Distrokid vs Tunecore vs CD Baby: 2023 Update

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  • @Payusnomind
    @Payusnomind  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @memphbeats
    @memphbeats 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Whew I ALMOST went to DistroKid until I seen this

  • @Zemira.Israel
    @Zemira.Israel ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you! I will be updating my collaboration inquiry doc with this info to add to my fee! You always provide valuable info to the indie community! Also you helped me confidently switch over to Tunecore for my current releases because of your informative videos.

  • @deshmukhshrut
    @deshmukhshrut ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Only thing tunecore is missing, is the ability to keep songs live forever on stores.

    • @Frapucheno
      @Frapucheno ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nah they deduct from your funds to keep your account active
      Just make sure you have $100 in your account each year you’ll be fine
      That weekly pay is so worth it
      Even if your music isn’t worth much

    • @ktleemusic
      @ktleemusic ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Frapucheno I suspect they mean that Tunecore still hasn't added a Legacy option for if you die. That is a weakness that I do think they should address asap.

    • @alilshort7399
      @alilshort7399 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ktleemusic I highly doubt you are going to die in a couple of months. Maybe start with uploading music and as you age, Tunecore will too and by that time they will probably add that option.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ktleemusic They automatically debit your account vs your debit card. If you die, your cards get canceled but as long as your releases cover the fee, all is good. If the releases can’t generate enough royalties to cover $30 a year, I don’t know what to say about that…

    • @areal1tv189
      @areal1tv189 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Payusnomindare you saying if you pay the one time fee to release the song long as they can take it from your account you’re good ?

  • @NewJayqwe2
    @NewJayqwe2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This was very impressive, thank you so much for the help, definitely earned another subscriber dude 🙌🙌

  • @melba-pf
    @melba-pf ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I recently passed to iMusician from Distrokid! So far price, delivery and support are excellent! Useful video and earned a new subscriber as well!

    • @RyanlovesTh
      @RyanlovesTh ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You will regret it

    • @kenay
      @kenay ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@RyanlovesTh fr

    • @j5545
      @j5545 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why​@@RyanlovesTh

  • @liedecay
    @liedecay ปีที่แล้ว +14

    the main thing that diverts me from tunecore is their release renewal which makes you pay to keep your songs up, on top of your subscription.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Far as I understand, the release renewal fee IS the subscription fee. I don't think there are two fees, just one.

    • @Kennyyrr2
      @Kennyyrr2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Payusnomindyoure still basically stuck paying that for life if u want ur songs up

    • @jai2776
      @jai2776 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Kennyyrr2I thought it was just if you wanted to keep getting money from them

  • @KyraSimoneofficial
    @KyraSimoneofficial ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What about whitelisting your official facebook page? For Tune core. Love this video. Thank you so much. 4:30

  • @Jinadumusic
    @Jinadumusic ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent breakdown - thanks! 😀

  • @FlatTire
    @FlatTire ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Distrokid is worst... Even their logo is laughing at you saying "we'll screw you over"

    • @kimbadagr8_
      @kimbadagr8_ ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wait fr? Its like the most talked about so im yet to get a distribution service!!! Like its so much controversy with all of them and scams

    • @Josh-py9rq
      @Josh-py9rq ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Djsatile
      @Djsatile ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m dead 😂

    • @metaphorishere
      @metaphorishere ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@kimbadagr8_as a distrokid user that's cap distrokid is great

    • @WAZIMBEX
      @WAZIMBEX ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I used DistroKid since 2018 , THEY SUCK. Im glad we got options. Distro is the worst Distributor in the long run

  • @modernrecordingartist
    @modernrecordingartist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow man thanks that was quick and to the point. Can you elaborate on your management service you mentioned? Thanks!

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah. Here's what I recognized, artists are into making art. All this other stuff with strategy, marketing, advertising, analytics, etc. it needs to be done but most artists just aren't going to do it. There can be a million courses and tutorials teaching how to do it, it just takes a different personality type to do that stuff and you can't change who you are. When you look at getting that support system it's costly because everything is compartmentalized into its own service. An analytics platform might charge you $150 per month, an ad management service might charge you at least $50 per campaign + the actual budget for the ads, Smart link providers charge $50 for access to data, everywhere an artist turns it's added cost. People charging $75+ just to have a conversation with artists. I'm a builder by nature so I'm always designing websites, analyzing metrics, etc. for fun. So, I created the management program for artists to leverage me as a resource. They pay $150/ month and I can work with them to build whatever they need built and do whatever they need done. Sometimes it's building smart links and analyzing data. Other times it's advice on what to do with a particular song as far as where to release and how. I'll teach them how to advertise on any platform they want to use or if they don't care to learn, I'll manage the ads for them. I mean, there have been times where I've helped artists move away from music entirely and build a separate side business because I saw that music just wasn't going to work for them and they had something better. Artists I work with get my phone number and the line is always open so they don't have to constantly think about whether they can afford to pay for help.

  • @kyonball
    @kyonball ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Damn thank you for this! Distrokid runnin them pockets fasho lolll, Im thinking about switching to Tunecore frfr.

  • @deejaydfc
    @deejaydfc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you know if "Tunecore" allows "Whitelisting" for more than one channel since I have an artist channel and my music label channel which I will be releasing more than just my personal tracks but I will be also uploading the same tracks to both channels as well.
    thanks.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, they do.

  • @illyfish1951
    @illyfish1951 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this undoubtedly the best breakdown ive seen online for this, great vid!
    cant believe i almost didnt click on it because u were staring into my soul in the thumbnail. gets me uncomfy

  • @CRAZYROME
    @CRAZYROME 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best one I see here is cd baby cause they keep ya music on forever

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes and no. It's not like buying a car where it's in your possession. This is more like buying a room in someone's house. You don't have to pay rent every month but, the house could get foreclosed, the owners could sell it and the new owners could evict you, a lot is out of your control. So I wouldn't say forever. They could get bought by a record company tomorrow that decides to shut the whole service down.

  • @mowes8229
    @mowes8229 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow 🙌 Amazing content! Super impressed 👏 👏👏👏👏

  • @jawvees2585
    @jawvees2585 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow what a perspective changer 🎉

  • @KashtonRichard
    @KashtonRichard ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So which one is better. , I had CDbaby back in 2016 it don’t even have my release on there any more but my song is still on iTunes and all that other stuff. Plus I have BMI for the set up back than but everything is different.

  • @POJmuzik
    @POJmuzik ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Which is best of all?

  • @petermwahoss9986
    @petermwahoss9986 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shazam is the only thing that makes tunecore less that distrokid

  • @pedrolacerdaartistico9415
    @pedrolacerdaartistico9415 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great vid man. Thx

  • @Artax-jv8zt
    @Artax-jv8zt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for all the information in this video.

  • @stonestanza
    @stonestanza ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is tunecore 30 to load as many songs? Also if I have a song wit sample cam tunecore clear it??

  • @iamwoods_music
    @iamwoods_music 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant video, thank you

  • @Fortunefellas
    @Fortunefellas 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video and explanation. Can i whitelist other peoples TH-cam channels in Tunecore when they are using my non exclusive beats?

  • @BAESZMUSIC
    @BAESZMUSIC ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Beautiful video brother! 💯 Distrokid is horrible I must say. Regret paying $36.00 to them. Ahh!

    • @thecorruptversion
      @thecorruptversion ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why is it horrible?

    • @tastefulsubstance
      @tastefulsubstance ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dawg. I only pay $22 and the extra costs on the songs like Shazam and shit, it's only a one time payment. It doesn't add to the annual payment. I pay about $25 a year for unlimited releases and I get all but 5% of my royalties. He's making it seem way worse than it is

    • @thecorruptversion
      @thecorruptversion ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tastefulsubstance I still don't know if using distrokid or not

    • @ebbluu5139
      @ebbluu5139 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tastefulsubstancehey . i just want to know how can i get distrokid to upload my music onto one youtube page ? i uploaded 2 singles but they gave 2 different pages
      im new at this & going through the comments , just wanting to ask someone…

  • @audiotoarabic
    @audiotoarabic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    grae review my friend
    about the taxes in africa i'm from egypt and the taxes 15% and this is pretty much what the solution for the taxes ?

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว

      When it comes to taxes, you have to use a distributor based outside of the US like Horus or VerseOne Distribution.

    • @audiotoarabic
      @audiotoarabic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Payusnomind There is no taxes ?

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@audiotoarabic Far as I understand, it depends on your government's tax treaty with the US.

    • @audiotoarabic
      @audiotoarabic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Payusnomind that's up on my country not the distributors , but i want to ask you about taxes in distrokid how do you act with this problem in your country ?

    • @shawnfolk5913
      @shawnfolk5913 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@audiotoarabic It's imposed by the US government on foreigners so US citizens aren't subject to it.

  • @cassandrahuskey8866
    @cassandrahuskey8866 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I didn’t know any better , I would say you have these in order from your best to worst? Tune core better ?

  • @podcastarabi
    @podcastarabi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Bro,
    If there are some earnings in my account on Distrokid, which has had all its releases deleted and I am no longer eligible to upload new releases for editorial discreation, if I request to withdraw these earnings to my bank account or PayPal, will I really receive them?

  • @dominiquevanechelpoel3379
    @dominiquevanechelpoel3379 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much! Very helpful video. One of the best, maybe even THE best I've ever seen on the subject. Do you have a video that explains more about UPC and why it's important for potential chart material? I didn't quite understand that from this video.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Peace. Thanks for watching. Here you go: th-cam.com/video/IMS_JAyuMSs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zSDHbqIcPtvnDXu2&t=115

  • @toppybossradio4518
    @toppybossradio4518 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thinking on switching to tunecore

  • @machotkeyz8086
    @machotkeyz8086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What about customer service?

  • @kyronearle2223
    @kyronearle2223 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    tune core seems like the way to go atm I'm moving from ditto

    • @zenyfilmsrambo
      @zenyfilmsrambo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i am in the same place brother i dont know which choose you already wanted which one to go which one to choose ?

    • @osamabinladen2075
      @osamabinladen2075 ปีที่แล้ว

      what ? i just planed to cancel repost by soundcloud to use tunecore

  • @hunchoneno
    @hunchoneno ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tunecore cool but my songs never make it on Instagram and Facebook stories neither tik tok I hate that !!! Distrokid did all that for me but tunecore gives a hard time

    • @JayDeeOfficialx
      @JayDeeOfficialx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same!!

    • @hunchoneno
      @hunchoneno 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You gotta send them an email they fixed it now finally 🔥🔥

  • @RyanSmithSounds
    @RyanSmithSounds ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hugely appreciate this video mate

  • @carlosorellana621
    @carlosorellana621 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the only problem with tunecore is youtube artist channel request site under construction for over 5 months

  • @manlum
    @manlum 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great explanation!

  • @chrisdoninzane
    @chrisdoninzane ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like all your review. This is what I waiting for.

  • @oO5Dynasty
    @oO5Dynasty ปีที่แล้ว +3

    😂😂😂😂😂 that dark wing duck line! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When there's trouble you call D.W

  • @sulikokhomasuridze
    @sulikokhomasuridze หลายเดือนก่อน

    Здравствуйте.. У меня есть аккаунт cdbaby но не могу зайти так как я сменил номер телефона и без сообщений не могу зайти.. Не подскажите что я могу сделать?

  • @victormjimmyjackson4076
    @victormjimmyjackson4076 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you

  • @massiahg
    @massiahg ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Distrokid pays whenever they feel like it.. no set pay date

  • @cassandrahuskey8866
    @cassandrahuskey8866 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You might want to update this cause tbey all have changed alot in the last 3 months

  • @silentsage2462
    @silentsage2462 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So with CD Baby, how would you get the producer their 50% mechanical royalties if you can’t do splits?

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You mean for sales right? I hope you're just talking about download sales. You don't pay Mechanical royalties for streams, the streaming platforms do. If you've been doing that, the producer has been getting paid twice.

    • @silentsage2462
      @silentsage2462 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Payusnomind oh ok. No I haven’t launched my career yet, just getting everything in order. I just know Tunecore and Distrokid have a section for splits

    • @Josh-py9rq
      @Josh-py9rq ปีที่แล้ว

      @@silentsage2462lol was gonna say that would have been a big whoops 😂 paying out more than you needed too lok

  • @myway420_
    @myway420_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great review video 👍

  • @GavenJr
    @GavenJr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for the info m8

  • @heltontewold
    @heltontewold ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice and clean💯

  • @TookCross
    @TookCross ปีที่แล้ว +7

    which 1 you think is the best out of these ?

    • @LootPackShop
      @LootPackShop ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Think of it like this … if you’re music is incomplete
      Tunecore
      If it’s final CD Baby
      Final being “ I’m ready to get paid for life and just keep it moving upload it once and it’s online forever “
      Tunecore your albums and singles are always at risk of deletion after your death
      I know being dead doesn’t matter but your music does

    • @asusrog8872
      @asusrog8872 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@LootPackShopok so CDBaby

  • @mrheaven-u7h
    @mrheaven-u7h ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks buddy

  • @zenyfilmsrambo
    @zenyfilmsrambo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why pRO SINGLES $49 FROM Cd baby

  • @royalfl8me502
    @royalfl8me502 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, I want You to Know I keep attempting to sign up on Your discount link and it is not providing the discount so it's probably not giving You the credit either.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok, it's all good. Sorry the discount isn't working. It's not so much about the credit as it is tracking. I track all links independently as well as through companies that allow it. Sometimes it's affiliate stuff, sometimes it's just to know whether my viewers responded. It's something anyone doing anything online should do. Attribution allows you to understand your value so if anyone wants to come and do a partnership with you, you can say you drive x amount of traffic to partners and demand fair compensation. So, you've got things like Bit.ly, Toneden, etc. that allow you to set up your own attribution system. One day I'll do a show on it, maybe, folks don't tend to have much interest in that kind of stuff.

    • @zahraamohamed5833
      @zahraamohamed5833 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Payusnomind So is there no discount for TuneCore or is this the wrong link?

  • @SlickNaro
    @SlickNaro ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate this

    • @SamArrag
      @SamArrag ปีที่แล้ว

      day 7 : @DistroKid
      is a scam! They take your money and then remove all of your music from all platforms and do not reply to emails. ill not stop porting it until I get my money back

  • @HarrietSchock123
    @HarrietSchock123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My question is about Tunecore. An artist has released a CD of my songs. I own publishing and wrote them. Do all the royalties go to the artist and is he expected to pay me for all the downloads? I suspect the splits are only for co-writes when the artist is the writer as well. I can't get Tunecore to answer me. Thanks.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tunecore doesn’t handle anything in the way of Publishing unless you’re using Tunecore’s Publishing service which is separate from distribution. And yes, the recording artist in this scenario is responsible for paying mechanicals for downloads and physical sales. There’s probably more you’re owed from places outside of that but that’s another conversation.

    • @imanoelsobanks768
      @imanoelsobanks768 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can i register with Tunecore and get my royalty from distrokid through a split from a sono i produced? But i don't have an account with distrokid?

    • @imanoelsobanks768
      @imanoelsobanks768 ปีที่แล้ว

      @payusnomind

  • @T1C3
    @T1C3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dark Wing duck is a BAr

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No doubt. Got to show love to the classics.

  • @beastie1996
    @beastie1996 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The link is broken!

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Does it work now?

  • @VSDeluxe
    @VSDeluxe ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For CDBaby: You can whitelist your Chanal and the chanal of others by Opening a Ticket and saying that chanal X should be Whitelisted. Or linking your account to CDBaby with the TH-cam Artist Account.

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All I found was this support article: support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/211095303-Claims-Disputes-and-Permissions-on-TH-cam Nothing on putting in a ticket or anything like that. I'll reach out to them though and see what's up.

    • @VSDeluxe
      @VSDeluxe ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Payusnomind OK now they changed that. Was till recently a other story.

  • @IAmAsherSun
    @IAmAsherSun ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1 artist for distrokid is $23

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Review wasn't based on their lowest offer, it was based on their best offer. 1 artist for Tunecore is $15 but it's not their best offer.

  • @aagora
    @aagora ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Distrokid distribute to TikTok?

  • @saneasm
    @saneasm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bro distrokid is not $35 what you talm bout?

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm talking about Distrokid being $35 which has now been increased to $39. Their former $20 tier, which is now $23, is so stripped down it cannot be compared to other services. You're paying less for less.

  • @c-tzemthebeatmaker
    @c-tzemthebeatmaker ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ditto wins in terms of splits with collaboration

  • @yanikjayaram
    @yanikjayaram ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:00 - you didn't define what content id means.

    • @mansurdorado
      @mansurdorado ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TH-cam content ID

    • @asusrog8872
      @asusrog8872 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Basically a Topic - Channel

  •  ปีที่แล้ว +3

    tunecore copyright thieves

  • @nowzyboymusic
    @nowzyboymusic 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Africa. Stop using cd Baby. Because City baby 9% of your and if you want to withdraw money then we got 30% of your money 🤑. So if you are Africa using CD baby I think you are just wasting your time 60% 40%. It's so bad energy

    • @asusrog8872
      @asusrog8872 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what do you use

  • @jackstone4825
    @jackstone4825 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Has affiliate links to all three platforms. You are the product!

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's a silly take. We're all the product. You're on TH-cam watching videos and being exposed to ads in order to research companies you have to pay to put your music on streaming platforms that will exploit your creations for fractions of a penny while making billions. God forbid any of us get anything out of any of this other than attention. And, by the way, CD Baby doesn't even have an affiliate program. I asked them for a discount for viewers. Does it warm your heart that I get nothing? 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @CursedCxrpse
    @CursedCxrpse 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just so y’all know you need to keep 30% of anything you ever make on DistroKid to put towards that years taxes or you will end up in debt

    • @Payusnomind
      @Payusnomind  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, for artists in countries without a tax treaty with the US or fail to fill out a tax form with the distributor. They're all doing it if they're based in the US.