Klarinet Archive - Posting 000031.txt from 2003/11

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] What's the deal with Music123.com??
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:48:39 -0500

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Erik Tkal wrote:

> I'm sure there is an affiliation, though Music123 seems to focus more on guitars, drums, keyboards and their ilk. I'd bet that either they are owned by the same parent holding company, or more likely that they have an agreement to share resources, with each getting a cut of the other's proceeds depending on who an ordered is processed through. So if I order a guitar through WW&BW I suspect it's really coming from Music123 and that WW&BW gets a cut for having taken the order. They both gain something in that both sources now appear to be much larger and they can garner sales that might not otherwise occur if you had to shop separately for items from each.

Stephen Zapf is the listed contact for both wwbw.com and music123.com, and
the IP numbers assigned to each site are next to each other.

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