Stacknyu built an artist-facing music distribution platform for Distromotion that connects release uploads, team and label permissions, scheduled releases, payments, rights administration and YouTube MCN services. The platform reaches 300+ stores across 195+ countries while artists retain 100% ownership of their music.
Who This Is Built For
- Independent artists who need global distribution without giving up ownership.
- Record labels managing releases, teams, permissions and royalty operations.
- Music and creator platforms that need artist dashboards connected to delivery and rights workflows.
Project Overview
DistroMotion is a global music-distribution platform that helps artists and record labels get their music heard and monetized everywhere. From a single account, artists can distribute to more than 300 stores and streaming platforms across 195+ countries — including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, TikTok and Deezer — while keeping 100% ownership of their music. Stacknyu built the platform experience end-to-end on a SvelteKit, PocketBase and Go stack.
Challenges & Objectives
- Global Distribution Reach
- Challenge: Artists need their music on every major platform, in every region, without managing dozens of stores individually.
- Objective: Deliver a distribution network that reaches 300+ stores and streaming services across 195+ countries through one submission.
- Artist Control and Ownership
- Challenge: Musicians are wary of platforms that take ownership or lock them into unfair terms.
- Objective: Let artists keep 100% ownership of their music while managing releases, payments and royalties from one dashboard.
- Team and Label Management
- Challenge: Artists and labels work with teams — managers, collaborators and labels — who need different levels of access.
- Objective: Support multiple accounts, team members with permissions, payment setup and scheduled releases all in one place.
Our Approach
Why This Platform Needed More Than Distribution
Most distributor guides treat breadth of store delivery as the whole product. Distromotion needed the operating layer around that delivery: a unified artist dashboard, account and team permissions, release scheduling, payment setup, rights administration, partner integrations and royalty visibility. That is the difference between routing files and building a platform artists and labels can run their business from.
Trade-Offs We Designed Around
- Partner integrations need ongoing maintenance as store and rights requirements change.
- Rights, royalty and payment states add operational complexity that a basic upload product can avoid.
- Global delivery requires clear status, support and recovery paths instead of a single success screen.
The honest rule is simple: use a standard distributor when basic delivery is enough; build custom when ownership, team workflows, rights services or the artist experience are the differentiator.
- Artist-First Platform Design
- We designed a clean, intuitive dashboard where artists upload music, manage releases and track earnings without technical friction.
- Scalable Backend
- PocketBase and Go power account management, release scheduling and payment flows, with a Node server handling integrations with distribution partners.
- Rights and Royalties Support
- The platform supports rights administration and royalty collection partnerships, plus YouTube MCN services including licensing, content ID and monetization boosts.
- Performance-Ready Infrastructure
- Deployed on Cloudflare Pages with a modern SvelteKit frontend for fast, reliable global access.
Technologies Used
- Frontend: SvelteKit, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS for a fast, intuitive artist dashboard.
- Backend: PocketBase with Go services and a Node server for partner integrations.
- Payments: Payment and royalty flows built into the artist platform.
- Deployment: Cloudflare Pages for reliable, global availability.
Outcome
DistroMotion now gives artists and record labels an all-in-one platform to distribute music globally, manage their career and collect the royalties they deserve. With deep store integrations, team management and rights administration, it has become a trusted partner for artists, brands and labels around the world.
