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If you’re not familiar with the difference between “duplication” and “replication,” here it goes… duplication utilizes CD-R technology and has a standard turn time of two days. That means you can have 50, 100, 300 or 1,000 retail ready CDs in just two days.

Replication is the process where CDs are pressed from a glass master. Thie process has a standard turn time of eight days and a minimum of 1,000 CDs.

The printing of the paper and the cases that hold the discs are identical. You can have retail-ready CDs in as little as two days. Actually, we can have them for you tomorrow, but a small rush fee would apply.So why choose one over the other? The main reasons are going to be cost, the quantity of CDs you know you’ll sell in a short time and cash flow. I always ask customers how long they want to have how much money in their closet and for what period of time. Or, how many CDs will you sell over the next week?  Four weeks?  What I’m trying to get to is that cash flow and a delivery timeline are huge factors when determining which process to use. Usually, CD-Rs are a good choice up until 300 or 400 units (withstanding a rush situation like you could hit a home run if you had a thousand CDs tomorrow). If you have the time to wait, it generally becomes more cost effective to use the replication process and get a pressed CD if you’re wanting more than 300 to 400 discs.

Another factor is color. Pressed discs come standard with three colors and CD-Rs are most cost effective with a black imprint — adding color to a CD-R is .85/disc. When doing color CD-Rs, it usually starts making sense to convert to a pressed CD after 250 to 300 units. Again, turn time is always an important factor.