For independent artists and the labels behind them

Every release, launched properly.

Pre-saves with a release-day email at 9am in each fan's own timezone. Smart links with Beatport and Bandcamp next to Spotify. Download gates, a bio page that keeps itself up to date, and a promo plan for every release. For one artist or a whole roster.

Example release artwork

Out Friday

Two Step Theory

Your Artist

you@email.com

Where do you listen?

SpotifyApple MusicBeatport
Pre-save with email
Follow on SpotifyFollow

The DJ stores, next to the big ones

  • Beatport
  • Traxsource
  • Bandcamp
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube Music
  • TIDAL
  • Deezer

“I built droplr for my own releases, because the tools I was using didn't know how dance music actually comes out: country by country, on DJ stores, often with an exclusive window.”

Cody Morrison (Ototo) · UK garage DJ and producer, runs Rhythm Revolt Records in Brisbane. It's just me, so when you email, you're talking to the person who can fix it.

The product

Everything around the release, handled.

Pre-saves that follow the sun

Out at midnight in every country. In their inbox at 9am their time.

Stores release country by country, so droplr does too. The page flips at midnight wherever the fan is, and the release-day email leads with the store they picked.

Spotify only lets new apps save music for a handful of people, so droplr leads with an email pre-save that works for every fan, and a Follow button so you show up in their Spotify.

How pre-saves work
Brisbane
9:00am
Friday · sent
London
9:00am
Friday · sent
Los Angeles
9:00am
Friday · sent

Same release, same Friday. The email arrives when the track has actually unlocked for that fan.

Smart links that know the release

Beatport and Bandcamp next to Spotify. And a warning before you break an exclusive.

Paste a Spotify link and the artwork, colour and store links fill in, DJ stores included. Unreleased is fine.

Tell droplr a release is exclusive to Beatport and it warns you before a link breaks the window. It checks your barcode, ISRC and titles against what stores reject, too.

Example

Two Step Theory · smart link

  • BeatportExclusive until 14 Nov
  • SpotifyPlay
  • BandcampNot yet
Publishing the Bandcamp link now would break the Beatport exclusive, under your distributor's rules.
Download gates

A free pack that grows a list you keep.

Put stems, an edit pack or an unreleased track behind an email or a follow. Connect your own SoundCloud app (it needs SoundCloud Artist Pro) and the follow and repost are actually done for the fan.

Every step that can't be checked says so, and the file's address is never in the page.

Example

Free download · Edit pack

  • 1Enter your emailJoins your fan list
  • 2Follow on SoundCloudDone for the fan, not just a link
  • 3Follow on InstagramOn trust. Nobody can check this one

How far people got

Bio link

Between releases, it's still your page.

Your latest release sits at the top and changes by itself. Under it go your links, social icons, videos that play on the page and merch that opens your shop. Four looks, four fonts, your own colours.

The bio page, looks included, is on every plan, including Free.

See a demo bio page
Example
Your Artist
Out FridayTwo Step TheoryPre-save
Tickets: Saturday show

Also in droplr

  • A promo plan per releaseDated steps from four weeks out to two months after, each with what it needs.
  • Share graphicsCountdown, out now and lyric cards, made from your artwork.
  • Release clips30 seconds for Reels, rendered in your browser. Your master never leaves your computer.
  • One fan listEvery pre-saver across every release, with their store and whether they opted in to news.
  • InsightsWhen your fans are active, where they are, and which source actually works.
  • Play inside your playlistThe Spotify button can open the track inside a playlist you run, when it's the track's own link.
Not ready to sign up? The release plan is free, no account needed.Make your release plan

Built for both sides

Going it alone, or running a roster.

For artists

  1. 01Make the release pagePaste a Spotify link. Artwork, colour and store links fill in, unreleased is fine.
  2. 02Follow the promo planDated steps from announce day to two months after, each with the graphic, the link or the reel it needs — pick 30 seconds and droplr renders the video here in your browser.
  3. 03Let release day run itselfEvery pre-saver gets an email at 9am in their own timezone, leading with the store they picked.
  4. 04Keep the fansOne fan list across every release. Put a free pack behind a download gate to start one, and the fans who opted in to news are yours to email again.

For labels

  1. 01Run the whole rosterEvery release, every artist, one account. Artists log in to grab their links, see their stats and make their own clips — the release stays yours to edit.
  2. 02A link per placement/ig, /tiktok, a QR on the flyer: each tracked, so you know which post moved people.
  3. 03Your domain, connected for youlisten.yourlabel.com with one DNS record. droplr verifies it and issues the certificate.
  4. 04See what works across releasesBusiest hours, top countries, best sources and the stores fans actually use.

Pricing

Priced per account, not per release.

Australian dollars, including tax. Every plan includes email pre-saves, the release-day email, promo plans and share graphics.

Free
A$0/mo

Try it on your next few releases.

Start free
ArtistRecommended
A$12/mo

≈ US$9/mo

or A$120/yr (≈ US$85), two months free

For an artist releasing through the year.

Start Artist
Artist Pro
A$25/mo

≈ US$18/mo

or A$250/yr (≈ US$178), two months free

For an artist building a brand of their own.

Start Artist Pro

Every plan is billed in Australian dollars. The US figures are a guide only — your bank converts at its own rate on the day.

Compare every feature

Your fans stay yours

The list is yours, and so is the decision to leave.

Every address, on every plan

You can see every fan's address on every plan, Free included. Export to CSV is on the paid plans, and the whole list downloads on any plan when you close your account.

Not used for anything else

droplr handles your fans only to run your pages. I don't sell them, use them for my own label, or mix them with anyone else's list. Read the data processing terms.

Straight answers

Closing your account is one confirmation, with no discount and no second ask. If droplr ever shut down, its links would stop working, which is why the list is always yours to take. Questions go to hello@droplr.fm.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Do Spotify pre-saves go straight into fans' libraries?

Not for most fans, and I'd rather say so now than have you find out on release day. Since February 2026, Spotify only lets a new app save music for 5 people you allowlist by hand. Lifting that needs Spotify's Extended Quota, which is only for registered businesses with 250,000+ monthly users. Any newer pre-save service without that approval has the same limit.

So droplr.fm is built around what works for every fan: an email pre-save where they choose their store, a release-day email at 9am in their own timezone, and a Follow on Spotify button so new releases show up for them in Spotify. How it works

What's the catch on Free?

Free covers 3 new releases in any 12 months — a rolling window, not a calendar-year reset — and emails the first 250 pre-savers of each release on release day. Fans past that still pre-save and never see an error; you'll see how many missed out and can upgrade before release day. Links and pages never switch off.

Is droplr.fm for artists or labels?

Both. Artists run their own releases, fan list and promo plan. Labels run a roster, with artist logins and analytics across every release. Pick artist or label when you sign up.

It's one person. What happens to my stuff if you stop?

Fair question, and the honest answer is the reason droplr exists. One person runs it, and droplr has no investors to outlast — it stays up on what subscriptions pay for.

So here is exactly what you walk away with, on every plan including Free. Your fan list is yours: every address is visible on Free and exports as CSV on any paid plan, with the consent each person gave and the date they gave it. None of that has to be asked for. The one thing that doesn't outlive droplr is a link on droplr itself, which is exactly why the list matters.

That matters because of what has already happened to other people. smartURL was bought and its analytics closed on migration. Songwhip shut down and the links in people's bios stopped resolving. Songlink switched off its API with about six weeks' notice. Every time, the fan data was the part people couldn't get back. Take your list with you now, not when you need it.

Can I customise how my release page looks?

More than people expect, and less than a page builder. Your bio page gets one of four looks and one of four fonts on every plan, and release and download pages get them from Artist. Each look comes with an accent colour taken from your artwork or picked by hand, your own text, button and glow colours, and a background image you can blur. Light, dark or following the fan's phone is free on every page. Add your own logo, and from Artist Pro run it all on your own domain. Try the looks on the demo. Every link is yours to shape: its title, its button text (Play, Buy, Tickets, Dubplate Download, whatever you type), its icon, whether it shows at all, and the order they sit in.

What you don't get is custom CSS or a free-form layout, and that is a decision rather than a gap. A fan is on that page for about four seconds, on a phone, half way through scrolling, looking for the store they already use. Hand-written CSS is how link pages end up slow and broken on a three-year-old Android, and the page has one job.

If the shape is stopping you doing something specific — tell me what you're trying to build. It's one person here, which is a downside in plenty of ways, but it does mean the person you're asking is the person who can build it.

I already have a fan list somewhere else. Can I bring it?

Yes. Import a CSV from wherever your list lives now — a gate service, a mailing tool, a spreadsheet — and droplr records where each contact came from and what they agreed to, because the law asks who consented and when, not which tool was open at the time.

Imported contacts are kept separate from fans who pre-saved here, and they are never included in a release-day send. They can only be reached by a news email you write yourself. The best thing to send them is your pre-save link: the ones who sign up become fans with fresh consent, collected here.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes, on Artist Pro and the label plans. Point a subdomain like music.yourname.com at droplr.fm with one DNS record, and droplr verifies it and issues the certificate for you. Domain setup

More questions (7)
Can I email my fans about other things?

Fans who tick the optional "news and new music" box are yours to email. Fans who only pre-saved agreed to hear about that release, and droplr sends that email for you. The fan list shows which is which, and exports it as CSV on a paid plan.

What currency are the prices in?

Australian dollars (AUD), including any tax. Paid plans are billed monthly or yearly and you can cancel any time. No per-release fees.

I have a side project, or I look after a mate. Do I need the Label plan?

No. The artist plans cover one artist on purpose, but the step up is Pro at A$29 a month — A$4 more than Artist Pro — and it carries up to 5 artists, each with their own profile, their own fan list, their own stats, and their own login if you want to hand one over.

One honest wrinkle: a profile set up as an artist account has to be switched to the roster type before it can take the Pro plan, and that switch isn't self-serve yet — email me and I'll do it. If you're already paying, the current subscription has to finish first so the plan and the account type don't disagree.

What if I go quiet for six months?

Two things are already on your side. The release limit runs over any rolling 12 months, not a calendar year, so a hiatus doesn't burn slots — they come back on their own anniversaries. And the yearly price is two months free, which is the cheapest way to cover the months you're not releasing.

There's no pause button, and I'd rather say that than imply one. If you cancel, nothing is deleted: your pages and links stay up, your fan list stays yours, and a custom domain keeps serving for 14 days before those links start redirecting to droplr.fm. The DNS record stays valid, so coming back later is re-subscribing, not setting it all up again.

My store isn't on the list. Can I add it?

Yes. droplr fills in the big stores from the UPC or ISRC as they appear, and anything it can't look up you add by hand — Beatport, Traxsource, Juno, Bandcamp, Qobuz, Boomplay, Anghami and the rest are all there, and droplr sends you straight to that store's search page to find the link.

Past those, there's a custom link: any URL at all, with your own title and your own button text. Vinyl on a distro site, a regional store nobody has heard of, a download gate, your merch. Automatic where it can be, typed in where it can't, and the order on the page is yours.

Can a label's artists log in?

Yes. Labels invite artists from the roster; artists get their own login to copy their links and see stats for their releases. Pro includes up to 5 artists, Label has no limit.

Is there a phone app?

Yes, without the App Store. Open your dashboard on your phone and add it to your Home Screen (Safari or Chrome on iPhone, Chrome on Android). It opens full screen and can notify you about pre-save milestones, release day and replies from me.

Want to see what's live and what's coming? Read the roadmap

Your next release deserves a proper launch.

Free for 3 releases in any 12 months, for artists and labels. Upgrade when you're ready.