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Here’s what it will cover.",{"path":142,"title":143,"category":7,"description":144},"/articles/free-collaborator-accounts","Free Collaborator Accounts","Learn about the free accounts available for collaborators to track and withdraw their shares.",{"path":146,"title":147,"category":32,"description":148},"/articles/grow-as-independent-artist","How to Grow as an Independent Artist","Sustainable growth strategies for independent artists, moving beyond hacks to data-driven decisions.",{"path":150,"title":151,"category":27,"description":152},"/articles/hidden-fees","Are There Any Hidden Fees?","What MOOSYC charges, what payment providers charge, and how you see it before you confirm.",{"path":154,"title":155,"category":82,"description":156},"/articles/how-long-to-get-music-live","How Long Does It Take to Get Music Live?","Understand the timeline for getting your music live on streaming platforms after approval.",{"path":158,"title":159,"category":160,"description":161},"/articles/how-much-does-spotify-pay-per-stream","How Much Does Spotify Pay per Stream?","Glossary & Music Industry Basics","Spotify has no per-stream rate. How it actually pays, the 1,000-stream minimum, what happens to artificial streams, and what your distributor keeps.",{"path":163,"title":164,"category":160,"description":165},"/articles/how-royalties-calculated","How Streaming Royalties Are Calculated","Why there’s no fixed per-stream rate, and what actually moves the number.",{"path":167,"title":168,"category":37,"description":169},"/articles/how-royalties-work","How Royalties Work on MOOSYC","How streaming money gets from a platform to your account.",{"path":171,"title":172,"category":73,"description":173},"/articles/how-to-get-approved-first-time","How to Get Approved First Time","The handful of technical things review actually checks, each with its one-line fix.",{"path":175,"title":176,"category":32,"description":177},"/articles/how-to-release-a-song","How to Release a Song, Step by Step","Every step from finished track to release day, in order. 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MOOSYC.",{"path":256,"title":257,"category":185,"description":258},"/articles/payout-failures","What Happens If a Payout Fails?","What to do if a withdrawal doesn’t go through, and why your money is safe.",{"path":260,"title":261,"category":185,"description":262},"/articles/payouts-for-labels","Managing Payouts for Labels","Tools and workflows for labels to manage centralized and artist-level payouts.",{"path":264,"title":265,"category":32,"description":266},"/articles/pre-saves-explained","What Is a Pre-Save?","How pre-saves work on Spotify and Apple Music, why they're worth chasing, and the pre-saves, smartlink and fan emails that come with every MOOSYC release.",{"path":268,"title":269,"category":32,"description":270},"/articles/preparing-music-for-dsps","Preparing Your Music for DSPs","A pre-upload checklist covering audio, artwork, metadata, timing and rights.",{"path":272,"title":273,"category":12,"description":274},"/articles/preventing-fraud-abuse","Preventing Fraud and Abuse","What MOOSYC watches for, why it protects your earnings, and what we will never do to your account.",{"path":276,"title":277,"category":95,"description":278},"/articles/protecting-artists-stores","How We Protect Your Catalog","How our relationship with the stores works in your favour when something needs sorting out.",{"path":280,"title":281,"category":12,"description":282},"/articles/quality-control-process","Our Review and Quality Control Process","What a human actually checks before your release goes out to stores.",{"path":284,"title":285,"category":27,"description":286},"/articles/refund-policy","Can I Get a Refund?","How MOOSYC handles refund requests.",{"path":288,"title":289,"category":32,"description":290},"/articles/release-professionally-2026","How to Release Music Professionally in 2026","A strategic approach to music releases in 2026, focusing on precision and platform 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it.",{"path":312,"title":313,"category":95,"description":314},"/articles/royalties-after-deletion","What Happens to Royalties After Account Deletion?","How store reporting lags work, and what’s worth doing before you close your MOOSYC account.",{"path":316,"title":317,"category":185,"description":318},"/articles/same-day-withdrawals","Same-Day Withdrawals","Request a withdrawal and we send it the same day.",{"path":320,"title":321,"category":17,"description":322},"/articles/shareable-analytics-cards","Shareable Analytics Cards","How shareable performance cards will work, including what they never show.",{"path":324,"title":325,"category":82,"description":326},"/articles/sign-in-with-apple-or-google","Sign in with Apple or Google","Learn how to sign in to MOOSYC using your Apple or Google account",{"path":328,"title":329,"category":42,"description":330},"/articles/smart-transfer-explained","Smart Transfer Explained","Type your artist name, upload your audio, and your whole catalog moves 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arrives.",{"path":352,"title":353,"category":22,"description":354},"/articles/spotify-canvas","What Is Spotify Canvas, and How Do I Add One?","Canvas is the short looping visual that replaces your cover art while your song plays on Spotify. Spotify's specs and rules, and how to add one in Spotify for Artists.",{"path":356,"title":357,"category":22,"description":358},"/articles/spotify-distribution","How Distribution to Spotify Works","The process and timeline for getting your music live on Spotify.",{"path":360,"title":361,"category":22,"description":362},"/articles/spotify-registered-artist-verification","How to Get Verified on Spotify","The blue check is now \"Registered Artist\", and \"Verified by Spotify\" is a separate badge. What each means in 2026, and how to get them.",{"path":364,"title":365,"category":27,"description":366},"/articles/stop-paying-music-distributor","What Happens to Your Music If You Stop Paying Your Distributor?","Some distributors take your releases down, some keep them up for a cut, and some keep them up as they were. What six distributors' own help pages say, and what MOOSYC does.",{"path":368,"title":369,"category":22,"description":370},"/articles/store-live-timelines","How Long Stores Take to Go Live","Typical timelines for various platforms to process and publish your music.",{"path":372,"title":373,"category":12,"description":374},"/articles/stream-manipulation-policy","Stream Manipulation Policy Explained","How MOOSYC handles artificial streaming, and why your real streams and your earnings are safe.",{"path":376,"title":377,"category":27,"description":378},"/articles/subscription-expiry","What Happens If My Subscription Expires?","Your music stays live and your earnings keep arriving.",{"path":380,"title":381,"category":73,"description":382},"/articles/supported-audio-formats","Supported Audio Formats","Which audio files MOOSYC accepts, and how to export a master that clears review first time.",{"path":384,"title":385,"category":185,"description":386},"/articles/supported-currencies","Supported Currencies","Which currencies MOOSYC can pay you in, and how to ask about yours.",{"path":388,"title":389,"category":82,"description":390},"/articles/supported-genres","Supported Genres and Content Types","Every genre is welcome on MOOSYC. Here's what we distribute, and the few formats stores can't take.",{"path":392,"title":393,"category":185,"description":394},"/articles/supported-payment-methods","Supported Payment Methods","The ways MOOSYC can send your royalties to you.",{"path":396,"title":397,"category":22,"description":398},"/articles/supported-platforms","Supported Platforms","The 43+ platforms and services MOOSYC delivers your music to worldwide, Beatport included.",{"path":400,"title":401,"category":42,"description":402},"/articles/takedown-amuse","How to Take Down Your Music from Amuse","How to move releases off Amuse without leaving gaps in your catalog.",{"path":404,"title":405,"category":42,"description":406},"/articles/takedown-awal","How to Take Down Your Music from AWAL","What to check in your AWAL agreement before delivering the same recordings anywhere else.",{"path":408,"title":409,"category":42,"description":410},"/articles/takedown-cdbaby","How to Take Down Your Music from CD Baby","What to expect when moving a release off CD Baby, and why there’s no time pressure.",{"path":412,"title":413,"category":42,"description":414},"/articles/takedown-distrokid","How to Take Down Your Music from DistroKid","How to remove your releases from DistroKid safely once your MOOSYC version is live.",{"path":416,"title":417,"category":42,"description":418},"/articles/takedown-landr","How to Take Down Your Music from LANDR","How to move a release off LANDR, and why reusing your original ISRC is what protects your streams.",{"path":420,"title":421,"category":95,"description":422},"/articles/takedown-timeline","How Long DSP Takedowns Take","What happens after you request a takedown, and how quickly each kind of store removes a release.",{"path":424,"title":425,"category":42,"description":426},"/articles/takedown-tunecore","How to Take Down Your Music from TuneCore","How to remove releases from TuneCore once your MOOSYC versions are live.",{"path":428,"title":429,"category":42,"description":430},"/articles/takedown-unitedmasters","How to Take Down Your Music from UnitedMasters","The order to follow when moving your releases off UnitedMasters.",{"path":432,"title":433,"category":17,"description":434},"/articles/tiktok-performance","TikTok Performance Metrics","What MOOSYC shows for TikTok, video creations and views.",{"path":436,"title":437,"category":12,"description":438},"/articles/trust-safety-quality","Trust, Safety, and Quality at MOOSYC","How MOOSYC keeps your catalog safe and your earnings intact, and what we commit to never doing.",{"path":440,"title":441,"category":82,"description":442},"/articles/under-18-policy","Can I Use MOOSYC If I'm Under 18?","Yes. Here's how it works, what the young artist keeps, and what it means for a guardian.",{"path":444,"title":445,"category":17,"description":446},"/articles/understanding-analytics","Understanding Your MOOSYC Analytics","Which sources MOOSYC reports on, and how current that data is.",{"path":448,"title":449,"category":17,"description":450},"/articles/use-moosyc-in-claude","Use MOOSYC in Claude","Connect your MOOSYC account to Claude and ask about your streams, earnings, releases, payouts and splits in plain words. Read-only, and you can disconnect anytime.",{"path":452,"title":453,"category":47,"description":454},"/articles/using-moosyc-as-label","Using MOOSYC as a Label","Learn how labels can manage multiple artists, releases, and payouts efficiently using MOOSYC's specialized tools.",{"path":456,"title":457,"category":82,"description":458},"/articles/verify-my-account","Verify my account","Learn how to verify your MOOSYC account",{"path":460,"title":461,"category":82,"description":462},"/articles/what-happens-after-upload","What Happens After You Upload a Release?","Learn about the manual review process and delivery to stores after you submit your release.",{"path":464,"title":465,"category":160,"description":466},"/articles/what-is-a-music-distributor","What Is a Music Distributor?","What a distributor does for an independent artist, the three ways distributors charge, and what to compare before you choose one.",{"path":468,"title":469,"category":160,"description":470},"/articles/what-is-content-id","What Is Content ID?","How Content ID systems work to identify and monetize copyrighted audio on various platforms.",{"path":472,"title":473,"category":160,"description":474},"/articles/what-is-dsp","What Is a DSP?","What Digital Service Providers are and how they interact with your music distribution.",{"path":476,"title":477,"category":160,"description":478},"/articles/what-is-isrc","What Is an ISRC?","Definition and importance of the International Standard Recording Code for sound recordings.",{"path":480,"title":481,"category":82,"description":482},"/articles/what-is-moosyc","What Is MOOSYC?","MOOSYC is a modern music distribution platform built for artists who want clarity, speed, and control.",{"path":484,"title":485,"category":160,"description":486},"/articles/what-is-upc","What Is a UPC?","Understanding the Universal Product Code and its role in identifying music releases as a whole.",{"path":488,"title":489,"category":27,"description":490},"/articles/whats-included-in-the-plan","What’s Included in the Plan","Everything you get for $50 a year, unlimited releases, 43+ platforms, and 0% commission.",{"path":492,"title":493,"category":82,"description":494},"/articles/who-can-use-moosyc","Who Can Use MOOSYC?","MOOSYC is open to anyone with a finished song and the right to release it.",{"path":496,"title":497,"category":185,"description":498},"/articles/withdrawing-your-earnings","Withdrawing Your Earnings","How withdrawals work, including the $10 minimum and same-day sending.",{"path":500,"title":501,"category":37,"description":502},"/articles/zero-commission-explained","Why We Take 0% Commission","MOOSYC's business model and why we don't take a cut of artist royalties.",{"id":504,"title":365,"body":505,"category":27,"description":366,"extension":865,"meta":866,"modified":867,"navigation":868,"path":364,"published":867,"seo":869,"stem":870,"__hash__":871},"content/articles/stop-paying-music-distributor.md",{"type":506,"value":507,"toc":855},"minimark",[508,516,519,524,552,556,703,710,714,721,724,748,755,761,765,768,794,815,819,833,837],[509,510,511,515],"p",{},[512,513,514],"strong",{},"It depends on the distributor."," When you stop paying, your releases might come down, stay up with a commission taken from what they earn, stay up while you can't withdraw, or stay up with nothing changed at all. 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Some distributors sell an add-on that keeps a release up.",[528,535,536,539],{},[512,537,538],{},"Kept live, with a commission."," Your music stays up, but from then on the distributor keeps a share of what it earns.",[528,541,542,545],{},[512,543,544],{},"Kept live, but you can't withdraw."," Your music stays up, at least for now, but taking your money out needs an active plan.",[528,547,548,551],{},[512,549,550],{},"Kept live, nothing changes."," Your music stays up, you keep 100% of your royalties, and you can still withdraw.",[520,553,555],{"id":554},"what-six-distributors-say","What six distributors say",[557,558,559,575],"table",{},[560,561,562],"thead",{},[563,564,565,569,572],"tr",{},[566,567,568],"th",{},"Distributor",[566,570,571],{},"What its own help pages say",[566,573,574],{},"Source",[576,577,578,606,621,640,655,683],"tbody",{},[563,579,580,584,591],{},[581,582,583],"td",{},"DistroKid",[581,585,586,587,590],{},"If you don't renew, your music is removed from services. The optional ",[512,588,589],{},"Leave a Legacy"," extra keeps a release up after you cancel. It costs $29 per single or $49 per album, paid once, and each release needs its own.",[581,592,593,600,601],{},[594,595,599],"a",{"href":596,"rel":597},"https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013649233",[598],"nofollow","Renewal",", ",[594,602,605],{"href":603,"rel":604},"https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013534274",[598],"Album extras",[563,607,608,611,614],{},[581,609,610],{},"TuneCore",[581,612,613],{},"After a missed renewal, TuneCore sends reminders for 35 days, and you can't upload new releases meanwhile. After 42 days, the account is downgraded and releases are taken down from all stores. If you cancel the renewal yourself, there's no grace period, and music is removed the day the plan expires.",[581,615,616],{},[594,617,620],{"href":618,"rel":619},"https://support.tunecore.com/hc/en-us/articles/13805351236884",[598],"Renewing your Unlimited Plan",[563,622,623,626,633],{},[581,624,625],{},"Amuse",[581,627,628,629,632],{},"After you cancel, your music stays online, but a ",[512,630,631],{},"25% royalty commission"," applies to all releases. Splits carry a 15% fee, YouTube monetization is removed, and you can't upload new releases.",[581,634,635],{},[594,636,639],{"href":637,"rel":638},"https://support.amuse.io/en/articles/107705-what-happens-if-i-cancel-my-subscription",[598],"If you cancel",[563,641,642,645,648],{},[581,643,644],{},"RouteNote",[581,646,647],{},"The Free plan pays you 85% of the net revenue RouteNote receives. A Premium release keeps 100% of streaming and download revenue, for a fee per release and then $9.99 a year. Cancel a Premium renewal and that release moves to the Free plan.",[581,649,650],{},[594,651,654],{"href":652,"rel":653},"https://support.routenote.com/kb-article/how-much-does-routenote-cost/",[598],"How much RouteNote costs",[563,656,657,660,667],{},[581,658,659],{},"Ditto",[581,661,662,663,666],{},"Releases are \"at risk of removal\", though not taken down automatically. You need an active subscription to withdraw royalties. ",[512,664,665],{},"Release Protection"," keeps releases in stores, free on Pro and Label plans and available per release on Starter.",[581,668,669,600,674,600,679],{},[594,670,673],{"href":671,"rel":672},"https://support.dittomusic.com/en/articles/4424727-what-happens-if-i-stop-paying-my-subscription",[598],"Stop paying",[594,675,678],{"href":676,"rel":677},"https://support.dittomusic.com/en/articles/6701129-can-i-withdraw-royalties-without-an-active-subscription",[598],"Withdrawals",[594,680,665],{"href":681,"rel":682},"https://support.dittomusic.com/en/articles/8778603-what-is-release-protection",[598],[563,684,685,688,691],{},[581,686,687],{},"CD Baby",[581,689,690],{},"No subscription to stop. You pay once per release, and CD Baby keeps 9% of download and streaming revenue. There's no annual fee and no cost to leave an account open.",[581,692,693,600,698],{},[594,694,697],{"href":695,"rel":696},"https://support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/213125406",[598],"Cost",[594,699,702],{"href":700,"rel":701},"https://support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/14997110032013",[598],"Closing an account",[509,704,705,706,709],{},"All of these pages were checked on ",[512,707,708],{},"October 1, 2026",". Terms change, so read your own distributor's current page before you decide anything.",[520,711,713],{"id":712},"what-moosyc-does","What MOOSYC does",[509,715,716,717,720],{},"Your music ",[512,718,719],{},"stays live",". We don't take catalogs down over billing.",[509,722,723],{},"If your MOOSYC subscription ends:",[525,725,726,729,735,742,745],{},[528,727,728],{},"Everything you've released stays on every platform",[528,730,731,732],{},"It keeps earning, and MOOSYC still takes ",[512,733,734],{},"0% commission",[528,736,737,738,741],{},"You can still withdraw, from ",[512,739,740],{},"$10",", by PayPal or bank transfer",[528,743,744],{},"You can still see your balance and the reports you already have",[528,746,747],{},"Putting out new releases waits until you renew",[509,749,750,751,754],{},"There's no add-on to buy per release to keep it up. The plan is ",[512,752,753],{},"$50 a year"," on the web ($49.99 in the iPhone and Android apps) for unlimited releases, and renewing switches uploading back on straight away.",[509,756,757,758],{},"The full detail is in ",[594,759,377],{"href":760},"/article/subscription-expiry",[520,762,764],{"id":763},"if-youre-switching-distributors","If you're switching distributors",[509,766,767],{},"When your current distributor takes music down at the end of a plan, the order you do things in matters:",[769,770,771,782,788],"ol",{},[528,772,773,776,777,781],{},[512,774,775],{},"Bring your catalog to MOOSYC."," ",[594,778,780],{"href":779},"/article/smart-transfer-explained","Smart Transfer"," finds your releases and keeps their UPCs and ISRCs, so in almost every case streams, playlists and stats carry over.",[528,783,784,787],{},[512,785,786],{},"Keep your old plan paid"," until the MOOSYC versions are confirmed live.",[528,789,790,793],{},[512,791,792],{},"Then take the releases down"," at your old distributor.",[509,795,796,797,800,801,600,804,600,807,810,811,814],{},"Done in that order, your music doesn't have to go dark in between. ",[594,798,229],{"href":799},"/article/move-music-without-losing-streams"," walks through it, and there are step-by-step guides for leaving ",[594,802,583],{"href":803},"/article/takedown-distrokid",[594,805,610],{"href":806},"/article/takedown-tunecore",[594,808,687],{"href":809},"/article/takedown-cdbaby"," and ",[594,812,625],{"href":813},"/article/takedown-amuse",".",[520,816,818],{"id":817},"four-questions-to-ask-any-distributor","Four questions to ask any distributor",[525,820,821,824,827,830],{},[528,822,823],{},"What happens to my releases if I stop paying, and how soon?",[528,825,826],{},"Does the commission change once I've stopped?",[528,828,829],{},"Can I still withdraw what I've already earned?",[528,831,832],{},"Is there an add-on that keeps releases up, and is it charged per release?",[520,834,836],{"id":835},"related","Related",[525,838,839,844,850],{},[528,840,841],{},[594,842,501],{"href":843},"/article/zero-commission-explained",[528,845,846],{},[594,847,849],{"href":848},"/article/whats-included-in-the-plan","What's Included in the Plan",[528,851,852],{},[594,853,465],{"href":854},"/article/what-is-a-music-distributor",{"title":856,"searchDepth":857,"depth":857,"links":858},"",2,[859,860,861,862,863,864],{"id":522,"depth":857,"text":523},{"id":554,"depth":857,"text":555},{"id":712,"depth":857,"text":713},{"id":763,"depth":857,"text":764},{"id":817,"depth":857,"text":818},{"id":835,"depth":857,"text":836},"md",{},"2026-10-01T21:46:45-04:00",true,{"title":365,"description":366},"articles/stop-paying-music-distributor","VFMqi3J39H7SGb26sXyNJ8aK1jfdvUhWx9QLgC1f3D0",1790906419007]