You can now buy music on SoundCloud

# You can now buy music on SoundCloud Source: [https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/984926/soundcloud-direct-music-sales-beta-launch](https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/984926/soundcloud-direct-music-sales-beta-launch) [](https://www.theverge.com/authors/jess-weatherbed) Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture\. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews\. SoundCloud has launched a new beta feature that allows artists on the audio streaming platform to[sell music directly](https://soundcloud.com/playbook-articles/soundcloud-introduces-direct-music-purchases-with-zero-commission)from their profiles, instead of diverting fans to purchase from third\-party services like Bandcamp and Beatport\. The feature aims to give listeners a better way to support the musicians behind their favorite songs, because SoundCloud isn’t taking any commission from these sales — meaning everything goes directly to the artists\. By comparison,[Bandcamp](https://get.bandcamp.help/en/articles/15263193-what-are-bandcamp-s-fees)takes a cut of between 10\-15 percent for sales, and artists on[Beatport](https://orphiq.com/resources/beatport-electronic-artists)receive roughly 50\-65 percent of their sale price\. More than 250,000 artists have linked over 2\.4 million tracks to external music platforms, according to SoundCloud, and the platform says it sends more than half a million users to external parties to purchase music each year\. The ability to sell music will only be available to 200 Artist Pro SoundCloud creators in the US to start, with plans to expand access to all eligible creators later this fall\. Fans can purchase music “in the format provided by the artist,” according to SoundCloud, such as MP3 or WAV files\. This new beta feature follows SoundCloud launching its[All\-in\-One artists subscription](https://www.theverge.com/news/812173/soundcloud-will-stop-taking-a-cut-of-artist-royalties-at-the-end-of-november)in November last year, which gives creators 100 percent of their distribution royalties\. The introduction of music sales is also part of SoundCloud’s plan to evolve into something more than a service for streaming and discovering music, allowing its creators to “get heard, connect with fans, and earn\-all in one place\.” **Follow topics and authors**from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates\. - Jess Weatherbed