Album distribution locally

Freddy-Bl00D

So you have a independent band we spent the cash to get a amazing 12track album recorded and now having a large quantity printed. Sales of our EP was great at most live shows so we are confident we can move copies at shows. We will have online distribution sorting out iTunes, spotify, amazon etc.

What would be the best course to take to get physical copies in shops like Musica and Look & listen.

Physical sales are pathetic these days but we want whatever profit possible. Most music publishers print the albums for you and then distributes them. We would like to send the copies we have printed to the stores.
I do have have experience with being on labels and would love to keep this band as independent as possible

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks guys

exsanguinator

Consignment is the only way...youve allready got the cd's
Negotiate a price for you and retail
Something that would have to be done in person
If the chain store manager wont allow it speak to a buyer at head office
get a letter of approval etc and discuss it with the manager at the store
If youre thinking of, like, selling them in every store nationwide etc, like a label...dream on...
All in all its too time consuming to keep tabs on everything as they never tell you your cds are sold out etc,
I tried it with a well known o/s metal magazine with free cd,worked well for me o/s as i was a distibutor,but wasnt worth the effort here..but at least i tried...
eventually logged them all back o/s and sold them there...
Metalheads?
always crying metal cds were too expensive,
but a mag with all the latest news,interviews and a free cd?For R60?
never sold...
Bah !!!
never again

Bob-Dubery

You'll make more money selling yourself. If you sell via a shop the shop will take a cut. I see a lot of artists setting up their own boutique labels and very deliberately marketting at gigs. I'm told that on the bluegrass circuit in the USA a lot of bands just bypass the retail chains completely and sell self-financed CDs at gigs and do nicely out of it.

exsanguinator

X-rated Bob wrote You'll make more money selling yourself. If you sell via a shop the shop will take a cut. I see a lot of artists setting up their own boutique labels and very deliberately marketting at gigs. I'm told that on the bluegrass circuit in the USA a lot of bands just bypass the retail chains completely and sell self-financed CDs at gigs and do nicely out of it.

I think he said hes done/doing that and wants to step it up a notch,
I mean ,I think they dont gig every day but would like their cd's available every day at a retail level

Also...Bluegrass/USA and anything in RSA is like comparing Mars and Earth,its only a dream