OpenCD

Introduction

Chinese music has all kinds of tunes that are both soothing and energetic, which makes it one of the best kinds of music in the world. If you are into Chinese music you might know how time-consuming it is to find a website that gives you the latest free indie Chinese songs without compromising in terms of quality or having restrictions in terms of download.

Open.CD is one of the few websites on the internet that gives you access to the latest free indie songs, tunes, and albums that are produced and distributed in the country.

What is Open.CD?

Open.CD is one of the best Chinese tracker websites on the internet. It is a torrent website dedicated to free indie music. The website has a large user base and a vast content library that lets the members download from numerous categories.

It is a private torrent tracker website and members with access can enter the website. New members can be added with invites that are given to the existing members. Moreover, the website also starts donation-based registration, where you can get access to the website by paying a small donation amount.

Is Open.CD safe?

For a torrent site to be safe for browsing, it needs to have an SSL certificate, which Open.CD does have. By using tools such as SEOQuake and MOZ, you can easily check the credibility of a website by gauging Domain Score (DS) and Trust Score (TS). Based on my research, Open.CD has a domain score of 3 and a trust score of 31 which is outrageous. Sure, it’s not uncommon for torrent sites to have a DS less than 15 and a TS less than 40. But given that Open.CD has been around for a decade and still hasn’t managed to muster up a DS of 10 is slightly disappointing.

What should you expect from Open.CD?

Open.CD is heaven for members who love free Chinese indie music and are constantly looking for different ways to get it. However, the website does offer additional benefits to the members to help them have a great experience.

Extensive Torrent Library – It is amazing for a Chinese torrent website to have an extensive free indie content gallery that covers numerous styles, genres, and types. These torrents are added by the sysops and the members of the website who aim to keep a balanced ratio.

The website comprises torrents in the categories of pop, classical, instrumental, soundtrack, rock, new age, dance, electronic, independent, hip-hop, and others. You can also download files in different formats like mirrors, wav, flac, dts, and others.

User Class/ Ranks – Just like every torrent website Open.CD has user class or ranks too. These ranks are given to users based on their contributions to the website. The lowest rank on the website is ‘Positive Eight’ which is given to members who have joined the community recently and they can download torrents from the website and view the INFO and Log files.

The highest rank is given to the Maintenance Developer (Sysop). A user at this rank has the permissions given to the other user class ranks and also additional power of being able to edit the website settings. Rank promotions are done by the website admins while the higher ranks are managed by the staff leader.

Funbox – Open.CD has an amazing function called the Fun Box which gives the users’ bonus points on participation. You can upload anything funny or amusing in the fun box. The number of votes you get for your post equals a certain amount of bonus points that you can redeem at the store. For instance, if the post gets around 25 votes out of which more than 50% percent are funny, the user will get 5 points. You can only post in the fun box when the older post is deemed as outdated.

Bonus Points – The website offers you bonus points for different things which can be redeemed for different perks at the bonus points store. You buy upload credits, custom title, ad-free days, Hit and Run removal, and more.

VIP Privileges – Being a VIP on Open.CD can make your experience even better as they tend to get exclusive abilities and benefits as compared to a normal user. Some of the benefits offered to the VIP users include immunity from account deletion, exemption from auto-demotion, and 10 invitation slots.

You can get VIP status by donating to the website and if you donate a higher amount, you can get additional benefits too.

Open.CD in numbers

The website has impressive numbers that it has accumulated in the course of its operational years. Open.CD has a user base of more than 8k registered members and 51k torrents that sum up the website’s entire free indie content library.

There are more than 2k users who use the website regularly and 4k users on a weekly basis. The website’s total database size is up to 8.647 PB. It has more than 21 types of content categories that cater to the member’s preference.

As per the SEOQuake rankings, Open.CD is ranked #116,801 which makes it amongst the top 120,000 websites on the internet. It attracts more than 305,000 visits a month with an average of 30,500 unique visitors. An average visit on the site lasts for more than 6 minutes. An average user visits 2.34 pages before bouncing off the website. In terms of engagement, Open.CD does surpass all my expectations. Due to the incredible user interaction, it is able to maintain a respectable bounce rate at 46.12%

How to access Open.CD?

You can access Open.CD by searching for the term ‘Open.CD’ in your search engine. Alternatively, if you want to access the platform directly, you can use the following link: Open.CD.

Design

Open.CD has a basic design just like the other torrent trackers on the internet. It has tables, search boxes, buttons, links, icons, and more that help in smooth navigation. Moreover, the website has many pages that are designed similarly.

Inner Pages – As mentioned above most of the pages have a similar design. This may be due to the similarities in the way they function and this reduces internet usage. The inner pages have elements like tables, links, icons, text boxes, checkboxes, and more.

Free Indie Content – The website has an extensive free indie content library that consists of all kinds of Chinese music. Members of the website can download any file without any restrictions. The website’s content library keeps expanding owing to the number of contributors adding torrents on the website. When downloading from the website, the users have to consider their ratio; a low ratio can get their account deleted.

Desktop/Mobile experience

Open.CD is designed for both desktops and mobile phones. The desktop version of the website fits the screen well from end-to-end and is very convenient to use. All of the options on the website work well offering a seamless and easy browsing experience.

The website’s mobile layout works well only on some of the devices. It lets the users access content easily with convenient navigation. Some users might have to scroll and zoom a lot while using the website.

Suggestions I have for Open.CD

The website Open.CD is an amazing source for frequent downloaders and people looking for free indie Chinese music. However, it has a high donation amount which can be a problem for some users. Since the donation is done in packages, Open.CD can introduce some low-cost packages that can be easily affordable.

Conclusion

Open.CD is the perfect website that can put an end to your search for a free indie Chinese music torrent website. The fact that you can get access to the website through donations makes it even better. You only have to be cautious about your ratio and making sure it’s balanced by adding relevant torrents to the website.