World Largest Video Sharing Website Youtube has announced that it will be offer for artists to sell products directly from the world’s most visited video streaming website. Google’s Youtube, which is commonly used to view music videos, is now seemingly taking on Myspace by appealing to artists and enabling them to flog merchandise through the web site. This What Reads On Youtube’s Blog:
“With 800 million people per month coming to YouTube, you have a pretty big stage to share your music, and now we’re adding features to also make YouTube your box office, merchandise table and music store. We’re launching a feature called the Merch Store that will allow YouTube partners to offer fans merchandise directly on your channel. Fans will be able to buy artists’ merchandise, digital downloads, concert tickets and even unique experiences like meetups. These features are made possible through affiliates like Topspin for merchandise, concert tickets and experiences; Songkick for concerts; and iTunes and Amazon for music downloads. We’ll be rolling out the Merch Store to music partners globally over the coming weeks.” revealed by Senior technical account manager Christian Weitenberner
