Royalty Advance is our automatic advance service, giving you access to your future royalties while letting you keep 100% of your master rights.
Need cash for your new music video? Want to plaster posters all over town? Royalty Advance helps you advance your music career without a contract.
What is it?
Royalty Advance is an amuse service that analyzes your streaming data to calculate and pay out upcoming earnings when you release music with Amuse. Simply put, it lets you withdraw the money you make from your music sooner rather than later.
Royalty Advances are automatically generated offers based on your streaming performance and earnings history. Metrics such as play counts, audience growth, and revenue history are used to determine eligibility.
How does it work?
Thanks to the streaming data we can pick up from the distribution service, Royalty Advance can analyze more than 65 billion data points to calculate future royalties. Each offer is custom calculated for your individual music catalogue.
If you’re eligible, you can find your Royalty Advance offer in the $ or Wallet section on our web or mobile apps.
If you don’t see an offer, it may be due to changes in your streaming performance. Refresh the app or check the web version for updates.
How do I qualify for Royalty Advance?
Collaborators receiving royalty splits may also be eligible for advances. However, support cannot manually add or trigger advance offers.
First of all, you need to distribute your music through Amuse. And since more songs equals more data, you should move your entire catalogue.
The more data the system has to work with, the more likely you'll be offered a Royalty Advance. That means that if you're an artist with a somewhat established fanbase and a steady amount of streams coming in each month, you're on the right track.
What happens to my rights?
You keep 100% of your master rights. When you accept a Royalty Advance offer, your distribution rights are locked with Amuse until your advance and fee are recovered. You won’t be able to edit Splits that the advance is based on until it’s recouped. Once you’re fully recouped, you'll collect your royalties just as usual again. You can track your recoupment progress in the apps.
Additionally, withdrawals are restricted until the advance is fully recouped. This ensures that the advance is recovered through your future royalties.
Do I owe Amuse money?
No, it's more like you owe yourself money. You only pay back your advance with your own future royalties. We won’t charge artists for any money they don’t make back, and the artist is not liable on a personal level.
Negative balances can occur due to returned withdrawals or fees from canceled advances. These balances are automatically recouped from your next royalties payout.
How are the fees calculated?
Each Royalty Advance offer includes a fee that is charged upon your advance. It's as personalized as the offer itself and dependent on the individual data of each artist and the actual time period, meaning the number varies. It considers factors such as stability, risk, and richness of data. The fee is always stated clearly in the offer.
What happens after I get the offer?
If you choose to accept a Royalty Advance offer, the Amuse app will take you through the terms & conditions of the advance. After you've approved them, you will be able to make a payout through your Amuse Wallet. Depending on which transfer method you use (PayPal or bank transfer), a small transfer fee may apply.
The automatic Royalty Advance feature cannot be disabled, but you are not required to accept offers.
How do I recoup?
The Amuse apps will track your recoupment automatically, so you don’t need to do anything. The royalties you earn after taking the offer are used to recoup the advance. The advances are usually calculated to be recouped within 3 to 6 months, and you can easily track your recoupment in the apps.
Pro tip: if you release more music or move over your catalogue, you'll probably be recouped way faster.
Read more here: https://www.amuse.io/en/get-started/advances/