A fair deal

Make Waves accounts are free. You can deliver your music to all the platforms without paying us anything upfront. You keep 100% of your rights, we just withhold the first 2000 streams per release yearly and we pay out 95% of the royalties directly to your Make Waves account.


And the nice thing is; after deducting our fees, we still pay out 20% more than most other music distribution platforms out there.

We want you to succeed!

At Make Waves we want to help you become a successful independent artist. That is why we only charge for using our platform if you make money by using Make Waves. We want you to succeed!

Make Waves is here to help you get traction and streams. If your music gets streams, we get paid for using our platform by withholding the income of the first 2000 streams per release on a yearly basis. If you don’t reach this amount, we will charge you the remainder for distributing your release. Be assured Make Waves has the best rates out there!

Yearly release fee
Limited time offer: 2000 streams 50% OFF
Royalty fee
5%

Deliver to all the stores/DSPs you need

Upload your music to all the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, Youtube, TikTok, Tidal and many more.

No hidden fees

Nothing costs extra in Make Waves, all accounts are 'pro' accounts with access to all our features.

Splits

Royalty splits are included for everyone, free of charge.

Get paid whenever you like

Get paid whenever you like through submitting a payout request on your wallet page.

Everything included

All the features you need, everything included. We will never charge you for extra features — because we feel these should be available for everyone. You keep 100% of your rights and we are transparent about the way we operate.

Make Waves accounts include:

Make Waves
Competitors
Release fee
Limited time offer: 2000 streams yearly per release + 5% of the royalties

Subscription fees and additional fixed fees for what we call 'basic' services like using your own label name

Deliver to all the stores/DSPs you need
Upload your music to all the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, Youtube, TikTok, Tidal and many more.

You will need to pay extra

Best-in-class support
Our support team is well trained and fast to help with any questions, replies usually within one day

Can take months to get a reply

Number of releases
Unlimited

Limited or pay per release

Get paid whenever you like
Get paid whenever you like, just submit a payout request on your wallet page.

Default settings

Number of artists
Unlimited

Mostly limited to 3

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What people say
monokimono
Band (Belgium)
“We decided to DIY our newest EP. It was a lot easier than expected thanks to Make Waves.”
Erik Buschmann
Artist (Netherlands)
“Easy-to-use platform and transparent and honest in its payouts!”

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