Save 50% on worldwide music distribution with CD Baby when you switch from another distributor

Unhappy with your current distribution? Switch to CD Baby and get 50% off our ONE-TIME signup fee.

Every once in a while, a friend of mine (against my recommendations, of course) will use a company other than CD Baby to distribute their latest single or album. In almost every one of those cases, the results were the same: they’d come to me a year or two later and say, “Dude, you were totally right. I need to switch to CD Baby.”

It could be that the distributor they chose is closing up shop, or that the annual fees have finally kicked in (and if you’re paying $50 a year per album just to keep your back catalog online, those fees add up quick).

Whenever this happens, though, I feel a mixture of relief and frustration. I’m relieved the person is going to switch to CD Baby, but I’m frustrated they’ve wasted their time, money, and effort elsewhere.

Obvious full disclosure: Yes, I work for CD Baby. But CD Baby was my distributor years before it was my employer, and I strongly believe that for most independent musicians, CD Baby is the best option.

5 reasons why CD Baby is the smartest choice for artists

1. We do MUCH MORE than just digital distribution

Yes, we’ll send your music to Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and every other important download and streaming platform. But a standard CD Baby submission also includes:

— CD and vinyl distribution to thousands of record stores worldwide

— CD, vinyl, and download sales on www.cdbaby.com, with the highest digital payout on the web

— Promo tools to help you sell your music on your website and Facebook (with CD Baby handling all the order fulfillment and customer service)

— YouTube monetization

— Sync and micro-sync licensing

— Even more

 2. There are NO ANNUAL FEES and NO PER-DELIVERY FEES

We just take a small commission on your sales, so beyond the initial one-time setup fee, we only make money when you do. We’re not going to threaten to remove your music from iTunes every year if you don’t pay a hefty fee. We’re not going to take your music down if sales slow. We’d rather give you the assurance that your music will be available worldwide until…the end of the Internet. You shouldn’t have to pay out-of-pocket for that.

Similarly, we don’t think you should have to pay every time you want us to send your songs to the newest music platform. So we include all the stuff mentioned above in the one-time signup fee, and then whenever we strike a partnership with a new music service — such as Apple Music — your music is automatically included if you’d like it to be. (You’re in control of your distribution preferences, after all.)

 3. You EARN MORE per download sale than through any other digital music retailer

Customers on CDBaby.com have their choice of several formats when they download music, including CD-quality FLAC files. And you keep 91% of the revenue from those sales – a higher percentage than you’ll earn anywhere else. So your fans get better audio for the same price they’d pay elsewhere, and YOU earn more money.

4. We’ve been doing this for a long time

Well, “a long time” as far as digital music companies go. We’ve been helping independent artists distribute their music online since 1998, and we’ve been partnered with Apple since they launched iTunes in 2004. In the years since, we’ve found new ways to open up sync, streaming, YouTube, and publishing revenues to musicians. We’ve been around for a while and we’re not going anywhere. In an age where the buzzed-about tech startup of today is likely to be out of business in a few years, I think that says a lot.

5. Actual-human customer service

Most of us that work at CD Baby are musicians and artists ourselves. We get it! We know how important it is to handle your music distribution the right way, and we actually answer the phones, so you can call us with questions and we’re happy to talk.

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Source: Musician Resources