. ▁ ▁The ▁website ▁had ▁a ▁" bu y ▁new " ▁feature ▁which ▁allows ▁users ▁to ▁purchase ▁new ▁CD s ▁directly ▁from ▁the ▁L ala ▁store ▁at ▁low ▁prices ▁( o ften ▁at ▁wh oles ale ) ▁through ▁a ▁partners hip ▁with ▁ret ail er ▁New bury ▁Comics . ▁ ▁L ala . com ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁gift ▁feature ▁through ▁which ▁people ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁purchase ▁CD s ▁for ▁other ▁members ▁directly ▁from ▁those ▁members ' ▁want ▁lists . ▁The ▁recip ient ▁was ▁sent ▁an ▁email ▁letting ▁them ▁know ▁that ▁a ▁gift ▁had ▁been ▁purchased ▁for ▁them , ▁and ▁the ▁CD ▁was ▁automatically ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁recip ient ' s ▁Have ▁list . ▁ ▁Sh ipping ▁costs ▁ ▁Un like ▁other ▁sites ▁which ▁facil itate ▁direct ▁sales ▁between ▁users ▁( such ▁as ▁Half . com ), ▁L ala . com ▁paid ▁sh ipping ▁costs , ▁which ▁were ▁recovered ▁as ▁an ▁additional ▁fee ▁to ▁the ▁trade ▁bro ker age ▁fee . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁site ▁initially ▁launched , ▁members ▁used ▁en velop es ▁pre - st amp ed ▁with ▁traditional ▁post age ▁( a ▁$ 0 . 6 5 ▁post age ▁stamp ) ▁and ▁a ▁$ 0 . 4 9 ▁sh ipping ▁charge ▁was ▁added ▁for ▁each ▁received ▁disc . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁gap ▁between ▁the ▁actual ▁cost ▁of ▁en velop es ▁and ▁post age ▁and ▁the ▁fee ▁charged , ▁this ▁approach ▁represented ▁a ▁significant ▁potential ▁for ▁lost ▁re venue , ▁as ▁members ▁in ▁possession ▁of ▁these ▁en velop es ▁might ▁not