Green Day sell D2C via Twitter, make $4k

Tom Pakinkis

Green Day are estimated to have made up to $4k in gross revenue from selling a new song direct to fans via Twitter-commerce startup Chirpify.

The band are the first major-label act to use the e-commerce service, taking advantage of a performance at the MTV VMA’s last week to tweet: “#VMA special! Love the new song? Get it now + all 3 new GD albums, deal ends tmrw Reply “buy” for $29.99 via @Chirpify”.

Fans on Twitter who have a ...

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