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STEP - 2 Creating a Website

Creating a beat selling website has never been easier in this day and age. There are multiple subscription based websites out there which offer the ability to create your own automated beat selling business starting off from as little as $0. Thats Right. Completely Free!

Third Party Hosts

Some great examples of these websites are listed below:

- BeatStars (my personal favourite)

- Airbit

- TrakTrain

- Soundee

Personally, I only use and have experience with BeatStars, therefore cannot speak on the other websites. However, alongside many others I can say that the service which BeatStars provides is outstanding and makes it extremely easy for producers and artists to commercialise their music. Upload your beats, create your licences, link your PayPal and the rest is taken care of! 

Benefits of having an online beat store

- Automated Sales

- Convert Visitors to customers

- Helps build a more professional brand

An example of my personal beat store which I use to sell beats online through BeatStars can be seen below. You will also see that the ability to customise your website to your liking is second to none.





As you can see, my catalogue of beats are laid out in a format which is very easy for artists/customers to navigate through. This creates an automated system where artists can choose which beats they would like to purchase, at the prices shown, without ever having to directly reach out to enquire with me. This saves both me and the artist a lot of time in comparison to if I was using another method of selling e.g. through email.

Below is an overview of the BeatStars subscription plan. So get your website set up and start chasing those sales!



How to upload to to your Beat Store

When uploading a beat to your website it is important to export the beat from your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) in 3 different formats 

Tagged MP3

- This is the lowest quality version and will be used as to merely preview your beat on your website
- Should also include your producer tag to protect yourself from anyone who may try to take your beat for free and use it for profit

Untagged WAV 

- Highest quality version
- Untagged as this will be the file which the artist/customer receives when they purchase a beat from your store

Trackouts

- WAV File.
- Includes the individual stems of the beat
- Should be exported in a zip. format



Thanks again,

Marc


 
















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