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Benefits for Buyers

Category: Buyer Articles

Benefits for Buyers Selection- We are the world's largest original Lyric and Song library. Find fantastic original songs and lyrics and use them legally in your productions   Easy- Straight forward ea...

What rights do i need to sell music at Songbay?

Category: Seller Articles

What 'rights' do I need to sell music at Songbay? You must own all the rights to your songs or lyrics- This means you must be the copyright holder or have permission from any other joint copyright hol...

How to Close Account

Category: Common Technical Questions

Close Account Instructions To close your account, simply login to your user area at Songbay and choose the option: 'Songbay Account', you will be asked to enter your security answer. 2. Choose one of ...

What percentage of royalties will I receive from sales?

Category: Seller Articles

What percentage of due royalties will I receive from sales?   Songwriters   You retain complete control of your work. When selling your songs at Songbay, our license contracts assign 100% of ALL royal...

How to Edit Uploads

Category: Seller Articles

How to Edit Uploads We allow a variety of editing to uploads. You can make the following edits: Change the description information of your song or lyric Change sale prices. Make uploads private or pub...

Upload Issue

Category: Common Technical Questions

Upload Issue Upload problem - "I have taken out a subscription but my account is still showing 'Free user' and I can't upload." Upgrades are usually processed instantaneously, occasionally, there can ...

Licensing Choices- Selling Options

Category: Seller Articles

Licensing Choices- do I have to use your selling options?"I use your website primarily for to copyright. Do the buyers of your licenses acquire ownership? Do I have to use the selling options?" With t...

How long does it take uploads to appear?

Category: Common Technical Questions

How long does it take uploads to appear? Please pay particular attention to the notification at the start and end of the upload process, which says: ** Please Note Uploads will NOT appear live on Song...

Lyric to song service

Category: Seller Articles

Lyric to song service I was wondering when I turn my lyrics into songs with your lyric to song service, can I still make money by selling the copyright or I can only make money from the royalties? - T...

How to use the copyright function at Songbay

Category: Seller Articles

How to use the copyright function at Songbay? We give free copyright protection and registration to all our subscribers. You can either perform the copyright function at the end of the upload process ...

Where do I add my PayPal details?

Category: Common Technical Questions

Where do I add my PayPal details?What are Paypal details? We use Paypal to transfer payments from sales. ‘PayPal details’ is simply the email address you use to login to your PayPal account. Add this ...

Upload Problem

Category: Common Technical Questions

"Upload problem, Unable to complete the upload process, Page hanging or freezing, I can't upload" Occasionally users are unable to progress through the song or lyric listing stages. On clicking 'Next'...