This nostalgic startup is establishing a crowdfunding model for cassette tapes. Following what they did for vinyl records, QRATES is launching a new venture with QASSETTES. Described as "the world's first crowdfunding platform for the cassette industry," QASSETTES is throwing it back, old school style, with a love for 1990s music mediums.
Anyone can use the cassette tapes platform to link to or upload their own music or audio and then design their own cassettes. From there, the platform also hosts funding and pre-orders. They handle shipping to your fans around the world as well. So if you are a bit hipster and only want to release retro tapes, you can now do so with the help of QASSETTES.
Cassette Crowdfunding Platforms
Japanese Startup QASSETTES Helps You Finance Your Cassette Tapes
Trend Themes
1. Cassette Crowdfunding - Platforms like QASSETTES are disrupting the music industry by creating a new model for financing cassette tape production through crowdfunding.
2. Retro Media Resurgence - The success of QASSETTES highlights a trend towards renewed interest in outdated technologies, indicating potential opportunities for businesses to capitalize on nostalgia and innovate on past technologies.
3. DIY Audio Production - The QASSETTES platform invites creators to upload and design their own cassette tapes, reflecting a growing trend of DIY audio production that could present opportunities for disruptors in the music industry.
Industry Implications
1. Music Production - QASSETTES is disrupting traditional music production by utilizing crowdfunding to finance the production of cassette tapes.
2. E-commerce - The shipping and pre-order functionality offered by QASSETTES creates new opportunities for e-commerce platforms to facilitate sales of niche products.
3. Audio Technology - The resurgence of cassette tapes and DIY audio production could drive innovation in audio technology to meet the unique needs and demands of this growing market.