How to Sell Your Music on iTunes (And Other Online Retailers)

It is possible for artists to send music directly to iTunes, for no charge. In order to do this, however, artists need to fulfill some requirements. They are: You need At least 20 albums in your catalog, UPCs/EANs/JANs for all products you intend to distribute, and ISRCs for all tracks you intend to distribute. UPCs/EANs/JANs are bar codes and unique product identification numbers that can be scanned in retail locations. Having one of these would allow your product to be sold in any retail music store as a download or a physical copy. They normally cost $89 per code. An ISRC code is an international standard code for uniquely identifying sound recordings and music video recordings. It would be difficult for independent artists to meet these requirements, so if you can't don't worry. There are more options to get your music on iTunes!

Prices:
$9.99 - Single
$9.99 - Ringtone
$49.99 - Album

Features:
-Send songs to the largest online distributors
-Physical on-demand distribution with Amazon
-Get 100% of your royalties & profits
-Partnership with Universal Music Group to get your music licensed to TV shows
-Partnership with Guitar center to get your music played on in-store radio stations & Get your physical copies on shelves
-Access to Interscope, Island Def Jam, Republic, Motown Records
-Get paid for streams on MySpace
-Your song will be available to buy and play on the Rock Band video game
-24/7 Account and sales report access
-Free digital cover art
-Free CD artwork for Amazon's Disc on Demand store
-Free streaming wisgets
-Free bar codes, UPCs and Tunecore song identifiers

Prices:
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$10 for a Barcode (See below for a code for 2 FREE Barcodes)
Once your music starts selling, Record Union takes the first $5 you make (per year)

Features:
-"No-Risk" start up
-Send songs to the largest online distributors (49 different distributors)
-Get 85% of your royalties & profits
-24/7 Account and sales report access

Prices:
$9.95 - Single (Digital only)
$39 - Album (Digital and Physical)

Features:
-Send songs to the largest online distributors
-Get 91% of your royalties & profits
-24/7 Account and sales report access