RouteNote in 9 slides
A UK distributor with a genuinely free tier - upload at no cost and keep 85% of royalties, or upgrade to keep 100%.
- Music distributor
- Music distribution platforms
- Based in Truro, United Kingdom
What you do on RouteNote
How the money is made: selling digital products
- Make it once
- Upload and list it
- Buyers download it
- Royalties paid out
A UK distributor with a genuinely free tier - upload at no cost and keep 85% of royalties, or upgrade to keep 100%.
Founded 2007 · next to 10 other music distribution platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What RouteNote takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does RouteNote take?
Free: 85/15 split, Premium keep 100%
From the published fees above, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges.
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign upFree
- Start straight away
- Do the work
- Earnings clearMonthly, paid between the 15th and 20th of each month
- First payoutMonths
$50
2 ways to withdraw
- PayPal
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes.
You need reliable internet and a PayPal account. You can start straight after signing up. First payout: months.
What you need
- Reliable internet
- A PayPal account
- Free to joinSign-up cost
- Instant sign-upHow sign-up works
What people actually earn
On RouteNote Free artists keep 85% of streaming and download revenue. On RouteNote Premium they keep 100%.
Source: routenote.com ↗Artists who refer a friend to RouteNote get 2% of that friend's earnings, paid from RouteNote's own cut.
Source: routenote.com ↗How it scores
Strong on fees and access. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees5.0
- Getting paid2.3
- Access4.8
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Open worldwide
- Free to join
- Clear fees
- Low cut
- 10 years running
- Fully documented
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts