Beat marketplace — sell your productions with license tiers and royalty splits built in
Online beat marketplace on TYFRA: tiers, BunnyCDN delivery, verification, Vault portfolio, reviews.
A beat marketplace is where producers and artists meet: producers list their instrumentals with license options and pricing, artists browse and buy the beats they want to record over. The economics of this market are significant — a producer with an active catalog of 20–30 beats generating consistent sales can earn more per month from direct sales than from streaming royalties across an entire release catalog.
The platform that handles these transactions — payment, file delivery, license documentation — determines how much of each sale the producer keeps and how professional the buyer experience is.
How the TYFRA Marketplace works for beat sellers
Create a listing
Upload the beat to Vault, add the metadata — BPM, key, genre, moods, instrumentation — set a preview clip, and configure the three license tiers. The listing goes live on TYFRA Marketplace once all required fields are complete.
Set your license tiers
Three tiers: Basic (non-exclusive, limited commercial use), Premium (non-exclusive, broader commercial rights), and Exclusive (full rights transfer). Each tier has a separate price and royalty split. The same beat can sell at Basic or Premium to multiple buyers simultaneously — Exclusive is a one-time sale.
Receive payment
Buyers pay in TYFRA credits (1 credit = £10). For beat sales, payment is immediate — the moment the buyer pays, the credit transfers and the file delivers via BunnyCDN. No manual intervention required. The buyer receives the files and the license documentation automatically.
The fee structure
Platform fee on the free tier: 15%. At VIP tier: 0%. The £9.99/month platform subscription is the only cost at VIP — every sale after that is entirely yours.
The comparison: BeatStars' free tier takes 30%. At £500/month in beat sales, the difference between 30% (£150) and 0% (£0 plus £9.99) is £140/month — £1,680/year from the same sales volume. See pricing for current plan details.
Minimum payout: £50. Bank transfer and PayPal. There is a 14-day hold on new earnings before they become eligible for withdrawal. Payout status and history are tracked in TYFRA Finance.
Discovery — how buyers find your beats
Beats listed on TYFRA Marketplace are discoverable through TYFRA Discover's genre and BPM filtering. Active search matching surfaces your beats to buyers looking for specific sounds. Seller verification and a review system build trust over time — buyers can see your transaction history and ratings before purchasing.
The more complete your metadata — genre tags, mood descriptors, BPM, key, instrumentation — the more accurately your beats appear in relevant searches. Producers who invest in thorough tagging consistently outperform those who do not in discovery metrics.
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Common questions
On the free tier, the platform fee is 15% per sale. At VIP tier (£9.99/month), the platform fee is 0% — you keep 100% of each sale. At consistent monthly sales volume, the VIP subscription pays for itself within the first sale or two.
Basic is a non-exclusive license with limited commercial use — multiple buyers can purchase the same beat at this tier. Premium is also non-exclusive but with broader commercial rights. Exclusive is a one-time sale that transfers full rights to the buyer. Each tier has its own price, and the same beat can sell at Basic and Premium simultaneously until an Exclusive sale occurs.
BeatStars' free tier takes 30% of each sale. TYFRA's free tier takes 15%, and the VIP tier at £9.99/month takes 0%. At £500/month in beat sales, that difference is roughly £140/month — £1,680/year — in additional income from the same sales volume. TYFRA also integrates beat sales with your wider music career: Vault storage, financial tracking, and discovery through the platform.
Minimum payout threshold is £50. Payment is available via bank transfer and PayPal. There is a 14-day hold on new earnings before they become eligible for withdrawal. Beat sale payments transfer immediately to the seller's TYFRA balance when a buyer completes a purchase — the hold applies to withdrawing from the platform, not to the transaction itself.
Your data flows with you across TYFRA
These aren't separate apps. Your tracks, metadata, splits, contacts, and conversations stay connected—so every tool in the TYFRA suite can work from the same source of truth.