CD Baby delivers to more retailers and offers more options than any other music distributor, and unlike other services, we'll never charge an annual fee.
CD Baby Pricing
| Service |
Price |
Details |
| Album Signup |
$49 per album |
Includes CD (or vinyl) and download sales on CDBaby.com and worldwide digital and physical distribution.
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| Pro Album Signup |
$149 $99 per album |
Includes CD (or vinyl) and download sales on CDBaby.com, worldwide digital and physical distribution, plus song/songwriter registration and global royalty collection.
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| Single Song Signup |
$12.95 per single |
Includes download sales on CDBaby.com and worldwide digital distribution. No physical sales. (UPC bar code available for additional $5) |
| Pro Single Song Signup |
$39 per single |
Includes download sales on CDBaby.com, worldwide digital distribution, plus song/songwriter registration and global royalty collection. No physical sales. (UPC bar code available for additional $5). |
| CD Baby Pro Upgrade |
$39 per single
$59 per album |
Any album or single that is distributed through CD Baby can be upgraded to CD Baby Pro for a one-time fee. |
| Submission Credits |
See complete pricing |
Prepay for multiple releases and save up to 36% on submission fees. Then submit your albums whenever you like!
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| Disc Manufacturing |
Visit CD Baby
Disc Manufacturing
for pricing |
Order as many or as few retail-ready discs as you need. |
| Download Cards |
starting at 59¢ each |
Choose from 4 different styles, including perforated cards and crack-and-peel sticker cards, all featuring your album artwork. Order in quantities of 100, 200, 500, 1000, or 5000. Sell them for whatever price you like! |
| UPC Bar Code |
$20 for album
$5 for single song |
Get a unique bar code with the corresponding graphic that you can use anywhere, even with other distributors. |
| HostBaby Web Hosting |
$20 per month or $199 per year |
Includes web hosting for musicians, site-design Wizard, unlimited bandwidth, email, and ListBaby (mailing list manager). |
How Much CD Baby Pays You
| Type of Sale |
You Get |
Our Cut |
CDs and Vinyl
(includes sales through our distribution partners) |
Your chosen purchase price minus $4 |
We keep $4 per unit sold. If your album sells for $13, you get paid $9. |
CDBaby.com downloads
(single tracks AND full-album) |
91% of your chosen purchase price |
We keep only 9% and pay you a whopping 91% per download sold on our store – more than iTunes, Amazon, or any other retailer. So if you set your single-song download price at 99¢ you'll get paid 90¢ per song! |
Digital distribution sales
(from iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, and many more.) |
91% of net income |
We keep 9% of the net income paid to us by our partners and you keep the rest. |
Why choose CD Baby for your digital distribution? Check out our digital distributor comparison chart.
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