ROYALTIES
Pro and Label are flat fee plans. No commission on your streaming royalties, no per release fee, no cut on the way out. The Free plan keeps 80% while you test the platform.
150+ platforms Reported by ISRC Statements you can download
COLLECTION
Streams and downloads on the platforms we deliver to come back as master recording royalties, matched to your release by ISRC. YouTube Content ID is a different flow: eligible reference audio matched against third party videos on YouTube. Both can appear in one reporting workspace, but Content ID does not run across the platform network. See how streaming payments actually flow.
PLAN ECONOMICS
On Free you keep 80% — the 20% commission grows with every stream you add. On Pro and Label you keep 100% and pay a flat fee that stays where it is. Move the slider to find the monthly income where the flat fee costs less than the commission.
PAYMENT TIMELINE
Platforms report and remit usage on a 45 to 60 day lag. That is industry wide, not a Six Eyes policy. Drag the marker to see what is happening between a stream and a withdrawal, and who controls each stage.
Month one usage is inside the platform reporting and remittance cycle, a 45 to 60 day lag. No distributor can shorten this stage.
ATTRIBUTION
ISRC and release metadata let each platform report a stream back to the exact master recording, so every line on your statement lands on the right catalog entry. Existing codes can be retained.
Eligible YouTube Content ID matching is a separate flow on Pro and Label plans, reported on its own line. It is not the same thing as songwriter publishing registration.
ISRC per track UPC per release One catalog entry
REPORTING
Filter by artist, release, platform and period. Read the history, open a single month, then export that period as CSV or PDF and keep the file. It is your statement.
ROYALTY SPLITS
Set the percentages once. Each collaborator gets their own balance and withdraws on their own, without waiting on you or asking you to send anything.
More detail on splitting income with a co-writer.
GETTING PAID
Choose a payout method, confirm the details once, and withdraw whenever your balance clears the minimum. Every collaborator does the same from their own balance.
Requesting a withdrawal is instant once earnings are cleared. Arrival is not: the money lands on the payout method's own schedule, 1 to 2 business days for PayPal. The wait before the request is the platform reporting cycle, not a hold on our side.
Payout methods, minimums and any withdrawal or FX fee shown here are examples pending confirmation.
COVERAGE
Music distribution collects recording royalties. It does not collect songwriter or performer income. Those are separate registrations, and missing them is how artists lose years of money without noticing.
Collected through Six Eyes
2 flows
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Master recording royalties
Streams and downloads on the platforms we deliver to, matched to your release by ISRC. All plans.
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YouTube Content ID revenue
Eligible reference audio matched against third party YouTube videos. A separate flow from platform royalties, on Pro and Label. Content ID and where that money comes from.
Both flows report into the same statement view, and each keeps its own source labelling.
You register separately
Not distribution income
Publishing and mechanical royalties
Attached to the composition, not the recording.
The MLC · US
Composition performance royalties
Songwriter side public performance income.
Your PRO
Neighbouring rights
Performer and master owner remuneration for certain non interactive uses.
SoundExchange · US
ASCAP and BMI are the usual US PROs. Equivalent bodies vary by territory.
OWNERSHIP
We take distribution rights so we can deliver your release. Nothing else changes hands.
You own your recordings at all times.
Distribution rights only. No publishing grab, no ownership transfer.
Leave and your catalog leaves with you.
More on who runs Six Eyes.
Royalty FAQ
No. Pro and Label are flat fee plans and take no commission on your streaming royalties. The Free plan keeps 80% and funds itself with the remaining 20%.
Platforms report and remit usage on a 45 to 60 day lag, then that statement has to be processed and matched to your ISRCs. Every distributor works inside the same window. After the first cycle, earnings arrive with each new statement.
No. Content ID is a separate rights and revenue flow for eligible reference audio matched against third party YouTube videos, available on Pro and Label. It does not run across the platform network your release is delivered to.
No. Those sit with the composition and the performer, not the distributed recording. Register with The MLC for eligible US digital mechanicals, your PRO for composition performance income, and SoundExchange for eligible US digital performance of the master. Equivalent bodies vary by territory.
Yes. Each collaborator has their own balance and withdraws on their own schedule. You do not receive their share and forward it, and every payment is logged in the audit trail.
Yes. Percentages can be updated at any time. Changes apply to royalties reported after the update, so payments already settled are not rewritten.
Yes. Every period exports as CSV or PDF, broken down by platform, country, track and date.
A verified account, a tax form on file, and a balance above the payout minimum. For the current minimum, supported payout methods and any transfer cost in your country, ask our support team before you sign up.
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GET STARTED
No card to start. Keep 80% while you test the platform, then move to a flat fee plan when your monthly income makes it the cheaper option.
All dashboard figures on this page are illustrative examples, not customer results.
