When you first sign in, a short setup wizard walks you through your artist, one step at a time. You can skip steps and finish later from your profile. What your profile needs before you can send a release Your profile shows a small progress bar with three items. Two of them are required before you can send a release: your name and your photo. A social link is a reminder, not a block. Sending music is never locked. You can send a demo or start a release at any time; it is the Send action on a finished release that waits for your name and photo. Name Your artist name, how you are credited. Social At least one link (Spotify, Instagram, SoundCloud, YouTube, and so on) so we and your listeners can find you. Photo A clear profile photo or logo for your artist page. Already on streaming? In the wizard we ask if you already have artist pages on Spotify or Apple Music. If yes, paste your artist links so we do not create duplicate profiles for you. You can find them on Spotify for Artists and Apple Music for Artists. Reviewed before it goes live Profile changes (bio, image, links) are checked by our team before they appear publicly. You will see a pending-review note until then. Related - Finish your setup - Creating and sending a release

💶 Royalties & payments

Fees and revenue share

There are no upfront costs. We simply take a share of the revenue your music generates, never billed to you. All Fatstep labels use the same fees. Distribution (streaming and downloads) On every platform (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and so on), you keep 70% and Fatstep takes 30%. This is the same across all our labels. Direct sales on Fatstep For music sold directly on the Fatstep app, you keep between 70% and 90%, depending on what the customer chooses to pay. When fans pay more, you keep a bigger share. Publishing and sync / licensing We register and protect your works with SACEM and other collecting societies. Publishing is always handled under Fatstep, which is both our publishing company and one of our distribution labels. When we place a track for sync or licensing, the deal has two sides: the master (the recording) and the publishing (the composition). We take: - 25% on the master right - 50% on the publishing right These rates apply to every licence we grant directly. Rights collected by SACEM follow its own distribution rules. Everything that is included No subscription, no paid add-ons. Our fees cover all of the following. Distribution - Full distribution: streaming and download stores, plus Content ID, Shazam, Snapchat, Beatport, Meta and many more (full list) - ISRC codes, provided - Your back catalogue, if you want to bring it over - Waterfall release strategies and pitching to platform editorial teams - Several aliases on one account - Co-artists, features and remixers, with each one's share paid out automatically Protection and rights - Your works registered with SACEM and your recordings with SCPP - A network of sub-publishers collecting your rights in other countries - Neighbouring rights, with no commission (learn more) - Your catalogue on Songfindr, the app and its Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve plugins, where creators come looking for music Links and audience - A smart link for every release, working as a pre-add link before the date and as a listening link on release day - A short artist link that gathers all your smart links (your artist page) - On that artist link: email-gated downloads, YouTube videos and custom links - Meta and TikTok pixels on all your links (ads and tracking) - A free CSV export of your followers (your followers) Stats - Detailed stats on distribution, publishing and your links - Insights: Spotify popularity score, the YouTubers using your tracks the most, trends in the videos that use them, and more And one single point of contact for distribution, publishing, licensing and your links. Your rights - Your masters stay yours. The distribution contract gives us the right to sell them, not ownership. - Distribution: the contract runs for 1 year and renews every year. You can end it with 2 months' notice before the end of the current year. Your ISRC codes stay with you, and we can move your tracks to the distributor of your choice without taking them down. - Publishing: after 5 years, you can take back your rights on one or more tracks, with 6 months' notice. Earnings already generated stay shared as agreed, and licences already signed run until they end. - Sync: every major licence is put to you before it is signed. As with publishing, you can end the mandate after 5 years, with 6 months' notice, and licences already signed run until they end. How and when it is taken Our share is deducted from earnings before they reach your Wallet, so the balance you see is already your share. Nothing is invoiced. Related - Your wallet and how you get paid - Distribution vs publishing

💿 Releases & submissions

Creating and sending a release

A release starts as a song and becomes a release when you send it to us. You do it all from Releases. 1. Start it Click Send music in the sidebar. If we already distribute you, it opens a new release draft. If you are new to us, it opens a short demo first, and it becomes a release once the team picks it up. A release can hold several songs, so you can add more later with + Add a song. 2. Fill in the release - Release title - Release date - at least 10 days out (see Choosing a release date) - Cover artwork - square (see Audio and artwork requirements) The Label is set by our team when we accept the release. 3. Complete each song For every song: title, DJ-store genre, genre, audio language, and the master audio file. Set the splits so credits total 100%. Add an ISRC only if the track was previously distributed. See Splits, credits and co-artists and ISRC and UPC codes. 4. Check the checklist A footer checklist lists exactly what is left before you can send, for example "Add a release title" or "Complete song #1". When it says Ready to send, you are good. 5. Send Click Send for review and confirm. It goes to the label. You can request changes afterwards, so sending is not final. If the Send button is locked, finish your profile setup first (name, one social link and a photo). Related - How a release moves from draft to live - Editing a release that is already live

💶 Royalties & payments

Requesting a payout

Even though payouts run automatically, you can ask to be paid whenever you like. How In Wallet, click Request payment and confirm. The rules - We pay automatically each month for any balance over €100, so you may not need to request at all. - You can request a payout any time your balance is at least €5. The minimum exists to cover the transfer fees. - When your balance is eligible, the wallet shows "Eligible to request a payout". After you request The wallet shows "Payout requested on {date}" and you will be paid in a few days. Payment is sent by Wise, so you can receive it in the currency you prefer, at almost no fee. There is nothing else to do. If a request fails or you see a network error, wait a moment and try again. If it keeps failing, contact us. Related - Your wallet and how you get paid - Why your numbers change over time

💶 Royalties & payments

Your wallet and how you get paid

Wallet shows what you have earned, what has been paid, and your current balance. Your balance is shown in EUR Because our accounting is finalized in euro, your balance and statements are shown in EUR throughout the wallet. Receiving your money in any currency We send payouts by Wise bank transfer, so you can be paid in almost any currency - euro or your local currency - with almost no conversion fee. Wise transfers at a near-market rate, so you keep more of your money wherever you live. Why "total earned" can differ from your EUR balance Distribution statements arrive in USD. Each month, when we close the accounting, we lock the EUR conversion at the real exchange rate that applied then. Because rates move, the running USD total and your locked EUR balance will not match exactly. This is normal. Automatic monthly payouts Each month we automatically pay every artist whose balance is over €100. In most cases you do not need to do anything. Request a payout yourself Prefer to be paid sooner? You can request a payout any time your balance is at least €5 (the minimum covers the transfer fees). See Requesting a payout. Revenue by source Your wallet breaks earnings into: - Streams - distribution statements (streaming, downloads, ad, video, radio, licensing). - Fatstep Sales - direct sales on Fatstep. - Licences - your direct Fatstep licences. - Payments received - what has already been paid to you. Related - Fees and revenue share - Requesting a payout - Understanding your dashboard

🖋️ Publishing

What publishing covers

Publishing is about the song itself (the composition), separate from any one recording of it. Here is what we handle when publishing is on. Registration with the collecting societies We register the works so publishing royalties are collected correctly. On a release you will see this as its own stage, labelled SACEM (our own society is SACEM), which then moves to awaiting validation. That deposit is the first step and the one you can follow in the app, not the whole picture. From there the work reaches the collecting societies of other countries through our partners and sub-publishers, so a play abroad is collected by the society that operates there. You do not have to register anywhere yourself, and there is nothing extra to do per territory. Registration is also what makes your composition earn from YouTube: the societies have their own agreements with the platform, so once the work is deposited, the composition side is collected like any other use. Collecting publishing royalties Beyond streaming payouts, compositions earn royalties through performance and mechanical rights. Publishing is how those get collected and paid to the writers. Sync and stock licensing We actively look for opportunities to place your music: sync (film, TV, ads, online video) and stock or production-music libraries. These can bring in licence income and expose your music to new audiences, which often lifts streams too. Who gets paid Publishing follows the songwriter and composer credits on the song. That is why the roles and legal names in your splits matter. See Why legal names and roles matter for publishing. Related - Distribution vs publishing - Cover songs and licensing