A stream pays from a pool. A sale pays your price.
Ali, founder of Aamizeh. Updated . 7 min.
A stream and a sale are two ways a fan can pay you. They are not the same product. One pays from a pool. The other pays the price you put on the track.
If you already put music on a streaming service, you can leave it there. Aamizeh does not ask you to take it down.
Two different payments
A streaming service charges the listener a subscription, or it sells ads. It collects that money, then splits a pool across the tracks people played. Your share depends on the service, the country, the listener's plan, and how the rights are divided. You do not name the price of one play.
A sale is simpler to explain to a fan. You name a price. They pay it. They keep the file. On Aamizeh you keep 90% of that payment and Aamizeh keeps 10%.
I will not print a per-stream dollar figure here. Those numbers move, and a number I did not measure would look more precise than it is. You can look up a service's own documentation if you want their current account. For a decision about Aamizeh, the useful comparison is who sets the price.
The money in a stream
You upload through a distributor, or a label does it for you. The track shows up in the apps your listeners already open. That is useful when you want to be found by people who are not looking for a file to buy.
The payout arrives later, often from the distributor, after the service has counted plays. A dedicated fan who plays a song every day still sends you a slice of the pool. You cannot point at one play and say "that was 90 cents."
Some artists treat streaming as the listening room. The committed fan, the one who wants the recording in their own library, is a different ask. Those two jobs can sit next to each other.
The money in a sale
On Aamizeh the fan hears a 30-second preview, then buys the file. You set the price. A crypto payment in USDT, TON, USDC, or SOL goes through a smart contract that sends 90% to the wallet you registered and 10% to Aamizeh at the sale.
Telegram Stars, inside the Mini App @SedaDigitalBot, pay out once a month. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal are coming soon. Those will pay out once a month too.
You need a finished master, artwork, and a price a fan of yours would pay for a file they keep. A single often sits near the cost of a coffee. An album should cost more than one track. There is no correct number for every artist.
Keeping both
The Aamizeh deal is non-exclusive. Listing a track here does not stop you streaming it, and it does not stop you selling it on Bandcamp. Read the other store's terms before you assume the same in reverse. Some deals are exclusive. This one is not.
Keep the streaming release for listeners who want to press play. Offer the file to fans who want to pay you a price you can say in one sentence. You set that price in each store. The two checkouts do not have to match.
If you want the longer note on selling a file, read the guide on selling music to fans. If you want wallet setup, read the payments page. The warnings live there once.
Compare a stream with a sale
- Pick a track you already stream, or one you are about to release.
- Set a price a fan of yours would pay for the file they keep.
- Read the artist page on Aamizeh and apply if you want that sale alongside the stream.
Questions
Does a stream pay the price on the page?
No. A streaming service pays from a pool it splits later. You do not set that amount. A sale on Aamizeh pays the price you set.
How much of a sale do I keep on Aamizeh?
You keep 90%. Aamizeh keeps 10%. A crypto sale pays your wallet when the fan pays. Telegram Stars pay out once a month.
Do I have to pull my music off streaming?
No. The Aamizeh deal is non-exclusive. A track can stay on a streaming service and also be for sale here.
Who is a sale for?
A fan who wants the file. They pay your price once and keep it. A stream is for someone who wants to press play inside a service.
Where do I read the payout details?
The artist page explains the 90% split. Wallet setup and the warnings are on the payments page.