592 beats, off the marketplace.
a producer with a Billboard no. 1 to his name was selling his catalog on beatstars, shelved next to every other producer's. the same catalog now sells on his own domain, and every sale writes its own contract.
- beats live
- 592
- licence tiers
- 5
- billboard country airplay
- no. 1
- worldwide publishers
- Kobalt
the problem
a beat marketplace is a shelf. the catalog sits next to every competing producer's on the same page, the marketplace keeps the buyer, and it takes a cut of inventory the producer already owns. discovery works against you by design, and the customer who bought your beat is somebody else's customer.
what got built
a beat store on his own domain, with the whole catalog on it. five licence tiers he sets and prices himself, from lease to exclusive. checkout runs through his own account, so the money and the buyer both land on his side. nothing on the page is rented.
the part that runs itself
every sale writes its own licence agreement, stamps it with the buyer's name and the exact terms they bought, and zips it with the files. the buyer gets the contract with the download rather than a week later, and nobody types one by hand. that is the licensing engine, and it has been running in production since launch.
the credit that anchors it
he produced Chase Matthew's Darlin', no. 1 on Billboard Country Airplay, credited to Alex Maxwell and Jake Angel. Kobalt announced him as an exclusive worldwide publishing signing, reported by MusicRow in may 2024. the store was built to put that catalog somewhere he controls.
what this build used
Artist tier work. a multi-seller marketplace is Catalog tier.
questions this build answers.
can a producer sell beats without BeatStars or Airbit?
yes. a beat store on your own domain runs the same licence tiers, the same instant delivery and the same previews, with the checkout in your own account. the difference is that the buyer becomes your customer rather than the marketplace's, and no commission is taken on a catalog you already own.
how does a beat licence get generated automatically?
the licence tiers are defined once, with the terms attached to each. on payment the store writes the agreement for that tier, stamps it with the buyer's name and the terms they bought, and delivers it zipped with the audio files. no contract is typed by hand and none is sent late.
who built jakeangelbeats?
Studio Raine, a design and software studio in New York City that builds direct-to-fan platforms for record labels, producers and the artists signed to them.
your roster, the same way.
every property above is on a domain the client owns, with the checkout in their account and the customer list in their name. the studio builds it and hands it over, then keeps running it for as long as that is useful.