Lala.com, the Largest Record Store on Earth, Opens Beta to Public

Lala.com, the Largest Record Store on Earth, Opens Beta to Public

Music Fans Get CDs for $1 During Enormously Successful Beta Program

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than 1.8 million album titles available for trade at $1 each, today lala.com opened its beta to the general public. Still in its infancy, lala.com has amassed a music catalog twice the size of Amazon.com's selection and five times more than can be found on eBay's CD listings. Every day, lala.com members are adding thousands of new titles, roughly the equivalent of 15 Wal-Mart stores worth of music. This translates into an unparalleled selection of music for lala.com members.

On lala.com, members trade CDs they have for CDs they want. Members receive a CD for every CD they ship to another member. CDs are sent through the mail in pre-paid envelopes provided by lala.com. For every CD received, members pay lala.com $1. Joining lala.com is free.

Lala.com voluntarily contributes 20% of its CD trading revenue to performing artists. For more information on lala.com's support of musicians please see today's release "Lala.com Establishes the Z Foundation - a Charitable Foundation for Musicians."

"I'm really enjoying lala.com, I'm checking out bands I would have never heard of otherwise," said lala.com member Megan S. from San Francisco. "Dave from Boston turned me on to Robin Ella, The Unicorns and Neko Case. I'm listening to new music again, like I used to in college. I'm going to see Neko when she plays in town at Bimbo's this month."

"After just three months of running an invite only beta, lala.com generated a tremendous amount of positive interest," said Bill Nguyen, co-founder of lala.com. "Through word of mouth, tens of thousands of music fans tracked down invites and joined our beta. Thousands more requested invites, so we decided to open lala.com to the public a month earlier than initially planned."

About lala.com

Lala.com is the first online music store where music fans can trade CDs they have for CDs they want for $1 a CD. Lala.com also offers new full length albums and will sell digital album downloads, no singles. With immense admiration and gratitude to musicians, Lala.com is the first to introduce payments to musicians based on the trade of used recordings. The company is based in beautiful Palo Alto, California.

Media Contact:
John Kuch
lala.com
415.823.0480
jkuch@lala.com

Source: lala.com

CONTACT: John Kuch of lala.com, +1-415-823-0480, or jkuch@lala.com

Web site: http://www.lala.com/

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