If you are a music producer and want to learn how to sell beats online, here is a helpful beginner’s guide to sell beats online.
Why You Should Sell Beats Online
#1. Make money off your talent
If you love making music, work on getting paid off your passion so you can work for yourself. Others have done it, and you can to instead of working at a job you don’t like.
#2. It’s never been easier to sell beats online
Because of the internet, you can sell beats online all over the world, 24 hours a day, and this process can be automated once you set it up to collect cash.
#3. Feel good about helping people
There are people in need of quality beats, so you are helping people by providing a service. You following your dreams can help others accomplish their goals.
#4. Start a Music Business
If you can look at your beats as a “product” and yourself as a “business”, you have an opportunity to generate some real income.
Some entrepreneurs spend months and hundreds of dollars trying to create a digital product to sell, but as a music producer, you can create a new beat in a couple of hours that you can sell beats online that same day. You are in a great position to make money.
Do You Have Quality Beats?
First, you want to make sure you are ready to sell beats.
So are your beats good enough to put online to sell?
3 Things to think about…
- Has a music artist made music to your beats?
If no, why? Are you sure your beats are in the right song structure that is desired by the music artist?
- Have you received feedback on your beats?
Contact Us! but not just from your friends who will give you polite answers. Find honest music lovers who will give constructive feedback so you can make better music.
- Are your beats properly mixed?
When music artist listen to your beats are they mixed so they sound good on different speakers?
Don’t let the 3 things above stop you from getting started with selling beats online, but you should consider the points above so you have the highest chance of success.
If you don’t, you may not do as well as you like at selling beats online without good feedback and music artist interaction.
#2. Sample Copyright
Make sure that any samples you are using are royalty free so you don’t end up with any legal problems in the future.
Online Beat Selling Options
There are tons of online options for you to use to sell beats, but which is best for you?
Available Beat Selling Options:
- Join Beat Selling Communities like:
- AuctionMyBeats
- Airbit
- BeatStars
- SoundClick
- Rocbattle
