Maybe some kind of increasing scale for revenue depending on larger numbers of listens.
My break down by track is pretty inconsistent, too. I’ve got a single track with over a million listen that made me 36 cents. My most popular track has over 4M listens, and it’s responsible for half that $45. Distrokid doesn’t say which streaming service that revenue comes from, either. Some pay more than others, I imagine.
lemmyingly@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Do you pay them any money to have the songs on the platforms?
If not, I wonder if they charge you a fee but only deduct their fee from your earnings. So if you don’t get plays then they don’t ask for money. And the break even point is at around 1 million plays. Just a theory of course; I’m sure it’s all stated in the fine print.
Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I pay Distrokid ~$20 a year to distribute my music to a lot of streaming services, but I do not pay individual streaming services. I never really expected much return. I wasn’t disappointed! Haha!
lemmyingly@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I was just curious about why 4 million plays is ~$20 and 1 million plays is less than a dollar.
Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The best I can figure is that the 4M$20 track was popular on a streaming service that pays better, and vice versa for whatever reason.