Top non-exclusive royalty free music libraries
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Desire Inspires
To the stars through desire....
Forget Audiojungle. The prices are way too low. Plus you only get 35% of the payout. That is total robbery!
I would go with Pond5 since I can set my prices to a respectable level and get 50% of the payout.
Many of the other sites just don't have enough traffic, pay less than 50%, exclude other libraries, are exclusive only, or have other issues which make them a less desirable option.
I often hear about "so and so made 60K last year from such and such library, so I’m going there!". But you have to look at the whole picture.
Don't just rush and upload your music to sites with low traffic, low payouts, or awful user interfaces. I would say that an easy way to determine if a royalty free site has value is to search for music and make a purchase or two. If you as a customer have a bad experience, just imagine how the composers feel!
I would go with Pond5 since I can set my prices to a respectable level and get 50% of the payout.
Many of the other sites just don't have enough traffic, pay less than 50%, exclude other libraries, are exclusive only, or have other issues which make them a less desirable option.
I often hear about "so and so made 60K last year from such and such library, so I’m going there!". But you have to look at the whole picture.
Don't just rush and upload your music to sites with low traffic, low payouts, or awful user interfaces. I would say that an easy way to determine if a royalty free site has value is to search for music and make a purchase or two. If you as a customer have a bad experience, just imagine how the composers feel!
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dannymc
Senior Member
you could try audiosparx. i've never sold anything there but they apparently get good traffic and some composers do well here clearing 20k a year. imo though there is waaaaaaay too much content on there at this stage and its quality is all over the place. some high quality stuff some really bad stuff that shouldn't be still up there. but its a nice site and the people who run it are very nice and helpful.
i would second looking at pond 5 they are a great RF library.
Danny
i would second looking at pond 5 they are a great RF library.
Danny
Puzzlefactory
Senior Member
So how come tracks are sold so much cheaper on AJ? Do they get more traffic?
Desire Inspires
To the stars through desire....
The royalty free market is just another way for composers to make money from their music. There is nothing wrong with making money from one's music. Don't let the status of a music library fool you.
Puzzlefactory
Senior Member
Looks like musicdealers.com is back up again...
jacobthestupendous
not that stupendous
Looking at Pond5 for the first time this morning. I see a lot of comments about long wait times after submission (2 months or more for videos - yikes!); what's a typical submission review time for submitted music?
Jaap
Senior Member
My latest batch of music was reviewed in 2 days
zacnelson
Senior Member
It varies; sometimes 1 day, sometimes a fortnight
I have some ancient tracks on Audiosparx. Haven't sent them anything in years. However, maybe 1-2 a year I get an email from them about a sale. Usually a $200-300 license, of which I get to keep the amazing 40%.
The tracks which I've sold are usually horrible imo.
V
Valérie_D
Guest
I did not send my driver's license to any member of Pond 5 when I opened my account. No one has the right to ask you that.
dannymc
Senior Member
i presume you mean you just scanned a picture of your drivers license and uploaded rather than sending your actual license that would be crazy.
anyway i had to do the same, it was a recent change early last year i think. shouldn't take too long. anyway email pond 5, might be hard to believe but they do respond to emails.
Danny
muk
Senior Member
As far as I gathered there were problems with people ripping random pieces of music from the internet, and then selling them on royalty free libraries as their own. Quite a few of the royalty free libraries were/are facing litigation because of that. Maybe that's why they check the identity of new members now.
