an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message nimbit inc. type privately held company industry music independent music founded 2002 ; 14 years ago 2002 founder patrick faucher phil antoniades matthew silbert j.p. twarog headquarters framingham massachusetts united states area served worldwide key people bob cramer ceo carl jacobson vp marketing products direct to fan sales direct to fan marketing music business platform etickets services storefronts for facebook and websites digital distribution warehousing and fulfillment cd dvd manufacturing payment processing other label services owner presonus audio electronics inc. number of employees 15 website nimbit.com nimbit inc. is a framingham massachusetts based company offering sales promotion and career management solutions for independent artists and their teams through web based services as part of a growing direct to fan market . the most popular aspect of the nimbit platform is their mystore application that gives users a storefront to sell music and merchandise on facebook and websites . 1 nimbit offers two account options nimbitfree and nimbitplus the latter became available in july 2012 and offers the most comprehensive artist services . 2 clients include rusted root zee avi suzanne vega the dead milkmen vertical horizon carmen rizzo grayson hugh lucky ali cory gunz and others . in july 2012 nimbit announced it had been acquired by presonus a well established manufacturer of music production software and hardware for an undisclosed sum . 3 contents 1 early days 2 products 2.1 direct to fan dashboard 2.2 sales 2.3 marketing & promotion 2.4 tickets 2.5 warehousing and fulfillment 2.6 disc manufacturing cd dvd promotional printing 3 partnerships 4 references early days edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message nimbit was originally formed and incorporated by patrick faucher matthew silbert and j.p. twarog in 2002 and operated out of mr. faucher s framingham home . after working on a fanclub site for aerosmith they launched the nimbit webtools in 2003 which was the first content management system designed specifically for musicians . mr. twarog focused on developing the companies technology and remains with the company to this day . mr. silbert ran the customer services division of the company working directly with clients such as the charles mingus estate blind boys of alabama sam bush the hitman of music row tom rush and others . he left the company in 2010 . mr faucher emerged as nimbit s primary business force . he secured several rounds of angel funding enabling the company to grow and expand . in 2004 he engineered a merger with artist development associates which brought phil antoniades on board . in april 2010 nimbit announced that they were bringing on bob cramer as their ceo . 4 products edit nimbit creates solutions for independent musicians indie artists and independent record labels around the direct to fan music business model . 5 direct to fan gives musicians control over their music fans business and careers . direct to fan dashboard edit nimbit artists use an online dashboard to see and manage their music business . this includes sales information fan information marketing promotions and results storefront results central product catalog e.g. digital and physical music merchandise etickets central content management e.g. band profile and gigs . this allows products and content to be entered once then viewed and changed in one place . citation needed sales edit nimbit provides storefronts for facebook artist websites blogs jango internet radio pledgemusic fanbridge and nimbit s own music discovery site . in march 2012 6 nimbit s spotlight store for facebook was released as the first storefront that was optimized for facebook s new timeline view . this was a significant update to the original nimbit mystore for facebook which was released in september 2009 7 to take advantage of the social networking capabilities of facebook giving artists fan marketing promotion and direct selling capabilities . artists can sell both digital and physical products based on fan buying behaviors and do so from the artist s facebook pages fan page or personal profile . the goal of this is to give artists knowledge of what each fan buys and let them retaining more of the profits . citation needed in july 2013 8 nimbit updated their sales platform for customers outside the us allowing artists to sell in their native currency . the update also included the ability to display storefronts in native french german spanish in addition to english . other aspects of the update included direct deposit of funds from sales via paypal and commissions on sales being set to as low as 5 % depending on the nimbit plan you who are subscribed to . marketing & promotion edit nimbit s promotion tool for facebook twitter and email was designed to drive fans to visit an artist s nimbit storefront with sharable interactive promotions that feature embedded video an audio player personal messages from artists and a link to a free download that redeems at the artist s storefront . 9 in september 2012 nimbit added automatic follow up to their promotion tool to encourage fans who accessed the original promotion to make a purchase citing evidence that artists who did follow up with new fans achieved far greater sales . 10 nimbit also provides analytics and sales reporting . citation needed tickets edit artists can sell tickets to their shows from their nimbit storefronts . the event show gig information is entered once through the nimbit dashboard and then the etickets are automatically available on all storefronts . warehousing and fulfillment edit nimbit warehouses and fulfills picks packs and ships physical cds dvds vinyl t shirts posters and other merchandise directly for customers who subscribe to nimbit premium . subscribers to nimbit premium and nimbit plus have the option to self fulfill orders for physical merchandise . nimbit also handles all customer service and payment processing regarding any order placed though a nimbit storefront . nimbit s storefronts take major credits cards and paypal . nimbit processes all orders and handles all payouts including splits . citation needed disc manufacturing cd dvd promotional printing edit nimbit provides cd and dvd replication and short run cd r and dvd r duplication . the service includes prepress graphic work upc ucc issued barcode electronic pdf graphic proof and assembly and wrapping . nimbit also provides printing services for posters flyers cards and other promotional materials . 11 partnerships edit ascap and nimbit have partnered since 2004 to offer ascap web tools for ascap members which today is essentially a discount on nimbit plus for ascap members 12 jango and nimbit partnered in june 2012 to offer the nimbit store for jango . this allows artists to sell music and merchandise directly to new fans who have discovered their music through airplay on jango internet radio . 13 pledgemusic and nimbit partnered in october 2011 to create pledgestore which was designed to give pledgemusic artists the ability sell direct to fans and generate additional funding after their fundraising campaign has ended . 14 references edit black leyl . 4 facebook marketing tips for entertainment brands . mashable . retrieved june 6 2011 . http www.presonus.com news press releases nimbitplus delivers extended sales and promotion tools for musicians http www.billboard.biz bbbiz industry digital and mobile business matters presonus acquires nimbit 1007577952 . story http www.hypebot.com hypebot 2010 04 nimbit names new ceo as competition heats up.html 1 hypebot july 2008 http www.hypebot.com hypebot 2012 03 nimbit revamps platform with new facebook promo tool and spotlight store.html http www.xconomy.com boston 2009 09 16 nimbits mystore lets bands tap the power of facebook to promote music and merchandise http mixonline.com mixline presonus nimbit goes global lowers sales commission 0207 http www.digitalmusicnews.com permalink 2012 120316 facebook http allfacebook.com nimbit thank you rewards b100775 utm source feedburner & utm medium feed & utm campaign feed % 3a allfacebook % 28facebook blog % 29 http nimbit.discproductionservices.com quoter index.aspx http www.ascap.com benefits webtools.aspx nimbit http www.nimbit.com nimbit store for jango internet radio now available http www.hypebot.com hypebot 2011 10 pledgemusic partners with nimbit to launch pedgestore.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nimbit & oldid 728649649 categories talent 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