Hey AI Guerrillas! I wanted to share my experience with Ditto Music, especially for anyone here distributing AI music or considering different distribution platforms. I’ve been using both DistroKid and Ditto Music for a while. I decided to try Ditto because I wanted to diversify and test another distribution service instead of relying on only one platform. Unfortunately, after around four months, my experience has been pretty disappointing. The biggest issue is payments. The money I’ve earned is still showing as pending, even after four months. With DistroKid, in my experience, earnings usually started appearing after around two months, so this delay feels strange and frustrating. Releases are also quite slow. You normally need to schedule them at least 10 days in advance, and faster releases require an additional payment. That can be annoying when you want to release music more frequently. I also find Ditto’s platform much less convenient than DistroKid, especially when uploading several songs as part of one album. There are many limitations, and the whole process can feel unnecessarily complicated. To be fair, their customer support has been good. I don’t want to ignore the positive side. The support team has responded and tried to help, but unfortunately, the distribution service itself has not been good in my experience. The main reason I’m writing this post is because I’ve been working with one artist through Ditto for around seven months. Recently, they started rejecting the artist’s new singles because they claimed the artist name contains an "SEO keyword" This was extremely frustrating. I manage more than 15 artists through DistroKid, and many of their names could also be considered SEO-related, but I’ve never faced this issue there, especially after an artist has already been releasing music for months. So, I just wanted to share my personal experience in case it helps anyone who is choosing a distributor. I’ve tested several distribution services so far, and DistroKid is still the best one for me. I’m also planning to test TuneCore soon.

Good afternoon and blessings. I have a question: now that I’ve created my YouTube channel for my artist, should I upload a video first before claiming it on DistroKid? I’m a bit confused—thanks.

For everyone asking me why their DistroKid payment is still processing, here’s what happened to me personally. My first payout was around $1,000, and it went through without any problems. Once I made my first withdrawal of more than $10,000, though, DistroKid asked me to verify that I actually controlled the artist and the social media accounts connected to it. They offered multiple verification options. I used Instagram, so I had to show that I controlled the Instagram account and that it was connected to the artist’s Spotify profile and message distrokid from Instagram. My advice is to create an Instagram for your artist, keep control of the login, and add that Instagram account to your Spotify profile before you ever request a major payout. A lot of you are getting your first bigger payments right now, so I believe some of you may be hitting this exact verification step. It does not automatically mean anything is wrong. You also need to understand that payments can take time. Mine usually arrive fairly quickly, but I’ve had withdrawals take up to 12–14 days. I even contacted DistroKid support about one of them, and they said the payment was fine and still processing. Could they be reviewing streams, auditing the account, or checking your information? Possibly. I don’t know, and neither do most of the people spreading theories online. The only thing I can confirm is what happened to me: once the payouts became larger, DistroKid required me to prove that I controlled the artist’s connected social media accounts. Get that stuff organized now so you’re ready when your payout comes.

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