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Mar 19 2013

Your Wish is Our Command: Murfie Wishlists!

Dearest Murfieans,

You asked, and we delivered:  we are very pleased to announce the launch of our Wishlist feature on Murfie!

When you come across an album that intrigues you, just click “Add to Wishlist.” An album that’s not in stock or not available for sale? Just click “Add to Wishlist.” An album that you’re not entirely sure you want to buy yet? Just click “Add to Wishlist!” Gettin’ the picture?

The album will be added to your Wishlist, which you can then see in the “My Collection” tab. If an album is not available on Murfe, our expert music-finders will get to work trying to source a copy for you—no extra charge. We love music as much as you do and want you to have every disc your heart desires!

If you had any outstanding trade requests in your account, those are also now Wishlist items in your account too:  we figured you wish you had those!

When a disc in your Wishlist becomes available, you’ll be notified via e-mail. Nice, right?

We hope you’ve noticed that we’ve been on a ROLL lately with new features (it IS March madness, after all)! Bam! Boom!! Bang!!! Hope you’re all digging that Unpurchase button too: http://blog.murfie.com/2013/03/05/introducing-the-unpurchase-button-your-new-bff/

Wait ’til you see what’s next! :-)

Xoxo,
The crew at Murfie

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Feb 25 2013

Streaming in Murfieland

We’re always pleased as punch to deliver good news to our Murfie members— I mean, who wouldn’t be?
Here goes…

Starting today, unlimited streaming is included with every purchase on Murfie! No subscription required.

So this means:

You can stream all the discs you purchase on Murfie, anytime, anywhere, using our mini player in any web browser or your favorite Sonos device! All streaming, all ze time, for everybody!!! (And someone started a rumor that there might be iOS and Android apps on the way— we don’t know who, though!)

You will now see a $1 transaction fee set in place for all purchases of member-sold discs on our site, which is waived for Murfie Gold members.

From now until March 31st, everyone gets to experience the full benefits of the new Murfie Gold membership— absolutely free. With the new Murfie Gold, you’ll get all the best goodies that music-lovers love, including:

  • No $1 transaction fee
  • One free Shipping Kit (send up to 200 discs to add to your online collection for free)
  • Exclusive album trading with other Gold Members

Here’s your chance to live the Gold life til March 31st, absolutely free, and really live it up!

For all you current Murfie Gold members out there, keep an eye out for an e-mail explaining special benefits just for you.

We say:
Change is goooood!

Feb 11 2013

Kudos to the 2013 Grammy Winners!

If you haven’t had a chance to explore the fantastic music that won honors and accolades at the 2013 Grammy Awards, fear not! Below is a list of winners and their award winning albums— all ready to stream and download in our Murfie Top Hits shop. Have an earful!

Album of the Year:
Babel – Mumford and Sons

 

Best Rock Album:
El Camino – The Black Keys

 

Best Alternative Music Album:
Making Mirrors – Gotye

 

Best Rap Album:
Take Care – Drake

 

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean

 

Best Country Album:
Uncaged – Zac Brown Band

 

Best Blues Album:
Locked Down – Dr. John

 

Best R&B Album:
Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment

 
Feb 7 2013

2nd Time’s the Charm? On TIME Again.

As the saying goes, good things come in pairs. This is now a proven irrefutable fact — because we’ve snagged ANOTHER feature in TIME Techland. Remember the first one?

Well, here’s the latest article, which is a Q&A with Murfie CEO Matt Younkle. IMHO, the best sound bite is this…

Our take at Murfie is that, moving forward, there will always be a large group of people that want to own their music, not just rent it. I mean music as part of your culture. I think you should be able to own your culture, not just rent your culture.

Also, IMHO, this second tweet from @Techland should be framed. What do you think? I think a classic wood frame would look nice.

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Jan 28 2013

Timeout! We’re on TIME?

I know I say this a lot, but this time I really mean it. I’m as pleased as punch to report that little old Murfie snagged a feature on TIME. TIME, people. That’s a big deal for us. So thanks a bunch to Matt Peckham from TIME Techland for making it happen.

Here is the article.

Also, here is the tweet that I’d like to frame. I think it’d look pretty classy in a nice gold frame? — please discuss. You can get back to me later.

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