Making a ring tone

Anyone know anything about this? A clip from one of my original songs... how do I go about making this a ring tone. First, for me, then to sell.

Can a phone just import a wav file?

Is there a way you can transfer a ringtone from phone to phone?

Who sells ringtones? That's how clueless I am.

As for selling ringtones, I have no idea how I go about that but my LSU song has as good a shot as anything I'll likely ever do. Any idea?

EDIT: Found this... article.

I found http://www.phonesherpa.com/ and it looks good but they keep 80% on one plan and the other, they keep 50%. That's unreal.

ringtone can be about anything... dont know how you would sell one though. i just use songs from my CD collection that happen to be loaded on my phone.

I am a member of a few ringtone sites, but I managed to upload and send a ringtone of my favorite local band for free on this site: http://www.myxertones.com

You can even choose what part of the song you want sent! I have the first part of my friend's song and also in the middle of the song when it is the instrumental part.

You can find ring tones on there-some free and some you have to pay for but most are free. And it is free to be a member too!

It depends on the phone. My first cell phone (and the one I'd still be using if AT&T didn't make it obsolete) was monophonic and used a variation of a MIDI file. There was a "composer" right on the phone that works kind of like a step entry sequencer but very limited. Newest phones can use WAV files as ring tones, and there's also a polyphonic synth built in that uses a MIDI file.

So, the short answer is "it depends." A few people make a lot of money composing and selling ring tones. Most everyone else who fools with it gives them away. Do a Google search for "free ring tones" and you'll find hundreds of resources, along with many annoying pop-up ads with each web site.