able to debug the problem and offer a solution.

One other techie tidbit if you are concerned about WWR getting credit for your purchase. Note that on the "title bar" (the blue bar at the very top of your browser page on Internet Explorer) you should see the words "from jkloss (from jkloss)" or something approximating that in the title itself. This is a very good indication that CD Baby has recognized your /from/jkloss on the URL. If you don't see "from jkloss" anywhere in the webpage's actual title but have /from/jkloss on the URL, you may want to keep reloading the browser or tinker with your cookies until you do see it. First person that documents having /from/jkloss on the URL and has cookies correctly configured but never sees "from jkloss" in the title wins ... a cookie!

About CD Baby

The following was copied from the "About" page of the CD Baby web site:

  • [In•de•pen•dent: (adj.) Not having sold one's life, career, and creative works over to a corporation.]
  • We're just a few people (details here) in a cool Portland, Oregon, CD warehouse that looks like a playground. We listen to every CD we sell before we sell it, so we can help you find other albums you'll like.
  • We only sell CDs that come directly from the musicians. No distributors. Musicians send us CDs. We warehouse them, sell them to you, and pay the musicians directly.
  • Cool thing: in a regular record deal or distribution deal, musicians only make $1-$2 per CD, if they ever get paid by their label. When selling through CD Baby, musicians make $6-$12 per CD, and get paid weekly.
  • In business, and thriving, since March 1998. We're the largest seller of independent CDs on the web.

Ordering from CD Baby

When you purchase a CD from CD Baby, you'll get a hand-written email from Derek Silvers that describes what's going on. It may read something like this:

Your CDs have been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.
A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.
Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CDs into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.
We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved 'Bon Voyage!' to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day [insert date here].
I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year". We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CD BABY.COM!!

Oh yeah, and you almost always get an extra (free) CD with your order. Sometimes they're pretty good.

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Top 25 purchases by artist

# Artist Qty / Amt
1 Kalai 128 / $128
2 Sara Thomsen 107 / $107
3 Joe Purdy 79 / $79
4 E.s. Posthumus 72 / $72
5 Acoustic Eidolon 39 / $39
6 Danny Schmidt 32 / $32
7 Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald 31 / $31
8 Seamus Kennedy 30 / $30
9 Lisa Layne 28 / $28
10 Deb Talan 26 / $26
11 Sloan Wainwright 26 / $26
12 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer 23 / $23
13 Teena Marie 22 / $22
14 Johnsmith 21 / $21
15 Doug Geeting 19 / $19
16 Esther Golton 19 / $19
17 The Quebe Sisters 19 / $19
18 Girlyman 18 / $18
19 Christine Kane 17 / $17
20 Kacey Jones 17 / $17
21 3 Blind Mice 16 / $16
22 Antje Duvekot 16 / $16
23 Steve Durr 15 / $15
24 The Mammals 15 / $15
25 Harry Manx 14 / $14

Here is a report showing all purchases by artist


Top 25 purchases by album

# Album Buy it on CD Baby Qty / Amt
1 Fertile Ground by Sara Thomsen Fertile Ground by Sara Thomsen 75 / $75
2 Unearthed by E.s. Posthumus Unearthed by E.s. Posthumus 72 / $72
3 Acoustacism by Kalai Acoustacism by Kalai 72 / $72
4 Julie Blue by Joe Purdy Julie Blue by Joe Purdy 35 / $35
5 Stompingrounds by Joe Purdy Stompingrounds by Joe Purdy 35 / $35
6 By Breath by Sara Thomsen By Breath by Sara Thomsen 32 / $32
7 Six Strings And The Rainy Day Man by Kalai Six Strings And The Rainy Day Man by Kalai 31 / $31
8 All I Want For Christmas Is You by Lisa Layne All I Want For Christmas Is You by Lisa Layne 28 / $28
9 Rebel Hands by Kalai Rebel Hands by Kalai 25 / $25
10 Passion Play by Teena Marie Passion Play by Teena Marie 22 / $22
11 Texas Fiddlers by The Quebe Sisters Texas Fiddlers by The Quebe Sisters 19 / $19
12 Something Burning by Deb Talan Something Burning by Deb Talan 17 / $17
13 Live by Christine Kane Live by Christine Kane 16 / $16
14 Parables & Primes by Danny Schmidt Parables & Primes by Danny Schmidt 16 / $16
15 Remember Who I Am by Girlyman Remember Who I Am by Girlyman 14 / $14
16 Centaur Of Attention by Dick Feller Centaur Of Attention by Dick Feller 13 / $13
17 Unfinished Houses by Esther Golton Unfinished Houses by Esther Golton 13 / $13
18 Susitna Summer by Steve Durr Susitna Summer by Steve Durr 13 / $13
19 Split 3 Ways by Splitwater Creek Split 3 Ways by Splitwater Creek 12 / $12
20 No Borders To The Blues by Vasti Jackson No Borders To The Blues by Vasti Jackson 12 / $12
21 Tanglewood Tree by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Tanglewood Tree by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer 11 / $11
22 Traveler by Johnsmith Traveler by Johnsmith 11 / $11
23 Fool's Paradise by Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald Fool's Paradise by Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald 11 / $11
24 Live To Dance by Acoustic Eidolon Live To Dance by Acoustic Eidolon 10 / $10
25 Joy To The World by Acoustic Eidolon Joy To The World by Acoustic Eidolon 10 / $10

Here is a report showing all purchases by album

Last 100 CD Baby transactions

# Date Artist Album Buy it on CD Baby Qty / Amt
1 2008-07-06 Rachel Talitman, Luc Loubry, Benoit Fromanger, Pierre-henry Xuer Jean-michel Damase Concertos Ballade, Harp, Duo Concertant-flute And Harp, Double Concertos Viola A Jean-michel Damase Concertos Ballade, Harp, Duo Concertant-flute And Harp, Double Concertos Viola A by Rachel Talitman, Luc Loubry, Benoit Fromanger, Pierre-henry Xuer 1 / $1
2 2008-07-05 Shea Breaux Wells Piece Of The Light Piece Of The Light by Shea Breaux Wells 1 / $1
3 2008-07-01 Johnny Hi-fi 30 30 by Johnny Hi-fi 1 / $1
4 2008-07-01 Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald Like Water Like Water by Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald 1 / $1
5 2008-07-01 Various - Movie Soundtrack Everything You Want Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Everything You Want Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various - Movie Soundtrack 1 / $1
  July, 2008 5 5   5 / $5
6 2008-06-28 Christine Kane Right Outta Nowhere Right Outta Nowhere by Christine Kane 1 / $1
7 2008-06-28 Faith Petric Faith's Favorites Faith's Favorites by Faith Petric 1 / $1
8 2008-06-28 Faith Petric When Did We Have Sauerkraut When Did We Have Sauerkraut by Faith Petric 1 / $1
9 2008-06-27 Danny O'keefe Runnin' From The Devil Runnin' From The Devil by Danny O'keefe 1 / $1
10 2008-06-27 Daniel Moore Limited Parking Limited Parking by Daniel Moore 1 / $1
11 2008-06-27 Dick Sims Within Arm's Reach Within Arm's Reach by Dick Sims 1 / $1
12 2008-06-27 Tommy Talton Tommy Talton In Europe, Someone Else's Shoes Tommy Talton In Europe, Someone Else's Shoes by Tommy Talton 1 / $1
13 2008-06-27 Venice Garage Demos Part 3 - Other Stuff Garage Demos Part 3 - Other Stuff by Venice 1 / $1
14 2008-06-27 Sloan Wainwright Rediscovery Rediscovery by Sloan Wainwright 1 / $1
15 2008-06-26 Dana Cunningham Dancing At The Gate Dancing At The Gate by Dana Cunningham 1 / $1
16 2008-06-18 Vanessa Campagna Can You Hear Me Now Can You Hear Me Now by Vanessa Campagna 1 / $1
17 2008-06-17 Kally Price And The Lazybirds If You Like Good Cookin'. . . If You Like Good Cookin'. . . by Kally Price And The Lazybirds 1 / $1
18 2008-06-16 Sisters Of Sheynville Sheynville Express Sheynville Express by Sisters Of Sheynville 1 / $1
19 2008-06-16 Moshe Friedler Yiddish Kayt Yiddish Kayt by Moshe Friedler 1 / $1
20 2008-06-14 Riki Rocksteady Your Official Introduction Your Official Introduction by Riki Rocksteady 1 / $1
21 2008-06-14 Beyond Fallen Mindfire Mindfire by Beyond Fallen 1 / $1
22 2008-06-14 Devin Townsend Terria Terria by Devin Townsend 1 / $1
23 2008-06-13 Joe Bongiorno Somewhere Within - Solo Piano Somewhere Within - Solo Piano by Joe Bongiorno 1 / $1
24 2008-06-13 Nikolaeva/virsaladze/lugansky Wa. Mozart. Concertos For 2 & 3 Pianos. Wa. Mozart. Concertos For 2 & 3 Pianos. by Nikolaeva/virsaladze/lugansky 1 / $1
25 2008-06-13 Kate Dillingham, Cello -the Moscow Chamber Orchestra Haydn Cello Concertos, Nos. 1 & 2 Haydn Cello Concertos, Nos. 1 & 2 by Kate Dillingham, Cello -the Moscow Chamber Orchestra 1 / $1
26 2008-06-10 Ranfa Little Hard Blues Little Hard Blues by Ranfa 1 / $1
27 2008-06-09 Marian Call Vanilla Vanilla by Marian Call 1 / $1
28 2008-06-09 Genevieve In Our House In Our House by Genevieve 1 / $1
29 2008-06-08 Keith Sykes Retrospective Volume 1 Retrospective Volume 1 by Keith Sykes 1 / $1
30 2008-06-07 Mae Robertson Meet The Sun Halfway Meet The Sun Halfway by Mae Robertson 1 / $1
31 2008-06-07 Sloan Wainwright Cool Morning Cool Morning by Sloan Wainwright 1 / $1
32 2008-06-05 Willis Fireball With John Keech Live From Chena Live From Chena by Willis Fireball With John Keech 1 / $1
33 2008-06-04 Charles Lawrence Daylight Hours Daylight Hours by Charles Lawrence 1 / $1
34 2008-06-02 The Quebe Sisters Texas Fiddlers Texas Fiddlers by The Quebe Sisters 1 / $1
35 2008-06-02 Evren Ozan Alluvia Alluvia by Evren Ozan 1 / $1
  June, 2008 28 30   30 / $30
36 2008-05-30 Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger Together In Concert Dbl Album Together In Concert Dbl Album by Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger 1 / $1
37 2008-05-30 Empire State Human Alpha & Omega Alpha & Omega by Empire State Human 1 / $1
38 2008-05-30 Macondo Up Here For Thinking, Down There For Dancing Up Here For Thinking, Down There For Dancing by Macondo 1 / $1
39 2008-05-30 Caroline Herring Lantana Lantana by Caroline Herring 1 / $1
40 2008-05-29 Have Gun, Will Travel Casting Shadows Tall As Giants Casting Shadows Tall As Giants by Have Gun, Will Travel 1 / $1
41 2008-05-29 Kate Power & Steve Einhorn Brick & Mortar Brick & Mortar by Kate Power & Steve Einhorn 1 / $1
42 2008-05-27 Faith Hill Karaoke Sing Like Faith Hill "fireflies" Karaoke Sing Like Faith Hill "fireflies" Karaoke by Faith Hill Karaoke 1 / $1
43 2008-05-25 The Stolen Sweets Shuffle Off To Buffalo Shuffle Off To Buffalo by The Stolen Sweets 1 / $1
44 2008-05-24 Dick Feller Centaur Of Attention Centaur Of Attention by Dick Feller 1 / $1
45 2008-05-22 Nils Lofgren The Loner - Nils Sings Neil The Loner - Nils Sings Neil by Nils Lofgren 1 / $1
46 2008-05-20 Tracy Lee Nelson 500 Years Of The Blues 500 Years Of The Blues by Tracy Lee Nelson 2 / $2
47 2008-05-17 Karjam Saeji Pilgrimage Pilgrimage by Karjam Saeji 1 / $1
48 2008-05-16 Teena Marie Passion Play Passion Play by Teena Marie 1 / $1
49 2008-05-15 Bobby Pennock 10,000 Stories 10,000 Stories by Bobby Pennock 1 / $1
50 2008-05-12 Jay Howlett American Ghost Town American Ghost Town by Jay Howlett 1 / $1
51 2008-05-12 Jay Howlett Jay Howlett Jay Howlett by Jay Howlett 1 / $1
52 2008-05-11 Mae Robertson Dream Dream by Mae Robertson 1 / $1
53 2008-05-10 Karjam Saeji Pilgrimage Pilgrimage by Karjam Saeji 1 / $1
54 2008-05-10 Esther Golton Unfinished Houses Unfinished Houses by Esther Golton 1 / $1
55 2008-05-10 Tom Doughty Running Free Running Free by Tom Doughty 1 / $1
56 2008-05-10 Vienna Teng Waking Hour Waking Hour by Vienna Teng 1 / $1
57 2008-05-10 Greg Brown The Live One The Live One by Greg Brown 1 / $1
58 2008-05-10 Karen Savoca Sunday In Nandua Sunday In Nandua by Karen Savoca 1 / $1
59 2008-05-10 Steve Kritzer Keeper Of The Stones Keeper Of The Stones by Steve Kritzer 1 / $1
60 2008-05-10 Tom Doughty The Bell The Bell by Tom Doughty 1 / $1
61 2008-05-08 Joe Purdy Joe Purdy Joe Purdy by Joe Purdy 1 / $1
62 2008-05-08 Joe Purdy Take My Blanket And Go Take My Blanket And Go by Joe Purdy 1 / $1
63 2008-05-08 Joe Purdy Stompingrounds Stompingrounds by Joe Purdy 1 / $1
64 2008-05-08 Vinal Avenue String Band Live At Tir Na Nog Live At Tir Na Nog by Vinal Avenue String Band 1 / $1
65 2008-05-05 Michael Chapdelaine Land Of Enchantment Land Of Enchantment by Michael Chapdelaine 1 / $1
66 2008-05-05 Michael Chapdelaine Grapevine Grapevine by Michael Chapdelaine 1 / $1
67 2008-05-05 Marco Granados Music Of Venezuela Music Of Venezuela by Marco Granados 1 / $1
68 2008-05-04 Sari Baker Trio Still Feel You Still Feel You by Sari Baker Trio 1 / $1
69 2008-05-04 Tim Grimm Coyote's Dream Coyote's Dream by Tim Grimm 1 / $1
70 2008-05-01 Lindsey Horner/susan Mckeown Mighty Rain Mighty Rain by Lindsey Horner/susan Mckeown 1 / $1
71 2008-05-01 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Tanglewood Tree Tanglewood Tree by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer 2 / $2
72 2008-05-01 Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald Like Water Like Water by Paul Kamm And Eleanore MacDonald 1 / $1
  May, 2008 31 36   39 / $39
73 2008-04-29 Bettysoo Let Me Love You Let Me Love You by Bettysoo 1 / $1
74 2008-04-29 Bettysoo Little Tiny Secrets Little Tiny Secrets by Bettysoo 1 / $1
75 2008-04-28 Farrell Spence A Town Called Hell A Town Called Hell by Farrell Spence 1 / $1
76 2008-04-25 Jim Messina Watching The River Run (revisited) Watching The River Run (revisited) by Jim Messina 2 / $2
77 2008-04-25 Capricorn Rhythm Section Alive At 2nd Street Music Hall Alive At 2nd Street Music Hall by Capricorn Rhythm Section 1 / $1
78 2008-04-25 Ben Green World's Fair World's Fair by Ben Green 1 / $1
79 2008-04-25 John Batdorf And Mark Rodney Still Burnin' Still Burnin' by John Batdorf And Mark Rodney 1 / $1
80 2008-04-25 Denim Cool Blue Flame Cool Blue Flame by Denim 1 / $1
81 2008-04-22 Vinal Avenue String Band Live At Tir Na Nog Live At Tir Na Nog by Vinal Avenue String Band 1 / $1
82 2008-04-20 Wayne Kerr Band What In The World What In The World by Wayne Kerr Band 1 / $1
83 2008-04-18 Captain Matt Fresh Cookies Fresh Cookies by Captain Matt 1 / $1
84 2008-04-18 Duckmandu Shut The Duck Up And Play Your Accordion Shut The Duck Up And Play Your Accordion by Duckmandu 1 / $1
85 2008-04-18 Danny Schmidt Make Right The Time Make Right The Time by Danny Schmidt 1 / $1
86 2008-04-18 Hans York Young Amelia Young Amelia by Hans York 1 / $1
87 2008-04-18 Paul Cebar Tommorow Sound Now For Yes Music People Tommorow Sound Now For Yes Music People by Paul Cebar 1 / $1
88 2008-04-18 Paul Cebar And The Milwaukeeans Such A Much Such A Much by Paul Cebar And The Milwaukeeans 1 / $1
89 2008-04-17 Kenia Simply Kenia Simply Kenia by Kenia 2 / $2
90 2008-04-16 Mike Wall Passage Passage by Mike Wall 2 / $2
91 2008-04-16 Jake Schepps Expedition Expedition by Jake Schepps 1 / $1
92 2008-04-15 Faith Petric Faith's Favorites Faith's Favorites by Faith Petric 1 / $1
93 2008-04-15 Faith Petric When Did We Have Sauerkraut When Did We Have Sauerkraut by Faith Petric 1 / $1
94 2008-04-14 John-alex Mason Live Fire Live Fire by John-alex Mason 1 / $1
95 2008-04-14 John-alex Mason Barefoot Ep Barefoot Ep by John-alex Mason 1 / $1
96 2008-04-14 Nuno Mindelis Twelve Hours Twelve Hours by Nuno Mindelis 1 / $1
97 2008-04-14 John-alex Mason Walking Tracks Walking Tracks by John-alex Mason 1 / $1
98 2008-04-14 John-alex Mason Time Will Come Time Will Come by John-alex Mason 1 / $1
99 2008-04-14 Eric Steckel Early Pickin' Early Pickin' by Eric Steckel 1 / $1
100 2008-04-14 Eric Steckel Band Havana Havana by Eric Steckel Band 1 / $1
    Total artists: 1025 Total albums: 1353   2,832 / $2,845

Here is a report showing all purchases summarized by month
Here is a report showing the details of all purchases

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