Pressing & printing

The global operating system for vinyl production and fulfillment.

Quote a pressing in real time, check the artwork as it uploads, see the record before it exists, and ship it from the EU, the UK or the US — one platform, from first idea to boxes leaving the plant.

Get notified at launch → See how it works

In private beta. Leave your email and we will tell you the day it opens.

Pick the record.

Solids, splits, marble, splatter, picture discs — rendered as you choose, in the actual Pantone you are ordering. Not a swatch list: the disc itself.

The colour picker: a large preview of a three-colour splatter pressing in black, white and orange, beside a grid of other options — solids, split halves, quarters, marble, colour-in-colour, splatter and a picture disc.
The colour picker.

Watch the cost, line by line.

Every choice lands in the panel as its own line, priced per unit as well as in total — and it tells you where the next price break is, before you have to ask. This is the real calculation, not a picture of one.

The pricing panel: total production cost of 1,481 euros, 4.94 per unit, itemised into vinyl pressing, weight, mastercut and galvanics, test press, centre labels, inner and outer sleeve — with a note that the next price break is at 500 units.
The pricing panel, itemised.

Work out what to charge.

Set a retail price and see where you break even, what a sellout returns, and what any number of copies in between actually leaves you.

The margin calculator: production cost, the number of copies needed to break even, and net profit on a sellout, above a slider that simulates copies sold. Below it, revenue less production cost and commission, the resulting net profit, and how many copies are left over.
The margin calculator.

Mockups you can actually use.

Every configuration renders as a finished visual — sleeve, disc and the record drawn half out of the jacket. Ready for the store listing, the launch post and the deck you send a distributor, without a photo shoot or a test pressing to photograph.

A grey and white marble pressing shown half out of its sleeve, the marbling rendered from the two colours chosen for it, beside the printed jacket it ships in.
EcommerceProduct shots for your own store, before a single copy is pressed.
A pale solid-colour pressing with a printed centre label, half out of its sleeve — the label artwork is the file that was uploaded for it.
SocialAnnouncement and pre-save posts, in the colour you actually ordered.
A purple pressing with black splatter, half out of an illustrated sleeve, the splatter rendered from the base and spatter colours selected.
MarketingPress kits, distributor decks, retailer one-sheets.

Then watch it happen.

Every pressing you have with us on one page — the stage it has reached, the code your distributor files it under, and the full breakdown a click away. Artwork, audio, proofs and invoices live in the same account.

The client portal's order list: ten releases, one line each, showing the production status, the UPC or catalogue code, the artist and title, and the date the order was placed. The statuses run from Under Review and Payment Pending through Assets Approved, In Production and Shipped to Delivered, and three releases note that they carry a separate code for each colour.
The client portal.

Everything a pressing needs, in one place.

From the first idea to boxes leaving the plant — without the email thread.

01

Pricing that moves in real time

Every choice repriced instantly, itemised down to the line. Change the quantity, add a second colour, split the run — the number updates while you watch, and you can see exactly what caused it.

02

Customise it properly

12", 10" and 7". Solids, splatter, marble, halves, colour-in-colour, picture discs. Gatefolds, printed inners, inserts, booklets, obi strips. Press several variants in one run, each with its own artwork.

03

See it before it exists

Drop in your print files and get a mockup built from the real artwork — front, back, both labels, the disc itself. Not a stock template with your cover pasted on.

04

Artwork checked as you upload

Files are measured against the spec on the spot — trim, bleed, resolution. You find out the sleeve is 3 mm short now, not after the plates are cut.

05

Fulfillment, not just pressing

Ship the run to yourself, split it across our warehouses, or send boxes straight to several addresses from the plant. Distribution is part of the quote, not a separate conversation.

06

Know what it earns before you press

Set a retail price and the margin calculator does the rest: how many copies cover the run, what a sellout returns, and what you keep at any number in between. Costing a release stops being a spreadsheet you build yourself.

Four steps from idea to pressed.

Build it

Format, quantity, colours, packaging. The price follows you the whole way.

Upload

Audio and artwork, checked against the spec as they arrive. Mockups built from your own files.

Approve

Confirm the spec and the cost. Everything is itemised before anything is charged.

Track it

Follow the run through your portal — proofs, production, invoices, dispatch.

Or let the fans pay for it.

Every release can run as a pre-order campaign instead. You set the retail price and the minimum the pressing needs; fans reserve a copy and are only charged if that number is reached. Nothing goes to the plant unfunded, and nothing is taken from anyone if it does not get there. Copies keep selling after break-even, until the edition runs out.

A pre-order campaign page for the album Long Way From The Sun by Cassia Bloom: the sleeve artwork beside a render of the 3-colour splatter disc, and a panel showing $24.99 a copy, 35 pre-orders so far, 93 more until the pressing goes ahead, and a progress bar reading 35 of 300 with a mark on it at the break-even point. Below it: edition of 300, minimum 128 required to press it, and a note that if it does not get there no card is ever charged.
A pre-order campaign, funded by the people buying it.

Three warehouses. All operated by us.

Not brokered out to a third party — we run the buildings your stock sits in, in three markets, so a record pressed once can be sold everywhere.

EU warehouse
European Union
UK warehouse
United Kingdom
US warehouse
United States
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Connect your own store and direct-to-fan orders fulfill themselves: they arrive automatically, ship from the warehouse nearest the buyer, and send tracking back without anyone re-keying an address.

We open this Fall.

The platform is in private beta with a small group of labels. Leave your email and you will hear from us the day it opens to everyone — one message, nothing else.

Already working with us? Your contact at 8Merch will send you a link.