CD-Rom Distribution. Who's good?
by DC Hamilton · in General Discussion · 10/10/2002 (9:00 am) · 10 replies
I and my colleagues are close to having a game finished, and we would like to distribute it via CD-Rom.
Since we only want to charge $15 for our software, we want to keep costs as low as possible in order to maximize our profits.
Are there any good 3rd party services out there who will produce and deliver good CD-Rom products, creates the CD-Roms on demand (not having an initial order of 1000 or whatever), and will keep shipping costs and royalties from distribution at a minimum?
We'd like to make $10 a copy on our software, out of the $15 that we want to charge (shipping included).
Since we only want to charge $15 for our software, we want to keep costs as low as possible in order to maximize our profits.
Are there any good 3rd party services out there who will produce and deliver good CD-Rom products, creates the CD-Roms on demand (not having an initial order of 1000 or whatever), and will keep shipping costs and royalties from distribution at a minimum?
We'd like to make $10 a copy on our software, out of the $15 that we want to charge (shipping included).
#2
10/10/2002 (10:20 am)
Tyler: Can you explain what you mean about burning images into the CD? Like patterns on the bottom of the CD? 
#3
10/10/2002 (10:45 am)
Right. Where it 'pixels' the data blocks on the cd bottom and makes an image. I don't remember exactly who makes it (thought it was in development by Ahead), but I remembered reading an article on it awhile back. The software also has an editing program to help you burn your logo or what-have-you onto the cd. If it's a clear top cd, it shows through. Thought it was an interesting gimmick. :) 
#4
10/10/2002 (11:08 am)
I wonder how much data is required(or in other words wasted) to produce such an image?
#5
It looks to be a great piece of hardware that can handle much output cause of an unbelievable 44x write speed.
10/10/2002 (1:33 pm)
I saw something like what tyler was talking about in an old issue of Maximum PC, i ound it while digging through some old magazines and it was a feature included in the new yamaha CRW-F1, they called it "disc tattoing" anyways it looks really neat. But the "tattoo" can only be put on the unused portion of the disc which means if you were making a huge logo, the data on the cd would have to be relatively small like 200 MBs or something, or you can save space by having the text or image circle around the cd on the outer unused portions. you can check out the burner here: http://www.yamaha.com/yec/multimedia/products/cdrw2.htmlIt looks to be a great piece of hardware that can handle much output cause of an unbelievable 44x write speed.
#6
10/11/2002 (4:57 am)
Wow that looks interesting technology. Wonder why nobody had thought of it before? Do they do 'clear' CD-R's so you could see the "Tattoo" from both sides? Or would that just confuse people which way to put the disc in? :) 
#7
Cost alot I 'spose.
10/11/2002 (5:15 am)
you can also get thingy which mass produce CD's its like a image thingy and a normal burned and it has a arm which picks them up and put them in a pile after they have gone though the burning and image.Cost alot I 'spose.
#8
www.dvshop.ca/printers/cdprinter.html
01/07/2005 (1:10 pm)
The "printable" CD's are pretty decent now too... using a color inkjet CD printer you can design your own and print directly onto the CD. Good for low numbers of printed CD's.www.dvshop.ca/printers/cdprinter.html
Torque Owner Tyler Frans
1. You can burn to meet demand.
2. There's not another hand in the pot for revenue.
3. In a relatively short amount of time, the investment will pay for itself.
If you're worried about professional image, there's tons of programs that can help you make your package look professional. I believe the recent version of Nero will even let you burn images into the data on the cd, though memory costly.