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Too Lost, a brief review

Wanted to share my experience with too lost distribution and see if anybody else had any stories. So first off creating an account can be a hassle if you don’t do it exclusively from a computer at first. I tried creating the account on my phone and then it told me I needed to switch over to a computer then I had to switch back to my phone for verification process. Now this wouldn’t be a problem but me being completely blind. It was actually a hassle having to switch over to my MacBook and navigate so this took me a few days to finish. I also haven’t been receiving any emails in regards to any actions on my account. The only time I’ve gotten an email from them is through a support ticket that was not very helpful. when they say upload 14 days in advance minimum, they mean it, they’ve only been around for two years so they can’t process Music as fast as other distributors. I tried uploading a release seven days before the date and it didn’t make it so I ended up switching over to DistroKid, which worked in like four days. I will say this, their website is organized nicely compared to others and it’s straightforward to the point. I like the fact that they also have monthly payment options if you don’t want to pay for the full year and even if you don’t pay for your account for whatever reason instead of completely deleting your account, they’ll just take 15% of your royalties until you start paying again. DistroKid could learn a thing or two from them. This distribution company has been around for only two years going on three. And some of the reviews I’ve read state that their websites had issues in the past with payouts, because of how certain IT things were implemented. Basically, they have growing pains. I’m gonna try another release and schedule it out a month and I assume everything will run smoothly at that point, but this is definitely not the distributor you want to go all in on for an album just yet in my opinion. They do have a nice set of features, and being able to get in advance on your streaming royalties years in advance seems like a cool feature, but again that’s reserved for a certain tear of artist. Overall, I don’t think it’s prime time ready but this is definitely the best alternative to DistroKid.

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