Distrokid vs United Masters vs Ditto: Digital Distribution

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[@thesuncollective1475]

Distro sell you a car and say..oh did you want wheels?..that'll be extra

[@smellslikebleach6682]

🤣🤣

[@Iamkayceebrown]

Bruhhh. How would they let you upload lyrics but pay for synced lyrics. I'm like wtf

[@neversaynever22ful]

Kaycee Brown Official you don’t have to pay to sync your lyrics. this guy is lying. don’t use this video. he’s been paid to talk against Distrokid. i’ve been using and releasing with Distrokid for over 2 years now. only thing u pay for us store maximizer

[@Iamkayceebrown]

@@neversaynever22ful i had to pay for musician plus tho. To do that

[@smellslikebleach6682]

Jaylen D. How on earth would you know if he was being paid to talk bad about distrokid? Are you his dad?

[@whoisjjcarr]

Funny how this popped up in my notifications after I sign up for DistroKid lol

[@majorrwerkcartel]

Cancel distro!!!! Use ditto I switched

[@Ramosfam845]

Facts I dropped distrokid yesterday now this today!!

[@XoSlide]

@@Ramosfam845 i wasted 50$ for non wow

[@YtOfficialhoonanigans]

do you regret it now that your a year in

[@YtOfficialhoonanigans]

@@XoSlide no bro you waisted 50 for experience and to know when not to get fucked over no one should own your masters but you 100% you

[@ourplace3656]

I wanted to use ditto but then i saw a few persons saying they froze their money and kick them out of the system... and that was a big turn off

[@drakehasbula5557]

Same

[@notaivenomoreeeeee]

got £200 in royalties to be withdrawn but still nothing back from them

[@MentalMinorityMusic]

Ditto just completely ripped me off. Stay away from these guys.

[@BlockDollazCanada]

@@MentalMinorityMusic really? i was just about use ditto

[@MentalMinorityMusic]

@@BlockDollazCanada Damn', sorry, no notification... Yes, they did the exact thing a lot of musicians are talking about, for example on Trustpilot. I describe it in a post in the Community-tab of my channel. 👋

[@floyderryck6714]

Wow.... Distrokid is taking so much. I am going to checkout United Masters and Ditto now for my next RELEASE. Thanks boss for this info

[@Guapo_Oppai]

How’d it go?

[@IFechiMusic]

hey gif i watches this video more than 9 times,,, united master is the best, cause , yes they take only 10% but you said they have partnerships and tehy get your music to more stores , more store is the way to get a fanbase,,

[@makedamakestunes]

Really love the way you go into detail on these digital distribution platforms. It's so important to know what type of revenue and analytics your music is bringing in. GREAT CONTENT !

[@MOSULI]

thank you for breaking this down, really appreciate it 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@jamellee8478]

United Masters would be my clear choice but that right of first refusal portion of their contract worries me. I’m using Distrokid right now I paid for the upgraded version. So far I haven’t had any issues.

[@kephswag40]

Exactly on the fence about that trying to think whose better overall because I don’t want get locked in with United masters because of that right of refusal

[@IFechiMusic]

from the review is sound like ditto is best , but most ppl tell me they have bad ex with ditto , so im still lost ,, i want an update about tunecore . how much is for youtube content id??

[@Fortunefellas]

Distrokid is your best bet.

[@JackTheStrippa]

@@Fortunefellas Why? dont just put out b.s comment and put people in shit situations.

[@s.k.5929]

I've been using Distro for a couple of years now and I am thinking about changing over soon. Thanks for this video!

[@snappthismanagementgroup8990]

DITTO is a good company there interface is user friendly but if your putting up heavy streams make sure you write down your irsc code with these distribution companies because at anytime they can take your music down and all you can do is email...DO NOT USE THERE Promotional Services you will be disappointed because there is no ROI. Once you get going they will provide day to day updates charts of your streams so you can look at your growth

[@chizzydid209]

i fw united masters heavy cuz i’m in college & i hate to spend money on anything especially some recurring shit (that’s just me) so united masters is my obvious choice and the app lay out is very easy to use. The upload process is super east and the release date is right at 12 everytime for me. Also the 10% is really not bad at all if we all being honest..

[@Payusnomind]

I ain’t mad at it. Different strokes for different folks - pause. The 10% thing... $10K for the year will cost you $1K for distribution vs. maybe $20 or $50 elsewhere.

[@NotL3g1t]

@@Payusnomind this is kinda a dumb question but. If you use united masters and make no money, what do they take

[@richtroop3rdeniro756]

Not L3g1t nothing

[@babypinhead7656]

Not L3g1t Nothing, they only take a percentage of what u make. They Cant take a percentage of nothing

[@thadoubted1156]

@@NotL3g1t 10% Still! You owe lol

[@IMREALJAYSTAR615]

With distrokid and unitedmasters I will love using unitedmasters thinking about switching from distrokid to tunecore DISTRO definitely way behind in payments and taking my money

[@oceanhudson]

@WockZ is it good over there ? Thinking of buying their $60 package .

[@BEATTECHN1QUE]

This is definitely a helpful video! Dare I say the best video for my needs, so far!

[@K1N6G33]

I Heard DistroKid be stealing from Artists. It will be good if you will look into that, and create a video about it.

[@LESURELOVE]

Maaan I switched from tunecore to Dsitrokid I just got my first payout these fools paid me $61 for 186k spotify plays I got paid the same amount for 12k spotify streams on tunecore.. I think they keeping my money the shit don't add up

[@nwaforjeffery9799]

Please why did you leave tuncore, I been using distro but they are ripers

[@DND619]

So what do I do with all my releases on distrokid? How would I transfer all my projects or do I have to re-release them again?

[@SeanBeatsss]

Hello ! i learned alot from you! i have a question. do you recommend to distribute songs using distrokid to youtube even if the youtube channel is already monetize? or should i upload it separately? Thanks in advance!

[@thousandgrams2305]

Making Distrokid sound expensive. It's not. That 10% from United hits hard if you make decent money quarterly. Ditto seems dope tho.

[@whiteblue3576]

Great Video! 💪🏿👏👏. Do United Masters or Ditto withhold 30% of your income for tax when paying non USA based artists? Also can I get my money paid to me in USD not local currency with them?

[@heliumhunterr]

as my first year with distrokid comes to an end, i think it’s time that i switch to ditto. thanks man.

[@AI-Consultant]

HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR MUSIC WITH YOU?

[@geniemouniele2836]

Good music sell itself like some good dope 💯💯

[@jokeymonkey]

Dope breakdown bro really appreciate you for that!!

[@jiggylifestyle]

Invest in yourself or nobody will 💯i decided to go with distrokid for now gonna do some more research on United Masters

[@aLr_boosh]

I got on distrokid years ago. They were the only unlimited upload game in town. So far I have had no bad experiences for the most part. I'm not motivated to switch but I'm pretty sure if I was looking for a distributor I would be tempted to go elsewhere.

[@ByeKatoh]

I’m switching because they keep denying my songs that are made by me there company is also ran by fucking bots so there’s no customer support it’s trash

[@Papisubu]

I been Using Ditto for three years. They had Unlimited Releases All Through.

[@pickets5979]

man, this is super helpful. Ditto is looking p good so far. I'm looking to choose which to use for my first release

[@majorrwerkcartel]

I have ditto

[@trillionbtamillion]

But how is it looking better than United Masters???

[@cap4303]

@@trillionbtamillion I’ve used United, tooncore, and distro and United is by far the worst

[@trillionbtamillion]

@@cap4303 Pure scam far as I'm concerned.

[@cap4303]

@@trillionbtamillion ya they take forever to respond I just switched to tooncore but they were too anal about song covers so I switched to distro and I’ve been happy besides for double charging me

[@suzyhits]

I've seen a lot of people complain about United Masters in terms of not having great Customer Care (on their IG page via the comments section).

[@Payusnomind]

That's a complaint you'll consistently find across all bargain distributors. They're not charging you for services equal to Tunecore or CD Baby. They're charging you less, for less. They might cut corners on customer service, distribute to less stores, etc. there's always an area they're coming up short to save money. It's a trade off.

[@R.J.S]

They’re right but every distributor have bad taste in some people mouth

[@suzyhits]

@@Payusnomind aha, got it :)

[@Loagz_Beatz]

Your off about the isrc and a few other things with distrokid. I do hip hop and I get content Id. I don’t pay $36 for isrc, they come when you release. The only thing that’s good about masters and ditto is the opportunities, distrokid doesn’t “steal” or do any of that I’ve used them for years and make good money. Thanks for the video I am going to try some singles and maybe an album with another 🙏🏼💕

[@emojipark]

So Distrokid is basically Apple of distribution services 😂

[@rivetapp]

Haha I loved this comment, choosing the right distribution service is something I’ve been thinking about a lot. I’m doing some research on how musicians weight the pros and cons of services tailored to help them. I’d love to buy you some lunch over a phone call to talk more about this!

[@wednesdayisgod]

@@rivetappstill available

[@swiss4366]

Thanks man, this really helped my deciding process

[@WaddaBaby]

Good info im a upcoming artist myself .just picked up everything you put down ! 💯

[@TinoCruze]

This is a great video for me. We talked in the comments in another video about the difference and this answered everything for me thank you

[@razrabin]

Do any of the platforms help with exposure ?.

[@GhostHead]

Used this video years ago to decide and chose ditto but coming back now to share that I was given a broken smart link (all the links to your music release before it drops) and didn’t get an email back about it until like 3 days after it dropped. Big fumble imo and I’m switching to distro now. Choice is yours obvs just wanted y’all to know

[@wtfis23]

Great video none of these other videos from other youtuber go as indepth as you did and left out a lot of vital info and your video is a lot shorter lol too. Thank you

[@Payusnomind]

I appreciate that!

[@getgene]

Back again. Check out Steve Freeman's blog on Ditto. He rated it the best, he tested the service, until he was accused of "illegal streaming" and Ditto only communicated by Twitter. After two scathing blogs, Ditto tried to make up but never mentioned the money he was owe, denying any sales at all, and said nothing about horrific customer service. They stopped communicating and never admitted any sales. The upfront service was good, the back office was criminal

[@Mlush]

Which one do you recommend? And why

[@zeldonwills7050]

DistroKid lets you select your release date when United Masters which I care about the most

[@mixerstreameryt3575]

Words cannnot explain how helpful this was

[@GhostEntertainmentMusic]

United Masters got a 50 something dollars fee now with there united masters select, where you can submit music to the ESPN the NBA sometime even power105 its a yearly fee

[@NextLevelENT718]

The minute I heard the intro “ peace!” I knew it was going to be a good review 😊.

[@MCSolarWind]

true true

[@nuheirbeats]

Thank you for this insight fam 🙏🏿

[@williamjones3568]

Me reading these comments tryna find the best one but allum gettin dissed 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@NKript]

Literally the only distributors I’ve heard almost no bad things about are Symphonic, Soundrop, and iMusician, but they have their flaws as well...

[@thekidindistress]

It’s all with a grain of salt. I used Unitedmasters and they fucking sucked. I used Distrokid, and they’re good and they’re great. But they need better features to get you in front of people who need music, basically like Ditto. But if they’re a little cheaper I’m sure they’ll be the biggest distributor in the indie game.

[@riseonthetrack]

THANK U FOR DROPPING THESE GEMS BRO🙏🏾🤞🏾💎💎💎💎

[@snapbckpark]

Fuck the money I just need good exposure and rights to move how I want

[@rockjonez61]

Thank you for the game.

[@Progressionmusic1]

Quick question most of the artist I ( producer ) work with has DistroKid and United Masters. Would it be wise to get both so I don’t leave money on the table?

[@MarzyBacchus]

Thank you for breaking this down

[@BonnieBeats]

You're a GEM Dropper, thanks for all these vids & tips.

[@mitchellharrison7042]

Great video and breakdown! Really helpful information. I was curious to know do you need to have a Spotify, Apple Music and whatever other account set up before you sign up for Online Distributor such as DistoKid, or are the accounts made once you sign up for DistroKid?

[@Payusnomind]

They're accounts made once you sign up.

[@zanelemaseko1740]

@@Payusnomind Hi. what if you created accounts on all those platforms already. Will they link your distro kid accounts to the already existing accounts? because I have a few uploads on those accounts already.

[@ButtaRaspy]

United masters also has a selected artist account if you pay 59 dollars yearly. You get all your royalties...

[@merkurgamee]

United Masters support service is very slow and deployment times are slow . I wanted to use it as a result, but I got tired of waiting .

[@kingjustice4143]

Was it worth it by leaving it and if you still held in how long did it take to send it to Spotify?

[@PrantikNath]

how long does it take?

[@vxlmusic]

I've banned from distrokid so, should I began with the old ISRC and UPC code from another Distributor Suggest me some best distributor cost to be like 20$/year pls ! Should I go with ditto or United masters ?

[@RahulMakhijaOfficial]

I am using distrokid since 1year but the big turn off is they charge 5$ every year for Content Id & 0.99 to distribute to Shazam per song. There are like so much extras.

[@Devantey]

How much money does distrokid take from you in taxes???

[@RahulMakhijaOfficial]

@@Devantey 15% withold

[@Devantey]

@@RahulMakhijaOfficial thanks bro I really appreciate it

[@RahulMakhijaOfficial]

@@Devantey Everything is fine with distrokid infact....i love it... but I just don't like it when they charge extra for youtube money & shazam. That is why I am looking forward to do content Id through other distrubuter.

[@Devantey]

@@RahulMakhijaOfficial I still love it bro Distrokid is the best option for us no matter what

[@carlitovivo17]

Thanks for the information well explained 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾

[@chatman1959]

Thanks bro! This was/is very helpful.

[@AleLoy]

Thanks so much for all those info man! I was wondering if there is any advantage in choosing a distributor that is based in your home country when it comes to currencies? I could not find this info anywhere... and I mean when collecting payments rather than paying the annual fees. Cheers

[@fire2733]

Great information, bless up every time,,,,can you do a review on Empire

[@Payusnomind]

Thanks for watching bro

[@da1king0fwakanda56]

I was leaning toward DistroKid until you said they don’t allow content ID for HipHop. What’s that about?

[@troppi3762]

Definitely recommend United Masters!

[@DeeBanga]

And why ?

[@allaboutwwe9269]

Fan21 no they are shit they paid me very low. I switched to amuse and they paid better

[@CPLEE.]

AllAboutWWE how were your streams?

[@qyake19]

UnitedMasters is the free route, they take 10%

[@makedamakestunes]

@@allaboutwwe9269 Amuse allows you to keep 100% royalties. United takes that 10% of whatever you make off revenue which can be crazy if you don't make a lot

[@Stickzwaypb]

I say go with United masters bc you can get a 2 weeks free trial for the select feature. I have a single called chopsticks and a album coming soon through UnitedMasters. If you don’t know what select artist is it’s basically unlimited releases and you choose your release date. But you get all that for 2 weeks for free and it cost less than distrokid even when you do start having to pay the fee. I recommend it. It is wayyyyyy better than amuse. Tbh amuse is a complete scam. It takes almost month just for songs to release. Go with UnitedMasters and keep all your money and dont worry about nobody stealing it. Make the good choice

[@giahuy6471]

r u a unitedmasters employee?

[@Wlyska]

Gia Huy I use United masters and it’s not a scam or nun it’s good

[@merkurgamee]

amuse tiktok instagram soundcloud pro you have to pay monthly

[@labrondenair7005]

Ditto sound like the move

[@RaeiFlames]

Man love the upgrade 🔥🔥🔥, love your videos

[@veroyoung_]

This Was Very Helpful 💯

[@aka_swell_rell]

This was awesome. Thank you so much!

[@jdframpton]

Great info! I wonder, can you take existing releases and move them to another distributor very easily?

[@kingkillakip3705]

Thanks for the knowledge.Much success to U bro.

[@CLarryOTB]

good shit fam definitely made my decision easier thanks

[@mamiejackson3862]

Thank you for sharing the business knowledge of music! 2021 Blessings

[@hlqa7938]

Great video bro, thank u! Please, do u know if Ditto (or Payoneer, da plataform they use 2 pay us) automatically withholds taxes from our reveneu? I know Distrokids does

[@Volp24k]

Since you have an international audience you shoukd talk about international issues. Last month distrokid started taking between 10 and 30% (depending on the tax accord between the US and the user's country) of international users because of taxes. In Brazil its 30%, and this revenue is not tax free, Im going to have to pay brazillian taxes besides this 30% american tax. Most distributers are americans so according to the law, sooner or later other distributers are going to do the same as distrokid. Can you make a video about it?

[@TeraGreene1]

That's something to consider, for sure! Thank you for raising this... I wasn't aware. I wonder what the taxes are here in Canada for Distrokid?

[@DIAMANTRECORDSDTR]

Am having the same problem. Am using them from germany

[@sonsofthesun]

They did this to me too. Im leaving

[@marek-maria-lipski]

Sorry but that's a mistake because your task is to submit your tax number from your country. At All Marketing Companies and Music Platforms. I e.g. tax number from Germany transfer to the marketing company and everything is O.K.

[@maxfly523]

Does United masters split revenue between artists and producers? Can’t find this anywhere. I know distro kid does

[@YvngTazzy]

I use UnitedMasters and from I see they don’t. All revenue goes to the main artist. Any deal you have with producers or features that’s all on you.

[@alicesachertorte2539]

Ended up on this video because my band's latest release was just removed from Spotify and Distrokid is being shady AF. We're trying to have this fixed but I'm hopeless at this point DO NOT USE DISTROKID GUYS

[@DanskeCrimeRiderTV]

What about also comparing Anti-Joy, which is basically DITTO and Distrokid, but $7.99 per year. And their affiliate program is insane...

[@iamkharel]

I did my last 2 releases through Distro but im so tempted to move to United Masters because of the other opportunities like NBA, Apple Playlist, etc. I really like that. Plus i like how we can link our social media, have a website in their platform,etc. Those are useful features. BUT!! United Masters says "KZbin Service temporarily unavailable" and at least in my opinion, people listen to youtube more than anything. I know i do.

[@Payusnomind]

They also changed their plan. Free users get into like 4 stores. Now you have to pay $5 per month to get what they used to give you on the free tier. The only positive is, paid users keep 100%.

[@iamkharel]

@@Payusnomind yea I noticed that. That could mean out to $60 a year compared to $20 at distro. But UM offers the website where u can add your music, dates, and your store. So it does make up for the the extra $40 for that year. At the end of the day, $60 is still worth it. It's nothing. U can cut some grass in your neighborhood for that and BOOM! U got yourself a years worth of music to release and opportunities to get on other brands and have a website.

[@majorrwerkcartel]

Ain’t no NBA right now! Use ditto

[@gustomadeit27]

Great video! Very useful. subbed

[@secretmusiqcorp]

What distributor do you use out of all these distributors your talking about now and in the past

[@getgene]

Good job. Thanks. You have things clear and can explain.

[@gmarkpapo8023]

Bro which one do you strongly suggest usin?

[@whyattlee9633]

Can you use 2 distribution services at the same time?

[@redlikethecxlxr]

very straight forward and informative! subscribed

[@TeamEchelonRecords]

Appreciate the knowledge King. 🙏

[@pomi3022]

is there a way for me to do content ID through BMI/SoundExchange/SongTrust? or is this only a feature accessible through a distribution service? thank you.

[@11dremoss]

Best explanation of these services Ive seen! 💪🏾

[@ronnie4261]

thanks for the visuals!

[@abundanciauniversal4298]

Thank you for this video, blessings!

[@Payusnomind]

Glad it was helpful!

[@armaniesa146]

In terms of adding lyrics to your songs does ditto support that or it’s only distrokid?

[@dekafmusic]

Thanks for the knowledge. Surely subbing

[@DulvieG]

Why am I seeing this after I already made a purchase for distro kid 😐

[@chozenprincess7390]

Have you had any success stories with United Masters since they are known to have the connects?

[@TheRealniggadotcom]

So the only real way to make money is to get your music or there yourself. Physically still cds and flash drives etc

[@inkognitoproducoes9792]

True 💯💯

[@unpredictableperductions2367]

Hey PUNM I have a question can u put music out through distrokid or ditto if u own the lyrics but not the beat please let me know

[@jacuibell8118]

Doubt it because the beat maker wouldn’t be getting anything unless you add splits with them

[@questionmark3666]

Na it will Give u copy right bro I gotta purchase beat out right so u have rights to it

[@VibesndCulture]

great vid bro keep up the great work!

[@nategolden7802]

If you pay for united masters it's like 50 something dollars and you keep 100% of your masters and you get a lot more out of it I don't know why he didn't talk about that at all maybe it wasn't an option 10 months ago

[@YOURFAVORITEDOOMGUY]

thanks i am a indie producer looks like united masters in since i create hip hop and edm beats trying too get with playstation like the sync feature they have with united masters

[@itrollallot9780]

Thank u my brother 🙏🏿

[@juliobee]

Thanks, this is really helpful. What if you use 2 of them? Will your songs get distributed under different accounts?

[@Payusnomind]

Yes it will

[@Sboyloco]

id go with united masters

[@alexzander97]

Now I’m gonna stop using distrokid I appreciate this video

[@vicker3261]

Best helpful video ever, luv u man💙