Distrokid is a music distributor that from their marketing looks very cheap. However, they have a lot of hidden fees that they choose not to tell people from the beginning. Additionally, for every new artist name you want on your account they will also charge you to add more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In reality if you take in all these extra costs into account the service is expensive in comparison to others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shazam & iPhone Siri: <\/strong>$0.99 per song\/year<\/em><\/p>
Make it easy for people to identify this single if they hear it playing on radio\/tv, in stores, restaurants, parties, etc.<\/p>
Store Maximizer: <\/strong>$7.95 per album\/year<\/em><\/p>
DistroKid will automatically deliver this single to new online stores and streaming services as we add them. Which is often. We\u2019ll give you notice before adding.<\/p>
YouTube Money: <\/strong>$4.95 per single\/year, $14.95 per album\/year, + 20% of YouTube ad revenue (Run by another company and no control)<\/em><\/p>
Get notified & paid if your music is ever used in any YouTube videos. We\u2019ll add this single to YouTube\u2019s Content ID database, and continually scan for matches. When your music is detected in any YouTube video, you\u2019ll be notified\u2014and ad revenue will automatically go to you, instead of to the person who uploaded the video.<\/p>
Leave a Legacy: <\/strong>$29.00 per single, $49.00 per album of 2+ tracks (nonrecurring fee)<\/em><\/p>
DistroKid will never delete your release from stores due to a lapsed DistroKid membership<\/strong>, even if you die. You can always choose to delete it any time\u2014or not. You will continue to accrue 100% of royalties, as normal, forever. Leave your legacy for future generations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Distrokid is a music distributor that from their marketing looks very cheap. However, they have a lot of hidden fees that they choose not to tell people from the beginning. Additionally, for every new artist name you want on your account they will also charge you to add more. In reality if you take in all these extra costs into account the service is expensive in comparison to others. Shazam & iPhone Siri: $0.99 per song\/year Make it easy for people to identify this single if they hear it playing on radio\/tv, in stores, restaurants, parties, etc. Store Maximizer: $7.95 per album\/year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[46,6,7,24,47,48],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-money","tag-distrokid","tag-music","tag-music-distribution","tag-music-streaming","tag-streaming","tag-youtube"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees - RouteNote Create Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees - RouteNote Create Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Distrokid is a music distributor that from their marketing looks very cheap. However, they have a lot of hidden fees that they choose not to tell people from the beginning. Additionally, for every new artist name you want on your account they will also charge you to add more. In reality if you take in all these extra costs into account the service is expensive in comparison to others. Shazam & iPhone Siri: $0.99 per song\/year Make it easy for people to identify this single if they hear it playing on radio\/tv, in stores, restaurants, parties, etc. Store Maximizer: $7.95 per album\/year...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote Create Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/routenote\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-08T12:30:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-22T12:19:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Music-Distribution.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"343\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bot\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@routenote\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@routenote\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bot\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bot\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/332b6be04d989fab401a2689c86082be\"},\"headline\":\"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-08T12:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-22T12:19:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"distrokid\",\"music\",\"music distribution\",\"music streaming\",\"streaming\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Music & Money\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\",\"name\":\"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees - RouteNote Create Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-08T12:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-22T12:19:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote Create Blog\",\"description\":\"Content for Musicians\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RouteNote Create Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blog-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blog-2.png\",\"width\":1640,\"height\":924,\"caption\":\"RouteNote Create Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/routenote\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/routenote\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/332b6be04d989fab401a2689c86082be\",\"name\":\"Bot\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1219697f92a77037e5815a95dbf89861?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1219697f92a77037e5815a95dbf89861?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bot\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/author\/steven\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees - RouteNote Create Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees - RouteNote Create Blog","og_description":"Distrokid is a music distributor that from their marketing looks very cheap. However, they have a lot of hidden fees that they choose not to tell people from the beginning. Additionally, for every new artist name you want on your account they will also charge you to add more. In reality if you take in all these extra costs into account the service is expensive in comparison to others. Shazam & iPhone Siri: $0.99 per song\/year Make it easy for people to identify this single if they hear it playing on radio\/tv, in stores, restaurants, parties, etc. Store Maximizer: $7.95 per album\/year...","og_url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/","og_site_name":"RouteNote Create Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/routenote\/","article_published_time":"2021-05-08T12:30:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-22T12:19:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":614,"height":343,"url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Music-Distribution.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bot","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@routenote","twitter_site":"@routenote","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bot","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/"},"author":{"name":"Bot","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/332b6be04d989fab401a2689c86082be"},"headline":"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees","datePublished":"2021-05-08T12:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-22T12:19:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/"},"wordCount":283,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["distrokid","music","music distribution","music streaming","streaming","youtube"],"articleSection":["Music & Money"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/","url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/","name":"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees - RouteNote Create Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-05-08T12:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-22T12:19:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/distrokid-has-lots-of-hidden-fees\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Distrokid Has Lots of Hidden Fees"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/","name":"RouteNote Create Blog","description":"Content for Musicians","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"RouteNote Create Blog","url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blog-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Blog-2.png","width":1640,"height":924,"caption":"RouteNote Create Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/routenote\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/routenote"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/332b6be04d989fab401a2689c86082be","name":"Bot","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1219697f92a77037e5815a95dbf89861?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1219697f92a77037e5815a95dbf89861?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bot"},"url":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/author\/steven\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10957,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/10957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.routenote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}