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How well do you know music distribution platforms?

Fees, founding years and home countries of music distribution platforms, plus how the work pays.

10 questions Fresh round #769545 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Multiple choice

    How long until the first payout, typically, on music distribution platforms?

    • Days
    • Varies
    • 1-2 weeks
    • 1-3 months
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    1-3 months

    Typical time to first pay on music distribution platforms: 1-3 months.

  2. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • UnitedMasters
    • Ditto Music
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    Ditto Music

    UnitedMasters was founded in 2017, Ditto Music in 2005.

  3. Pick all that apply

    Pick every platform headquartered in the United States.

    • Amuse
    • Ditto Music
    • TuneCore
    • LANDR
    • DistroKid
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    TuneCore, DistroKid

    Amuse: Sweden; Ditto Music: United Kingdom; TuneCore: United States; LANDR: Canada; DistroKid: United States.

  4. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • ONErpm
    • Ditto Music
    • CD Baby
    • RouteNote
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    CD Baby → Ditto Music → RouteNote → ONErpm

    CD Baby (1998), Ditto Music (2005), RouteNote (2007), ONErpm (2010).

  5. Multiple choice

    Where is Symphonic headquartered?

    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • South Korea
    • India
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    United States

    Symphonic is based in Tampa, United States.

  6. Estimate

    How big a cut does CD Baby take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    9%

    CD Baby takes 9%. Its fees: $9.99/single one-time + 9% of revenue

  7. Estimate

    In what year was ONErpm founded?

    Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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    2010

    ONErpm was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, United States.

  8. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the music distribution platforms?

    • bKash
    • UnitedMasters
    • Trendyol
    • Ko-fi
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    UnitedMasters

    UnitedMasters is one of the music distribution platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.

  9. Multiple choice

    What skill level do music distribution platforms usually ask for?

    • Specialist
    • Some
    • None
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    Some

    Skill level needed on music distribution platforms: some.

  10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • UnitedMasters
    • DistroKid
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    DistroKid

    UnitedMasters was founded in 2017, DistroKid in 2013.

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