Progwalhalla closes it's online store

It's done now. Yesterday I took the site offline for good, after a prolonged closing sale.


R.I.P. Progwalhalla.

Huh, that's sad, although I can't say I've ever heard of them before since I'm in the US. The future will probably be people mostly buying albums directly from an artist/indie label, that is what I try to do whenever possible. Resellers are an endangered species.

Edited by Henry Plainview - January 23 2011 at 17:20

I don't know what Hans' strategy is on publishing this. He told people at a prog get together at his house over the weekend, and informed me by e-mail because I have to take the site down on February 1st.

@harmonium.ro: keeping the site up costs around 200 euro's a year, the problem for Hans is the amount of stock he has to keep to satisfy people (if they can get it quicker from other sources, they don't come to him) and the margin he can make per CD (which should cover the cost, but also his rent and a daily meal). I don't know the exact numbers, but competition from direct sales at InsideOut and other record companies, iTunes and bands selling their own stuff is huge when it comes to the prog niche of the market.

The only Portuguese physical store specializing in Prog also closed its doors early this month. Yet the indie/alternative ones just keep springing up from ground. What is the world coming to?

Edited by Kotro - January 23 2011 at 13:45

I don't know where the world is going, depends on where Great A'tuin takes it i guess.... it's a pity indeed. I spent 2 months some years ago to reimplement the web site and the shop, and now Hans is back to being a mail man....

This as in the same week as Sony announced closures of the two biggest CD plants in the world. You have to wonder where this world is going. Answers, please.