Be sure to upload your music files in WAV format, and your artwork with the dimensions 3000 x 3000 pixels.
How to Sell Music on Beatport
Discover how to sell music on Beatport with iMusician. Register your label, monetize your music, and keep 100% of the rights.
How To Get on Beatport
With a reported 40 million users, Beatport is the world’s leading electronic music store and the best place for DJs, producers, and EDM artists to release their electronic music digitally.
Founded in 2004, Beatport initially specialized in distributing only a select number of electronic music types. As it expanded its music catalog, it started to include all electronic music genres such as house, techno, and dubstep.
Normally, to sell music on Beatport, artists need to provide Beatport label managers with the following:
6-month release schedule and accompanying promotion/marketing initiatives
Evidence of an established online presence (label website, Facebook, Soundcloud, mailing list, etc)
A repertoire of relevant artists/remixers
DJ testimonials for previous releases and promotions
However, not all musicians can meet these strict distribution requirements, so that’s where we come in! We can deal with Beatport directly to give you and your label the credibility and support to ensure the smooth distribution of your music.
How do I get my music on Beatport?
Follow these easy steps to get your music on Beatport
Sign up for iMusician.
Once registered with us, we can help you put your music out there as well as register your own label which is a requirement for releasing music on Beatport.
Create your release and select "Beatport" in the shop selection
Our QA team will contact you directly if anything needs to be corrected.
How much does it cost to sell music on Beatport?
By selling music on Beatport through iMusician, you won’t encounter any catches or hidden costs. There’s no start-up fee, no yearly fee, no charge for barcodes or ISRCs and you can cancel at any time.
Our plans are flexible and easy. Whether you want to get on Beatport now and add other stores onto your plan at a later stage or prefer to distribute your music in several stores from the beginning, we can help you share your electronic music with a plan that suits you.
You also have the option to upgrade to more professional plans in the future to pay less commission on your releases.
How Much Does It Cost to Sell Music on Beatport?
By selling music on Beatport through iMusician, you won’t encounter any catches or hidden costs. Your music stays online forever. No yearly or monthly fee to keep your tracks in stores.
Our subscription plans are flexible and easy. Whether you want to get on Beatport now and add other stores to your plan at a later stage or prefer to distribute your music in several stores from the beginning, we can help you share your electronic music with a plan that suits you.
Why Use iMusician to Sell Your Music on Beatport?
At iMusician, our goal is to level the music streaming playing field, and we have already helped 500,000 independent artists and record labels sell and monetize their music online. We believe in equal access to streaming sites and music platforms for all, and we help artists manage and share their music across the world, ensuring they are fully protected.
- iMusician distributes your music to Beatport plus we have the widest ranch of music platforms and popular regional shops worldwide.
- No matter where you are on your musical journey – we have a subscription plan to help ensure your music gets on Beatport.
- No annual renewal fees. Select your subscription plan and your music is on Beatport and in other stores forever.
- Get help and support in your language from our global Artist & Label Relations Managers.
We also offer distribution on other important electronic music shops such as Traxsource and Juno Download.
FAQs
How Can We Help You?
Simple, create an account with iMusician, and distribute your music to Beatport. Once your music is on Beatport, just fill out their Artist Profile form and Beatport will confirm your artist profile in a couple of weeks.
Beatport Hype is a feature within Beatport that aims to give more visibility to rising labels and artists who might have fewer chances to see their tracks end up in DJs’ bucket lists. On average, labels signed up to Beatport Hype have seen an increase of more than 70% in track sales. You can register your label with Beatport Hype here.
iMusician is one of the only digital music distributors that can distribute your music to electronic music stores such as Beatport, Traxsource, and Juno Download. Discover our budget-friendly distribution plans here.
Posting a chart on Beatport can help promote your new release. Here are the steps:
- Sign into Beatport with your account.
- After signing in, within your Beatport dashboard select create a chart.
- Title your chart and upload a cover image
- Add your tracks! Beatport prefers longer charts, so add as many as you want.
- Publish the chart!