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How Do I Enable And Adjust Commercial Use For Free Downloads?

    This article applies to: Beat Sellers Professional Plan Growth Plan Starter Plan

    Overview

    In this article, you will learn how to enable and adjust your commercial use for free downloads on BeatStars.

    If you allow free downloads for commercial use, this gives your free downloaders a non-exclusive license to use the track commercially. This helps protect your rights and secure compensation when your tracks are used, as they must split the master and publishing royalties with you.

    Important notes

    Step-by-step Guide

    1. Open an existing or new track in Studio: https://studio.beatstars.com/content/tracks/uploaded

    2. Scroll to the "Monetization" section and make sure "Enable free download" is turned on.

    3. Toggle on "Allow Commercial Use".

    4. Click the "gear" icon next to the Free Download option to open Free download options.

      Important note

      If you allow commercial use, then downloaders must provide a name and email address to generate the license under the "Downloader needs to" section.

    5. Under "Commercial use terms" you can adjust the Master Royalties and Publishing Share percentages you retain for free downloads.

      Important note

      Master Royalties and Publishing Share are the percentages you retain, and each defaults to 50%. You can adjust either one; the downloader receives the remaining share, so each split totals 100%.

    6. You can expand and customize the terms of the non-exclusive commercial use license under "View advanced terms".

    7. Once your settings are correct, click "Save". Your track will then use the updated Free Download requirements.

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