Minting Fees:
Collectors are charged a mint fee of 0.000777 ETH per edition purchased. Artists are not responsible for minting fees.
For free mints (Free Editions or free Limited Edition):
- 0.000555 ETH goes to the artist.
- 0.000222 ETH goes to Sound.
For paid mints (paid Limited Editions):
- 0.000222 ETH goes to the artist.
- 0.000555 ETH goes to Sound.
Artist Fees:
Artists earn 100% of revenue from primary sales and 100% of royalties from secondary sales. Sound does not charge any fees to the artist.
Secondary Fees:
Artists earn 100% of the royalties generated from secondary sales on Sound Market and other marketplaces. Sound does not charge any fee on secondary transactions.
Upload Fees:
Sound does not charge artists any upload fees. Artists do not need to pay gas when they upload their song on Optimism or BASE. However, they are responsible to pay them when uploading to Ethereum Mainnet. (Gas fees are paid to miners to verify transactions and keep the network running, not to Sound. Learn more about gas.)
Previous Fee Changes
What are the fees on songs uploaded before December 19th, 2023?
With the release of Tiers on September 25th, 2023, Sound changed its fee structure to include a 0.000777 ETH fee per edition purchased as opposed to per transaction. The fee is covered by the collector.
When purchasing Free Editions:
- 0.000555 ETH goes to the artist.
- 0.000222 ETH goes to Sound.
When purchasing Limited editions:
- 0.000777 ETH goes to Sound
What are the fees on songs uploaded before September 25th, 2023?
On July 3rd, 2023, Sound introduced a small collector mint fee of 0.0007 ETH per transaction and removed the 5% artist fee on primary sales.
- Collectors pay the 0.0007 ETH fee on each transaction
- Artists earn 100% of revenues generated from their drops.
- The fee goes directly to Sound
What are the fees on songs uploaded before July 3rd, 2023?
All songs uploaded prior to July 3, 2023 are subject to our old fee model and cannot be upgraded to the new fee structure:
- 5% on primary mints
- 2.5% on Sound Swap mints
- 0% on secondary transactions
- No mint fee for collectors