The Best Free Music Distribution Platforms
RouteNote
We've used RouteNote before to promote music produced at home by local and unregistered artists. It takes about a week to distribute your music across all online stores.
Sign up for a free account at RouteNote and distribute your music digitally.
They offer simple and professional services to customers like yourself so that you can make money.
And there's a catch!
RouteNote will take 15% of every sale you make and you get to keep the 85% - that's a fair deal, would you agree?
And you also have the option to switch plans in which you'll pay a once-off $10 (R174) for a single, and $30 (R522) for an album distribution.
With this option, you'll keep 100% of your music royalties through the platform.
Wix Music
Create your music website on Wix and start selling music online.
You'll distribute music to top online stores and streaming services like iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Rdio, and more.
Unfortunately, distribution on Wix music is not offered for free out of the box - it's a premium feature.
But if you are really good at promoting your tunes, then you can sell them and keep 100% of the commission using Wix music commerce.
You could also sell your merchandise on your new music website on Wix and earn extra cash in your pocket.
Promote Your Music
Once your music is distributed to online music stores, it's now time to promote music online.
You'll receive links from all platforms to share on your social media pages. If you have a lot of following, this process will be much easier to promote your music for free online.
Otherwise, you can run a low budget marketing campaign on Facebook to promote the links for your fans to buy your music.
Another important issue, you must remove all the free links on your pages and try to funnel your fans on to the commercial links.
You'll be on your way to making money with your tunes that people love to listen to.