In addition to downloads its now hella easy for any artist to sell ringtones created from their songs. Most services require no up front costs or long term commitments. You may be tempted to dismiss ringtones as pointless or you dont wanna be looked at as a “ringtone rapper”, but it’s still an effective way to create another source of monetization. Plus your hard core stans will cop them  and every time a phone rings and your song plays, it’s a free viral ad for you.

With no upfront costs and and only a small amount of time required, what do you have to loose? Be sure to sure to promote your ringtones from you web site and social networking pages.

Here are a few of the more popular ringtone and ringback services that welcome indie and d.iy. artists. Each has here own payment structure and techinal approach, but there’s nothing to keep you from siging up with more than one.