Sup Sup,

It's Sunday, and I just finish to do some tweaking on the site.  It's simple but helpful: Quickie Help (lol, funny name)

This is a quick link access to contact us, help and videos without leaving the page that you are working. Use for it? Just say you want to edit something real quick and want to know how to do it. You click on the blue question mark and the help will pop up if front of you. And also the Help page has been retouched to fit with the Quickie Help. The Quickie Help is show only in your account. Otherwise, if you want help, click on HELP

That's all for now, and daily I'm thinking about ways to improve the navigation.

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Mardix :)

Posted: 06/29/08

    Givemebeats.com has just revamped its site, and it's the top destination for artists to buy beats (music instrumentals) online, and producers to sell beats. Givemebeats.com categorizes itself as a niche  social network for those who are interested in beats, and offers the same features  as  other social networks, such as: create profile, make friends, add photos, send messages, send comments, friends update etc. But Givemebeats.com unique features are focused on the buying and the selling beats online.

    Givemebeats.com allows artists to browse, listen and purchase beats produced by some of the most talented producers in the world. It hosts a variety of studio-ready, high-quality, professional beats in multiple genres: Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B, Reggae, Electronica, Dirty South, Freestyle, and more. All the beats are reviewed before they become available for sale, and can be download instantly after purchase, which is convenient for artists who want to run to the studio and record  a song real quick, or for other purposes.

    Givemebeats.com gives producers a unique platform to sell their beats online. There are no limitations on how many beats a producer can upload, this allow producers to create a huge library of beats, while keeping track on their sales with tools like Sales History, Store Statistics,  and  more. Also Givemebeats.com has a promotion program for producers willing to attract more people to their beats, to eventually increase their sales potential.

Some other unique Givemebeats.com's features :

* Design: The site is cleanly designed to allow a better navigation, and ease of use.

* History: The site temporarily records all the beats that you played in case you want to go back to beats that were played recently. It's really useful, because you may lose track after hearing over 100 beats.

* Favorite: Save beats that you like in your favorites for a later visit or purchase.

* Tags: Help find beats under a certain category, famous artists name or anything set by the producers.

* Producer's Activities: Automatically get notified when a producer has posted a new beat.

* Producer's Directory: Display all producers by location.

* Beat Box Store: Allow producers to setup their store to sell beats, and upload an unlimited quantity of beats.

* Re-Arrange Beats: Producers can re-arrange beats in their store to allow a greater exposure to their hottest beats.

* Analytics: Show complete statistics of a Beat Box Store, with visitors,  sales tracking,  highest and lowest day, new vs returning customers and more.

* Beat Box Player: A widget to add on any sites, or social networks to play the beats that producers have  for sale. Also, visitors can purchase beats from the player.
And a lot more features.

(Press Release)

Posted: 06/23/08

Posted: 06/19/08

This one is for all the producers on Givemebeats.com.

As of June 15th 2008, Givemebeats.com will no longer charges commission fee on PRO Store. The 1.5%+$ 0.65 processing fee will no longer be charged to sales made on a Beat Box PRO Store. However, we will still add 25% of the price that you set for the beat on the listing price. And when the customer purchases your beat, Givemebeats.com will deduct the percentage increase from the listing price and you will be paid the rest. Example: You set your beat for $ 20, the listing price is $ 25 = ($ 20 + ($ 20 * 0.25)). The buyer pays $ 25, you receive your $ 20, and Givemebeats.com keeps $ 5.

For you to not be charged any commission fee, you must have Beat Box PRO Store,  which requires a low monthly or a yearly subscription. Logon to your account for more info.

The commission fee for Beat Box Basic Store will stay unchanged.

Thanks.

Posted: 06/07/08

I would like to apologize for the inconvenience that Givemebeats.com was down , from May 31 to June 2. The problem was due to a fire that caused a power outage in our hosting company's data center in Houston, TX. The server was not damaged, but nobody couldn't get access to the GMB.

It seemed like the problem started Saturday, May 31 2008, and I was not able to find out on the spot. I thought it was on GMB side, but when I checked all the settings, codes, data base, everything seemed functioning right, but the access to the domain: www.givemebeats.com was not found.

On Sunday  I decided to go to company's website to call customer support, just to find out that a fire knocked out the power and the server could not be online. They said they are taking care of the issue, and everything should start working once they fix everything.

Well, I had to wait until they fix it. I could't do nothing but wait.

After about 36 hours of wait, the website is back online on Monday, June 2 2008, around 5:00 am (EST). Thanks to the team at the data center in Houston. It seemed like everything is working fine.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks for your patience during the past 36 hours. I am acutely aware that uptime is critical to the site, and you have my personal commitment that GMB will continue to work around the clock to make sure everything is alright.

From our hosting company's memo:
On Saturday, May 31st at 5:55pm (EST) in our Houston data center, electrical gear shorted, creating an explosion and fire that knocked down three walls surrounding our electrical equipment room. Thankfully, no one was injured. Thankfully, no one was injured. In addition, no customer servers were damaged or lost.

Mardix :)

Posted: 06/02/08