Build a Catalog of High-Quality Beats
Here are 3 factors before selling your beats online.
1.1 Have Professional High-Quality Beats
One of the most important steps to selling beats online is having professional quality beats.
If your beats aren’t good, no one is going to buy them.
So you want to make sure your beats are at a professional standard and that music artists want to use them.
Your beats should be…
- Properly mixed
- Tested on a variety of different speakers
- Be in the correct song structure
- Have quality sounds
If you are new to making beats, talk to music artists and see what they have to say about your beats.
If no one wants to use your beats, free or paid, then you may need to improve your beats.
Offer a Wide Selection of Beats
You should have at least 50 beats in your beat store.
Create music for different music genres, different moods, and tempos.
If you only have 10 beats online, you aren’t giving music artists a lot to choose from.
When a music artist visits your website, you don’t know what type of music they are looking for.
So you want to give music artists a wide selection of music to choose from.
You don’t want to put a lot of effort into promoting your beat store when you only have a limited selection of beats.
If you do, you are going to be disappointed when no one buys your beats. When the issue is you aren’t giving music artists a lot to choose from.
1.3 Create Popular Music
You also want to create music that you know is popular to help your chances of succeeding.
Build a Beat Selling Website
Building a website is the first step in creating a professional web presence.
A website gives you more control over the appearance, pricing, and user experience.
You don’t want to depend on beat-selling online marketplaces that promote your competitors.
You should have a website that will be the central location to be found.
This is where music artists will be able to buy beats, pay for services, and learn about you.
Setting up a website isn’t as hard as it used to be.
It can take more time because there is more flexibility and choices.
But you can set up a beat website in under 1 hour.
By having a website you will look more professional and the focus is on your beats.
What to Look for in a Website
The most important thing to look for when selling beats is the music player.
What to Look for In a Music Player
You need an audio player that makes it easy to search and find beats.
- Playlist Feature – It should be easy to listen to all your beats on one page.
- Easy Sorting – Sort by music genres, price, mood, and more.
- Search – Allow people to search through your beats for key terms.
- Instant Downloads – Customers want to download beats instantly.
- Easy Buying Process – Make it simple to accept credit cards and PayPal.
- Preview Download – Allow customers to download a tagged MP3 preview.
- Make an Offer – Allow visitors to make offers to negotiate beat prices.
- License Options – You want to be able to offer different license options.
- Free Beats – Free beats are great to generate more traffic to your website.
Build an Email List
The Best Ways to Capture Email Addresses
- Have Multiple Email Capture Forms – Put many email capture forms on your website. Include them in the sidebar or at the end of your blog posts.
- Free Downloads – Offering free gifts will get the most email subscribers to join your email list.
- Exit Pop-Up Windows – There are pop-up windows that appear when users are about to leave your website. Pop-ups that offer free gifts in exchange for their email can convert well.
Promote Your Beats Online
To sell your beats online you need to start getting traffic to your beat selling business.
You can use all the social media websites to promote your beats.
Create Youtube Videos
Showcase your beats by creating YouTube videos. Promote your beat website in the video description.
Create Content to Attract Music Artists
You want to build an online brand and become a trusted source for information.
There is a term called “content marketing”.
This means creating content that indirectly promotes your products or services.
A good example of this is Nike. Nike creates marketing videos that promote an athletic lifestyle which promotes their products.
You need to do the same. You need to create content to capture the attention of music artists.
Content marketing is more effective than paying for ads. It helps to promote your brand, build authority, and establish trust.
Think about your favorite music producers on YouTube.
They share tips to help you create music and entertain you. So you keep going back for more.
This is what you want to do. Become a trusted source for information so people come to you for beats and music services
Use Beat Selling Marketplaces
While we recommend having your own beat website, you can still utilize these other websites to promote your beats.
These websites can be helpful because they have customers looking to buy beats.
It doesn’t hurt to put some of your best beats on these websites to see if they drive sales and traffic.
How do I sell my beat to an artist?
YouTube is a great place to start selling your beats.
Having a dedicated beat store makes the process of selling beats a lot easier.
BeatStars and Airbit are the two most popular platforms for selling beats online.