Type of site | Music Retail |
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Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY |
URL | www.insound.com |
Launched | 1999 |
Current status | Inactive |
Insound was a discounted, online music store. Insound carried CD, vinyl, hard to find items, music accessories and merchandise. The company was located in New York, New York. [1]
Insound was founded in 1998 by Christian Anthony, Matt Wishnow and Ari Sass. [2] [3] Wishnow and Sass had worked together at Elektra. [3] The site took six months to build and first launched on March 1, 1999. [4] The company gradually gained notoriety through its reviews, online zines and promotion of then-small bands such as Death Cab for Cutie. [4] Insound also gained visibility through hosting events at CMJ and South by Southwest (SXSW).
Insound became profitable in 2003. [3] In 2008, more than half of the company's sales come from selling vinyl records, which have made a resurgence in the past decade. [5]
In January 2008, the retailer was acquired by Alternative Distribution Alliance, an independent distributor owned by the Warner Music Group. [6]
On March 19, 2015 ADA disbanded Insound but in October of the same year, the online music retailer was revived by the Warner Music Group and was selling a broad-range of music related products at a discounted price. [7] By April 2020, Insound redirected to the Warner Music Group Official Store.