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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Flipkart has sent e-mail to its users informing about the shut down:
Flipkart had launched the Flyte store last year and soon it claimed to become the country's largest legal online store, featuring more than a million tracks from 150,000 albums, available across 55 languages and 700 genres and sub-genres. Later, the company launched Flyte app for major mobile platforms such as iOS, Android and Windows platforms, along with expanding the catalogue to over 5 million songs."Dear Flyte MP3 customer,We hope you have enjoyed the music we have made available to you.Unfortunately the Flyte MP3 store will no longer be operational after June 17, 2013. We request you to use your Flyte Wallet balance, if any, by that date. But if for some reason you are unable to do this then not to worry. We will refund the unused Flyte wallet balance to you.If you would like to purchase any more music before the Flyte MP3 store shuts down, then please do so by June 17, 2013. All the MP3 files that you have purchased from Flyte on or before June 17, 2013 will continue to be available for download in your digital library till August 18, 2013. So do remember to download all your favourite music by then.Dates to remember:1. Monday, June 17, 2013: You will no longer be able to purchase MP3 files from Flyte after this date. The remaining balance in your Flyte wallet, if any, will be refunded to you.2. Sunday, August 18, 2013: You will no longer be able to download your purchased MP3 files from your digital library after this date. So please download all your music by then.So long – and thank you for being a part of this journey…The Flyte MP3 team."
That being said, with physical music sales declining, the digital music sales is set to grow in the near future. But, factors, cited by Flipkart, such as easy micro-payment management and piracy have to sorted out to ensure the growth.
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