A while ago we blogged about dropcards.com as an alternative way to distribute music via a physical package rather than printing up hundreds of expensive CDs. If dealing with a large US company doesn’t interest you then MediaHeaven.co.uk got in touch to tell us about their very similar new service called band ID. They’ll provide you with a stack of credit card sized cards with your artwork and a unique download password on each one. By entering the password and an email address the card holder can download your ‘product’ which could include everything from music to pictures to videos. At the moment the total download is limited to 100MB and Media Heaven say they are working on MySpace and Facebook widgets that will allow customers to download direct from the artist’s home pages.

Current pricing is £249 for 1000 cards and £199 for 500 inc delivery and VAT.