Comprehensive SoundOn Review 2024: Pricing, Features & Everything You Need to Know

Top Reason to Choose SoundOn Distribution

Discovery. Artists sign up for digital distribution with dreams of earning money from their music but before that happens, the music needs to be heard, streams, sales, micro-synch usage all those things have to happen. Often, they don’t and artists end up paying annual fees for distribution while recouping less than zero percent of the cost. Distributors don’t consider it their responsibility to help your music get heard, they just distribute your music to stores, which is fair. SoundOn changes the game by plugging artists into a network of over 3 million creators the service will have use your music in TikToks to drive discovery and revenue. It’s free distribution, bundled with free promotion.

There is no cost attached to using SoundOn, no upfront fee, and no backend percentage for revenue generated by Bytedance-owned properties like TikTok and Resso. You only pay 10% of royalties generated by third-party platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. This is significant because your music is likely to earn more from Bytedance-owned properties through SoundOn so you’ll keep more of the revenue you earn from the places you earn the most.

Top Features 

Advanced metrics on  TikTok Influencers & videos

Some distributors claim to provide data on the performance of your music on TikTok but that information is likely to be more accurate and detailed coming from the source.

 

Details

SoundOn

Price - Annual fee

Price per release

Price - Revenue split

Stores

Beatport

New Stores

Pre-orders

Digital Booklets

Dolby Atmos
Apple Music pays 10% for songs mixed in Spatial audio

Custom Label Name

Primary Artist

Content ID

Music Stays Live
What happens to your music if you cancel or dicontinue payment

Split Pay

Classical

Music Video

Customer Support

Transaction Fees
Charged by payment gateways like Paypal for processing

Payment Threshold
Minimum amount required to receive a payment

Tax-Treaty
Countries without a US tax-treaty are subject to 30% withholdings

KYC
Requires taking a photo of your ID + a Selfie (less likely)

Artificial Streaming Fee
What you're charged per accusation of streaming fraud

Payusnomind Rating

Details

Rising Artist: $20
Break Out Artist: $40
Professional $50

None

Keep 100%

Unlimited

Yes

Yes - Manual

Yes

Yes

Basic: No
Plus: No
Pro: Yes + £20 per track

Yes - Varies by plan.

Basic: No
Plus: Yes
Pro: Yes

Yes - Varies by plan.

Basic: restricted to 1
Plus: restricted to 2-5
Pro: 6

1 - 6
Varies by plan.

Basic: No
Plus: No
Pro - Yes & keep 100%

Yes - Varies by plan.

Yes

Basic: No
Plus: No
Pro: Yes

Yes - Varies by plan.

Yes

No

Basic & Plus: Email- General
Pro: Live chat, Video call, & Phone

Requires currency conversion fees
Pays in GBP

2.9% Uncapped for PayPal
ACH

No

No - Not Subject to 30% Tax

No

Yes

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Overall Rating: 4/5