JT music Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Taking advantage of the fact that it's Sunday and there are few offers I wanted to ask you a question,... three years ago I changed my distributor (RouteNote) previously my distributor was ONErpm and I still have the same problem, the first year they pay well and then they halve the stream royalties in my particular case almost 400 tracks of high monetized on YouTube since 2011, you ask me is the following? is the same thing happening to others? which distributor was more reliable and which ones were not? i would appreciate some information, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustenz Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I have just started with distribution and publishing a couple of months ago, so I haven't put out much yet, so no real experience on payouts etc., but when I did some research to choose a good distributor, it boiled down to Tunecore or CDBaby, mostly because they are reputable, affordable and both have a Publishing service as well, so one can get everything in one place. I went for Tunecore Distribution and Publishing Administration in the end, as among other things I liked, there is no commission on distribution royalties (but there is a 50% commission on sync royalties and 15% on other royalties, regarding the Publishing Administration). I got most of the info, when I did the research, from Ari's Take: https://aristake.com/digital-distribution-comparison/ https://aristake.com/admin-publishing-comparison/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT music Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 32 minutes ago, augustenz said: I have just started with distribution and publishing a couple of months ago, so I haven't put out much yet, so no real experience on payouts etc., but when I did some research to choose a good distributor, it boiled down to Tunecore or CDBaby, mostly because they are reputable, affordable and both have a Publishing service as well, so one can get everything in one place. I went for Tunecore Distribution and Publishing Administration in the end, as among other things I liked, there is no commission on distribution royalties (but there is a 50% commission on sync royalties and 15% on other royalties, regarding the Publishing Administration). I got most of the info, when I did the research, from Ari's Take: https://aristake.com/digital-distribution-comparison/ https://aristake.com/admin-publishing-comparison/ Tunecore usually has good references, its only drawback for me is that it does not pay with PayPal, which is very unfavorable, CD baby is very expensive they charge you even the IRSC codes of the track plus the air what you breathe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Jarvis Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I've used CDBaby for the past 6 years and I've had a good experience with them. My quarterly payments go directly to my bank account Bill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 58 minutes ago, JT music said: Tunecore usually has good references, its only drawback for me is that it does not pay with PayPal, which is very unfavorable, CD baby is very expensive they charge you even the IRSC codes of the track plus the air what you breathe... You might want to do some math here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragi Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Distrokid is the only distributor I have experimented with, but there has been no need to consider another one for about 10 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blanc Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 I've only used Distrokid and it's been hassle free. Mind you, I have no experience with payouts (I suck 😝). I tried to release something with Soundcloud Distribution and I couldn't even do it because you can't seem to release something as a first release for an artist. I submitted a ticket and never got a response. I'm still looking for that perfect one which also lets me release on Beatport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustenz Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 hours ago, JT music said: Tunecore usually has good references, its only drawback for me is that it does not pay with PayPal, which is very unfavorable, CD baby is very expensive they charge you even the IRSC codes of the track plus the air what you breathe... They state that they're using Payoneer to store the royalties, which can be withdrawn to a PayPal account, bank account etc.: https://support.tunecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006508087-How-do-I-withdraw-my-money- CDBaby is a onetime $9.99 for a release and 9% royalties commission thereafter, with free UPC & ISRC codes: https://cdbaby.com/cd-baby-cost/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustenz Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Nick Blanc said: I've only used Distrokid and it's been hassle free. Mind you, I have no experience with payouts (I suck 😝). I tried to release something with Soundcloud Distribution and I couldn't even do it because you can't seem to release something as a first release for an artist. I submitted a ticket and never got a response. I'm still looking for that perfect one which also lets me release on Beatport. It is possible to release on Beatport with Tunecore, with an extra fee ($7.99 per month, billed annually - this cost covers all of the releases on the account) : https://support.tunecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/14208503709972-Beatport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conteloto Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Take a look to Amuse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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