TOH Gifting Thread - U.S. and Canada
Jun 12, 2015 15:15:56 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Jun 12, 2015 15:15:56 GMT -5
Would you like to give or get a gift of TOH or one of the tracks?
The thread is for legit gifting. There are many ways to gift that do not involve download-delete processes -- and that spread the music.
>> If you want to receive a gift or know someone who would like to receive a gift, please post.
>> If you want to give a gift to an ATop Member, please use a PM (Personal Message) to get their email or contact info. If there are a lot of requests, I will tabulate a list and track who is taken. Usually we have way too many gifters, not so many gift receivers so please, if you are hanging around and would like a copy, let us know!!
>> If you know of an organization who would like some copies of TOH, please post about it along with where to send the CDs or digital tracks.
The first week sales for The Original High is Tuesday June 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM Eastern Time (official release time) through Sunday at 11:59:59 PM EST.
> All pre-sale orders for TOH will be counted during this week.
> All digital sales will be counted in this week -- IF THEY ARE DOWNLOADED.
> You have to purchase and gift with your country. AVOID CROSS-BORDER GIFTING.
In the U.S. and Canada, for both the Album and Singles charts, the chart-eligible sales week runs from Monday through Sunday at midnight, with most retailers electronically transmitting their sales data feeds from the Sunday/Monday overnight through early Tuesday. Nielsen Music and Billboard then process and review the data for an early Wednesday release of sales charts on Nielsen's client platforms and a Thursday morning release of all charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, on billboard.com.
**** How to Gift and What to Gift: Albums ****
TOH makes a great gift. My suggestion is to try to give real gifts and avoid gift/delete schemes.
You can gift either the digital or the real album.
iTunes - There are three album versions on iTunes. You can buy all three albums and it will count as 3 sales.
You can also gift up to three albums to one person as long as they are different versions.
Amazon - There are SIX album versions on Amazon. You can buy 5 albums in one transaction and it will count as 5 album sales (combination of CDs and digital albums). There are 3 CD's (Deluxe Explicit, Standard Clean, EU Import) that are in stock. There are 3 download versions. You can gift as much as you want as long as you do not send more than 5 to one address.
Online retailers and "digital delivery" companies - There are a lot of options. I will add a list of them before Monday.
Traditional retailers - You can purchase several copies of the CD from a retailer on one purchase. The exact number is not known but believed to be 5. My suggestion is to purchase 3 CDs at a time, in separate transactions. Payment information and frequent shopper information is not transmitted to Nielsen Soundscan, so do not worry about this. Their goal is to eliminate bulk buying, so be assured that if you buy 10 copies of TOH on one purchase it will not count.
>> If you can afford to buy a few CDs, buy they and save them for future gifts. Buying them during the first week matters. This is one album that most people seem to love so it is a great gift to have on hand.
>> If there is a retailer who puts TOH on promo price, I will add info about it here.
This works the same way. iTunes and Amazon make it easy to gift.
The thread is for legit gifting. There are many ways to gift that do not involve download-delete processes -- and that spread the music.
>> If you want to receive a gift or know someone who would like to receive a gift, please post.
>> If you want to give a gift to an ATop Member, please use a PM (Personal Message) to get their email or contact info. If there are a lot of requests, I will tabulate a list and track who is taken. Usually we have way too many gifters, not so many gift receivers so please, if you are hanging around and would like a copy, let us know!!
>> If you know of an organization who would like some copies of TOH, please post about it along with where to send the CDs or digital tracks.
**** The Billboard Rules *****
The first week sales for The Original High is Tuesday June 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM Eastern Time (official release time) through Sunday at 11:59:59 PM EST.
> All pre-sale orders for TOH will be counted during this week.
> All digital sales will be counted in this week -- IF THEY ARE DOWNLOADED.
> You have to purchase and gift with your country. AVOID CROSS-BORDER GIFTING.
In the U.S. and Canada, for both the Album and Singles charts, the chart-eligible sales week runs from Monday through Sunday at midnight, with most retailers electronically transmitting their sales data feeds from the Sunday/Monday overnight through early Tuesday. Nielsen Music and Billboard then process and review the data for an early Wednesday release of sales charts on Nielsen's client platforms and a Thursday morning release of all charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, on billboard.com.
**** How to Gift and What to Gift: Albums ****
TOH makes a great gift. My suggestion is to try to give real gifts and avoid gift/delete schemes.
You can gift either the digital or the real album.
iTunes - There are three album versions on iTunes. You can buy all three albums and it will count as 3 sales.
You can also gift up to three albums to one person as long as they are different versions.
Amazon - There are SIX album versions on Amazon. You can buy 5 albums in one transaction and it will count as 5 album sales (combination of CDs and digital albums). There are 3 CD's (Deluxe Explicit, Standard Clean, EU Import) that are in stock. There are 3 download versions. You can gift as much as you want as long as you do not send more than 5 to one address.
Online retailers and "digital delivery" companies - There are a lot of options. I will add a list of them before Monday.
Traditional retailers - You can purchase several copies of the CD from a retailer on one purchase. The exact number is not known but believed to be 5. My suggestion is to purchase 3 CDs at a time, in separate transactions. Payment information and frequent shopper information is not transmitted to Nielsen Soundscan, so do not worry about this. Their goal is to eliminate bulk buying, so be assured that if you buy 10 copies of TOH on one purchase it will not count.
>> If you can afford to buy a few CDs, buy they and save them for future gifts. Buying them during the first week matters. This is one album that most people seem to love so it is a great gift to have on hand.
>> If there is a retailer who puts TOH on promo price, I will add info about it here.
**** Gifting Tracks - Digital Only ****
This works the same way. iTunes and Amazon make it easy to gift.