Want to start your own distribution service? New player DistroDirect offers a customizable music distribution solution under your own brand.
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Launched today, DistroDirect gives tens of thousands of music companies, labels and industry professionals around the world the ability to open their own automated online distribution platform.
With plans to democratize the distribution sector, DistroDirect puts more power in the hands of a wide range of industry professionals. With a focus on world-class customer support for both distributor and artist, DistroDirect’s intuitive system and dedicated support team focus on fostering strong artist relationships in an industry traditionally focused on artists. data.
DistroDirect presents itself as a market disruptive white label B2B SaaS solution for the industry. Simply put, it’s a customizable software platform for any music professional with a music catalog. DistroDirect’s platform provides music to over 100 digital service providers (DSPs) including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer, TikTok and many more.
Why use DistroDirect to create a platform?
Each distributor can set their own prices, royalty rates and customize their website with a dedicated admin panel. Artists can create an account, log in, and view their dashboard to manage their assets, downloads, and royalty withdrawals. DistroDirect and his team manage all artist customer support and facilitate the delivery of any content by offering music companies an administrator-less solution to grow their artist network.
DistroDirect is the brainchild of independent Australian digital distributor GYROstream. It is a distribution platform designed to bring a customizable distribution platform to anyone who needs it.
“We’ve seen a lot of music companies doing it tough (many still are) with lost revenue across the board. So we wanted to offer something that could help them diversify their revenue streams, automate and further evolve their current distribution processes, and help them better control their artists’ end-to-end product deliveries, ”he said. Andy Irvine, CEO of DistroDirect and GYROstream, told Digital Music. New.
DistroDirect says its model is designed as an alternative to the growing monopolization of global retail giants.
DistroDirect believes that developing key relationships in local markets generates better results for artists. Its high-end micro-distribution model allows small and medium-sized music companies to thrive while managing their own distribution.
DistroDirect says it is excited to build a network of white label services to leverage such as digital marketing, artist advancements, playlists and other global promotional opportunities. More than 150 music companies in 21 markets have opened their own services since the launch of the beta version of DistroDirect in January 2021.
“We have already integrated so many like-minded music-related labels, studios and start-ups that represent amazing artists. Our goal is to empower more industry professionals and establish store distribution in all music markets around the world, ”said Irvine.
Distributing digital music is easier than ever, thanks to distribution companies. It is estimated that around 60,000 titles are released each day through digital distributors. With budding artists and independent labels screaming at DSP doors, it’s important to choose the right distributor.
DistroDirect puts the distribution power in the hands of small businesses, which may have relied on larger distributors in the past. It’s a platform that was built by a company that prides itself on premium artist support.
What is GYROstream?
Headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, GYROstream was founded in 2018 and has since grown into one of Australia’s leading digital music distribution and artist services companies. It handles delivery to Spotify, Apple, TikTok, Amazon, YouTube, and over 100 other DSPs.
The distributor recently introduced a new split payment system to allow multiple collaborators on a track to receive automated royalty payments. Split payments are also available on the DistroDirect platform.
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