Frequently Asked Questions

Find the most common questions asked by our Users. If you can not find an answer, please get in touch with us.

Basic Questions

We are musicians ourselves and see it as our mission to help artists increase their revenue and build a sustainable business.

Every day, we ask ourselves the question of how we can perform this task even better in the future. 

In addition to the ongoing development of our own software and services, we attach great importance to fair prices, transparency and excellent support.

No. You only have to read and accept our terms and conditions, then you can start immediately.

No you keep all rights to your music. All we need is the rights to digitally distribute the uploaded songs to the music stores and countries you select.

If you have any questions you can contact the Revel Distro support team.

Releases

You need a cover photo and the audio files.

The following formats are required for a cover photo

  • JPG file at 4000 x 4000 pixels.

With Revel Distro we kept it simple; a single is 1 track and a album is 2 or more tracks.

Yes. This option is only available for a limited number of outlets such as Google Play Music, Amazon etc.

No. You just have to be in possession of the copyright of the songs. This means that you have created the works yourself, without having used texts, melodies or parts (samples) of other works, unless you have the licenses for commercial use. As a member of a collecting society you have to register all your works independently with your collecting society.

Yes, we provide these numbers for free for all artists and releases.

If artists are bringing their catalog over to Revel Distro then they can also use the numbers provided from their previous distributor.

Yes, select single(s) and/or album(s) in Dashboard, click edit, and take it from there.

Akazoo
Google Play Music/YouTube Music/User
Amazon Prime Music/Music Unlimited
Anghami
Alibaba Xiami
Shazam
AWA
Deezer
Dubset
Facebook
Gaana
iHeartRadio
KKBOX
MusicJet
Napster/Rhapsody
Netease Cloud Music
Pandora
Pulselocker
JioSaavn
Slacker
SoundCloud Go
Spinlet
Spotify
Tidal
Tencent QQ/Kugou/Kuwo/WeSing
United Media Agency
Yandex Music
Yonder
Zvooq
BBM Shop
Beat.no
Coca-Cola
Deedo
Digster
Electric Jukebox
eMusic
Fan Label
Forest Incentives
FreeCarmen/Trebel Music
FUHU Nabi 2
Global Radio
Grandpad
I Like Music/Mixpixie
IVR
Juke
Klassik Radio
La Musica SBS
La Poste Mobile
Last.fm
Mus.uy
NEC
Onkyo Music
Playster
Prizm
Soundtrack Your Brand
TDC
Technics Tracks
Tonlist
UMG Popup Stores
Claro Musica
Contestone/Ringbacktone/Som De Chamada
Now Music A1/Mtel/Vip
Bitel
Digicel
Kolbi
Movistar
Orange
Virgin Mobile
Viva
Vodafone
Audio Print Music
BrandSpins
Broadtime
BYO
Crickery Wood
CUR Music
Freeform
Gaana
Global Tel
Grruv
ImageSound
Imbee
JoMedia
Keefe Group
LifeScape
MUMO
My Playlist
NicheStreem
NSM
R&R
RcrdClub
Spark.dj
SuperCloud
Sounday
The First Club
ToonGoggles
Univision
You42
Zonga
Acer
Artistxite
Audiojungle
Baidu Music
Bandcamp
Beatport
Bleep
CCI Distribution
China Mobile
China Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom
Dance All Day
Discjam
FETnet
Findspire
Flipagram
Fnac
Hardstyle.com
Heart Music
High Res Audio
hmv PLAY
HTC One
Huashu
Huawei Music
iam+ Dial
Jeoutai
Kobo
KTV
Mach by Mariposa
Me2u Music
Mi Tracks
Mixette
MusicQubed
nMusic
myMusic
Omusic
Open Live
Overmax
Pledge
Prodigium/Infogo
Psonar
Pubbles
QNX CAR
Qobuz
Raku
ROK mobile
Sainsburys
Simfy
Taiwan Mobile
The Overflow
Tonspion
Toutiao
Triplay
TSTAR
Tunewiki
Turkcell Fizy
Walkgame
Xiaomi Music
Yinyuetai
Yiqixiu

Yes. You can upload cover songs as long as you have the rights from the artists/label to do so.

If you own the rights to use the samples then yes that is ok to proceed with distribution of your release with Revel Distro.

Payouts and Reporting

You will get paid via PayPal.

Your Revel account will be credited with royalties as we receive them from all DSPs. We do not estimate royalty figures like many distribution companies do before they receive final royalties. We pay you when we receive the funds from the Outlets. 

Go to your Reporting section in the Dashboard and view all your sale reports in one place.

From the Revel Distro Dashboard go to your Account and fill out your PayPal information.

Yes, the minimum payment threshold is $20.

Yes. You will receive royalties from deleted releases until all royalties are paid for those releases.