We provide this comparison not because MOD Machine competes with iTunes, it doesn’t, but because so many people are familiar with iTunes technically, as well as its success in the marketplace, we thought this page might prove useful.
MOD Machine is to video DVDs what iTunes is to music CDs.
Similarities
iTunes and MOD Machine share some basic functionality:
- downloadable software program that allows user to browse and securely purchase digital products
- catalog self-updates
- products download to local hard drive- can be played offline
- the user can quit the program and downloads will automatically resume next time they launch the software
- products are protected with proprietary DRM against copying
- links can open browser to a desired URL
- remembers customer information to streamline future purchases (MOD Machine allows the user to opt out of this if desired)
Differences
Video presentation
iTunes – very limited
Video presentation is very primitive. It can play one movie in a resizable window. There is a full-screen mode, and basic transport controls.
MOD Machine – unlimited
The MOD Machine Player has virtually unlimited video and media presentation options.
It can play any number of sequential movies per product, which load seamlessly after one another, can be random accessed from a main menu, prompt the user to proceed or any other paradigm. It can present title screens, graphics, text, slides, animations, user-manipulated 3D scenes or any other content, and can be as interactive as needed, displaying graphics, text, links or other content synchronized with the movie or with voice over, determine which movie is shown based on user input, can download student materials and any other files needed and place them almost anywhere on the hard drive, can include testing and user feedback. And we haven’t even scratched the surface. (learn more)
If you can imagine it, MOD Machine can deliver it.
Content publishers
iTunes – major publishers only
The iTunes business model only presents content from major music labels, major movie studios and major television channels. You may have the world’s best DVD on learning guitar, yoga or stock market investing, but there is no possibility Apple will distribute it, collect funds, do all the bookkeeping, pay you on a timely basis, and provide your customers with technical support if needed.
MOD Machine – open to all
MOD Machine is open to any publisher who desires increased sales, cost savings and a superior customer experience.
Syndicated distribution
iTunes – none
MOD Machine – designed for it
Here is a glimpse of the future of MOD Machine:
The MOD Machine was designed from the ground up to be individually branded and distributed from a network of affiliate websites.
Perhaps you are selling products only from your own website. Now imagine syndicating your products through a network of affiliates who already have prequalified audiences for your particular products. How much would your sales increase if you had a vast, worldwide network of dealers, working day and night to promote and sell your products?
Every time you add a product to your catalog, it will instantly appear in all your affiliates’ catalogs, without them lifting a finger. Forget shipping them DVDs. They don’t even have to create a web page, or add a graphic. That level of efficiency allows everyone to forget all the normal hassles and friction of an affiliate or dealer network, and just focus on helping customers and increasing sales of your products.
Our network is not built yet. But once it starts growing, as you can imagine, MOD Machine publishers will have a huge advantage over publishers who choose to go it alone.
Somewhat analogous to Amazon, where an affiliate picks and chooses the items they wish to feature, yet makes a commission on every item purchased by their customers, MOD Machine allows each affiliate to choose what products are featured when the Catalog first launches, and which products are available when searching the entire catalog. Affiliate commission is set by the publisher.
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