Technical Issues
Technical issues and Fixes
As with all online companies, users may experience technical difficulties from time to time. These are often the result of browser/ server/ software/ hardware conflicts which are beyond our control.
Here is a list of common issues which can occur and how to fix them :
Email address, Passwords, Security answers, OTP Codes not accepted
We would suggest, trying the following in this order:
- Ensure you are using a desktop computer and not a mobile device.
- Clear your web browser cache and history.
- Change to a different web browser. We recommend using the latest versions of Chrome of Firefox.
- Ensure you have a sufficiently fast and uninterrupted internet link.
- Switch off any anti-virus software which may be causing a conflict.
- Try using a different computer altogether (Not a mobile device).
- When entering any Passwords, Memorable Security answers, OTP codes, or Email addresses, type them in manually, do not use copy and paste, or any auto-fill functions. Occasionally pasting can input invisible characters or hyper-links, which will cause our system to reject the data.
- When entering email addresses or passwords, ensure the correct use of capitals, (our system is case-specific). Ensure the caps lock function is not activated.
- If resetting passwords, use the memorable security answer option instead of the email link option (in case you have an issue with receiving emails from your mail server).
- Ensure you fully read the upload instructions.
- Ensure you are using the correct upload option: 'Sell Lyrics' for lyric uploads and 'Sell Music' for audio uploads. If you choose the wrong option, the upload will fail.
- If an audio upload, ensure the file is under 10 MB in size. Anything larger, will fail.
- Clear your web browser cache and history. Web browsers have a habit of causing glitches by displaying old versions (cached) versions of web pages and not the most recent. They remember old URL page links and content and to speed up loading time, display these versions instead of the most recent. Clearing the web browser cache and history solves this issue by forcing the browser to display the most recent content).
- Always click on the 'Continue' button when uploading, NEVER your keyboard 'enter' key. Doing so will result in failure.
- If you make a mistake when uploading, always use the 'start over' link, NEVER the browser back button. Doing so can cause glitches.
- Always wait for the confirmation message that the upload was successful before moving to a different web page.
- Change to a different web browser. We recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome or Firefox, which from our experience, are the most stable
- Ensure that Java is installed on your computer.
- Ensure you have a sufficiently fast and uninterrupted internet link.
- Switch off any anti-virus software which may be causing a conflict.
- Do not use Opera web browser. We do not support it.
- Do not leave the upload process mid way, you will get logged out and the upload will fail.
- Try using a different computer altogether.