CD Baby in charts
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Money
What you pay, what you keep and how you get paid
At 9%, CD Baby is cheaper than 63% of the 272 platforms in the directory that charge a percentage fee (median 11.5%).
Open full chart Fee distributionAt 9%, CD Baby is cheaper than 63% of the 272 platforms in the directory that charge a percentage fee (median 11.5%).
Open full chart What you keep from each paymentOf every $100 you earn on CD Baby, you keep $91, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges.
Open full chart Withdrawal methods vs peersCD Baby pays out 2 ways. Its rarest is PayPal, offered by 67% of music distribution platforms.
Open full chart Earnings figures2 sourced figures for CD Baby.
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Who can sign up, and where
Quality
Ratings, badges, reviews and how much we know
Rated 3.9/5. Ahead of the music distribution platforms average on access, track record and proof of earnings.
Open full chart Rating percentilesCD Baby scores above 78% of music distribution platforms on access, its strongest part.
Open full chart Achievements vs the typeCD Baby has 60 of 100 achievement points from 7 badges; the average for music distribution platforms is 29.5.
Open full chart Web traffic rank vs peerscdbaby.com ranks #11,068 on the web, more visited than 90% of the 10 music distribution platforms we have a rank for.
Open full chart Profile completeness vs the typeWe have 67% of what we track for CD Baby, against an average of 58% for music distribution platforms.
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How old it is and what has happened since
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