Calculators

Four things worth working out with your own numbers rather than reading someone else's average. Every one runs in your browser, sends nothing anywhere, and shows the arithmetic it used.

Distributor cost calculatorDistroKid and TuneCore charge an annual fee forever. CD Baby charges once and takes a permanent cut of revenue.
Split sheet calculatorEnter each contributor's writing percentage and see what actually lands where — because the writer share and the publisher share are claimed separately, and the publisher half is…
PRO cost calculatorASCAP charges $50 for the writer account and $50 for the publisher account. BMI is free for songwriters and charges $175, $250 or $500 for a publisher entity depending on how it…
Streaming payout estimatorMost payout calculators use rates somebody made up. This one uses the measured per-play rates from my own complete DistroKid export — 45,894 royalty lines across 49 stores, June…

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