Summary
Happy almost-Halloween! It’s been one month and eleven days since we went live. Things are busy. We thought we’d give a quick update on how our launch went.
On September 18, I clicked a button to launch the new Ampwall landing page, signup form, and subscription features. Then, I hit “send” to notify our mailing list.
And we waited.
For nearly a year, Ampwall had been invite-only. We had a solid base, great feedback, and optimism, but as any musician knows, you can love a song — until it’s out there, you don’t know how it’ll connect.
Then traffic spiked. Signups rolled in. Our live internal user list just scrolled… and scrolled… and scrolled!
With zero paid ads or major social influence — just our mailing list and an amazing community — we blew through our signup goals in 24 hours. Six weeks later, we can share some early data:
- 1300+ users
- 350+ subscriptions
- 500+ artist pages
- 1000+ albums
Our sales volume is up — artists are making money. Our web traffic is up. Our Discord community is busier. We’re hearing from more people than ever. Signups continue every day. New albums go online every day. And we are still growing organically, driven entirely by our community.
Compared to Bandcamp and other established platforms, these numbers are low. But for us, it is huge. It is clearer than ever that there is a hunger for what we are doing. And we couldn’t have done it without you. We’ve just barely started, we can only get better.
Here’s a quick list of new stuff who we’re especially excited about.
Annie Williams - “quiet dancey introspections” - really everything YK Records are doing is amazing
Xiao - hardcore from Sweden
Warning - legendary doom metal from the UK
The Privates - extremely rockin indie from Nashville, TN
Replicant - boundary-pushing death metal from NJ
There’s just so much more. Check out our Explore page where you can explore tags, search, and see new releases. We’ve made a lot of improvements to the platform in the last six weeks with more coming imminently, so keep an eye out for a separate Platform Updates email soon.
To everyone who signed up immediately: thank you! To everyone else… what are you waiting for? Join us today! You can support our mission to build stronger music scenes for as little as $10/year! And of course, you can always reach me directly at chris@ampwall.com.
-Chris Grigg
chris@ampwall.com