My experience with Ditto Music

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.

Has anyone here tried TuneCore or any other music distribution service? I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences in the comments.

Based on my experience so far, I personally would not recommend Ditto Music...

Cheers

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My experience with Ditto Music