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| URL: | http://www.revostock.com/ | |
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| Accepting Submissions: | Yes | |
| Submit Online: | Yes | |
| Submit By Mail: | No | |
| Submissions Reviewed: | Yes | |
| Types Accepted: | Instrumentals | |
| Charge For Submissions: | No | |
| Up Front Money: | No | |
| Royalty Free: (non-broadcast use) |
Yes | |
| Exclusivity: (Exclusive, Non, Semi) (Semi = Free to place on own but not with another library) |
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| Re-Title: | Unknown | |
| Set Own Price: | No | |
| Contract Length: | Unknown | |
| Payment Schedule: | Monthly | |
| License Fee Split: (writer/library) |
45/55 | |
| PRO Split Based on 100%: (writer/library writer/library/publisher or writer) |
100/0 | |
| Requires Licensee To File Cue Sheet: | Yes | |
| Pays On Blanket License: | ||
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| Active Site: | No | |
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So as they pay Pro royalties, am I right in thinking I should submit my PRS registered tracks as well as my royalty free ?
Anyone have good success selling SFX files as I am putting a lot up ?
I uploaded three tracks for the application, but I can’t see if they are pending or not… I mean, I can’t find the info about the state of my submission anywhere on the site. Could someone please help me?
Go to Producer Tools, then My Uploads and they should be there with the word ‘Pending’ in a yellow box above each track. You receive an email when they have been approved.
Ok, I received the email that I’m approved. Thanks mellowstu.
I’ve just told revostock to close my account as i was disgusted to see, as an artist, i only get 45% of sales!!! this is totally unfair and i feel they are scamming people.
Most other places give a fair 50 / 50 split which is totally fair. Under no circumstances should any site like revostock take more then the artists, its total bs!!
Anyone thinking of using them for music i would say dont! try pond5 instead, i have more success with pond5 then any other site so far.
Hope this helps
Some libraries don’t even give you any of the licensing fees (just PRO royalties). Pump Audio gives 35%, but they also give 50% of the publishing PRO royalties.
Its partly my own fault, I should have read the garbage before hand but there is so much stuff to read lol … one mistake i wont be making again trust me.
I will not accept less then 50% and the more people that do the more they are saying it is acceptable to do so, plus they will even try and reduce it further so you get jack!!
As most artists, we spend much time on our music to be enjoyed by people and theres nothing worse then being abused by these companies. At the end of the day if it was not for our music there site would not have a purpose. Its about time artists stood up and took back whats rightfully theirs!
next they will be asking for 45% of the copyright lol!
as more and more people are buying music on the net, record labels are feeling the pressure, anyone now can produce, mix, master, release and distribute their own music
while having greater control of how it is handled, this make me happy!
Its up to artists to get a fair deal and not accept second best 🙂
Peace!
hay john, as a side note – how do you get on with Pump Audio?
do you get many sales as an artist?
They get me lots a placements Jay.
Oh, you still didn’t discovered Istockaudio. They pay 15% to their nonexclusive artists, and yet they have thousands of them submitting their music every day…
One thing I like about this site is that your tracks get alot of traffic, especially if it is editor’s choice. Also, the customer service and statistics are great in my experience. What I like also is that they do not take your publishing rights (or writer’s), so if you sell a track that will be broadcast on TV/Radio, cue sheets are given to the purchaser to submit to the broadcaster (to send to your PRO). Maybe other sites operate this way as well, but I just wanted to share a positive experience. I’ve had 3 sales in about a month out of 20 tracks and sfx. The upfront license fees are not much to speak of but two of the tracks will have cue sheets submitted.
How do you know two of your tracks will have cue sheets submitted? They don’t give you any info on who purchases your tracks or what they are going to be used for.
Yes, that’s true for most of the tracks I’ve had licensed there. But when the level 3 license is purchased a cue sheet is generated and the content creator sends it to the broadcaster. Then the broadcaster submits it to ASCAP (or whatever PRO you belong to). That’s what they are supposed to do anyway. Here is a more complete explanation: http://www.revostock.com/FAQ-Empty.html?faq_id=3&category_id=20
Just to correct my comment for accuracy. These tracks sold at the level 3 license do not necessarily have cue sheets submitted since they may have been used in a DVD or some other wide release according to Revostock. I’ll wait until I see it in ASCAP before I make a comment about it next time:-)
I have just been approved to upload my tracks. Have you guys kept the standard “bargain” pricing in there or changed it?
I set max prices for all of my tracks.
OK but doesn’t that reduce your chances of selling more of your music or does everyone tend to set max prices? I guess it evens out anyway?
I think if a track fits there will be no doubt between 10 or 30 bucks.
This in not linear dependance.
Btw, if you set 5-10usd for a track you are dumping(!).
Here is some thoughts about pricing:
http://www.productiontrax.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=483
http://www.productiontrax.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=518
Thanks for the advice and links Dmytro!
Does anyone know how much time does it take usually to have your tracks reviewed by Revostock? I’ve uploaded and submitted about 6 days ago and my tracks are still “Pending”…
Cheers,
Michael
It may take the one or two weeks.
Can’t get the upload to work with the sites uploader or my own FTP software. Both say to check username password combo. Doesn’t make sense as I’m logged in with my account on Revostock and it says to check my password when trying to upload. Weird.
Anyone have this problem and figure it out?
I saw the message on their homepage few days ago about technical problems with uploading tracks.
As for prices – there are three pricing options for different licenses (user can change it any tme) – 30, 40 and 60usd (maximum prices).
Also there is a nice feature – viewing most searchable keywords (of course, “wedding” is the first position:-))
I agree with Dan and Vincent – i have had approx thirty tracks with them since last june and 10 of them have been downloaded, some more than once for a total of 18 downloads – doesn’t bring in a lot of cash but it is fairly regular – as was mentioned the prices are on the low side but worth doing as its all non exclusive – maybe think about the starbucks approach and have your stuff for sale on every corner?
They have recently introduced the option of setting your own price but within certain boundaries – and those boundaries are still on the low side.
I’ve been with them over a year now and have made a decent amount of money compared to some other royalty free sites – sometimes the volume of sales makes up for the lower price point. I would say if you’ve got tracks non exclusively with other royalty free libraries, why not go with these guys too – it should add something to your income.
These guys are a decent ‘self’service’ type of site. Priced a bit on the low side.