Top Reason to Choose RouteNote

Free distribution and no KYC. RouteNote, outside of SoundOn, might be the only music distribution company with a revenue share model where artists aren’t required to pay an upfront fee per release or an annual fee for unlimited. As noted, there’s also SoundOn but the difference between the two, among other things is the KYC requirement.  SoundOn requires all users to upload a photo of their State ID and input their ID number to use its service while RouteNote does not. If KYC is a major deterrent for you but you like the idea of no-fee commitments, then RouteNote might be worth a try.

Scale. Scaling a business means growing a company in a way that allows it to handle more business without increasing costs. RouteNote provides unlimited distribution to all the stores you’d get with any other distributor and carries out the same basic functions of collecting and distributing payments. What’s key is that there’s a reason nearly every distributor with the revenue share model has dumped it. It’s incredibly difficult to provide quality service and reinvest in growth and development with super thin margins and this model relies on artists generating revenue to run its business. Artists are attracted to this model mainly due to a lack of faith in their ability to earn, It’s why they want to avoid paying anything. The result can be lots of artists, lots of releases, and little revenue which strains resources. When it comes to reviews we like to take them with a grain of salt. We know what’s standard which are complaints around streaming fraud accusations and poor customer support. With RouteNote it’s different, their complaints center around issues with delivery: releases showing up in stores late or not at all, being deleted from artist dashboards, in addition to customer support being unresponsive to addressing those issues. It’s free, but as my good friend always says “you get what you pay for”

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