For Artists
Music in your hands. Without the barriers.
Full-service pressing, a global retail network, customer support — and you keep up to 85% of profits. ↓
Choose from two formats with promised quality
Vinyl
We know how special pressed records are to you. Our products are built for fans, by fans. We make it easy for artists to press vinyl, so the music you love can keep reaching ears in the most beautiful way.
Cassette
Cassettes have always been special to music fans and artists. Whether you are saving a recording of a great concert, or preserving an early demo, there’s no better way to keep that music close than on cassette tapes.
You make music. We do the rest.
You
Focus on making music
Qrates supports a wide range of artists while eliminating the hassles, costs and risks associated with pressing records, giving artists more time and income back in their hands.
QRATES
We'll take care of the hassle
Qrates supports a wide range of artists while eliminating the hassles, costs and risks associated with pressing records, giving artists more time and income back in their hands.
Express your work on Qrates
Qrates studio
Your product details should match the details of your music. Tweak and customize your vinyl, sleeve, jacket, and more.
Over 120,000 customization possibilities 3D Visualizer
Choose from vinyl or cassette, each with a wide range of options including colors, packaging, obi strips, download cards, etc. There are over 120,000 variations of colors and specs for vinyl and cassette that can be customized in the Qrates Studio.
Start a Qrates page,
confirm and pay for production costs. Pay up front? Crowdfunding?
Pay for the production of your product in advance and start production immediately, or choose the crowdfunding option and press as many copies you like with pledges you collect from your fans.
Qrates page and Artist page
The Qrates page is your storefront on Qrates to sell your music. The Artist page is your profile page. Upload your images to the template provided and fill in the form to set it up.
We support a wide range of artists' needs
Small production minimums
Vinyl records can be made from 100 copies, and cassette tapes from 50 copies.
Select the payment option
You can pay for the production of your product in advance and begin the production process immediately. We also have a pre-order function, which allows you to take orders during production until completion, and the crowdfunding method, which allows you to collect orders in advance and then begin the manufacturing process. If you don't want to pay for the production costs upfront, or if you want to collect orders from your fans before deciding on the final number of pieces to be produced, try crowdfunding. No risk, no waste.
Easily customizable your Qrates page and artist page
Qrates provides easy-to-setup templates for the Qrates page and the artist profile page. The Qrates page for selling your music can be set up to include audio samples, embedded videos, and comments from fans, making it a great promotional tool.
Collect orders from fans
Share your Qrates page and collect orders from your fans. A variety of tools are also available to promote your music.
Wholesale distribution network
You can sell wholesale directly to record stores worldwide
Simply start selling on your Qrates page and receive orders from over 150 record stores and distributors worldwide that we partner with.
Upload your product assets and start production
Prepare your audio and print files required for production.
Professional audio mastering and artwork support.
Audio mastering service
Qrates offers a audio mastering service with a partner professional audio engineer to support optimal sound creation.
Artwork support
We help ensure that your artwork conforms to printing standards and that your product is as beautiful as possible.
Pressing records and making cassette tapes
Trusted production partners
We partner with factories that have a long history of manufacturing vinyl records and cassette tapes with proven technical capabilities and produce world-class quality products.
Speedy delivery time
Vinyl records are shipped from our factory within an average of 16 weeks after ordering. Cassette tapes can be shipped from the factory in an average of 8 weeks or less.
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Warehousing and Distribution
Free warehousing
When you sell records or cassettes on Qrates, you can store your products for free in one of our three worldwide distribution centers (USA, UK, Japan).
Shipping
When a product is purchased from a customer, Qrates carefully packages the product and ships it worldwide. We can also ship products to any designated location.
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Receive revenue
Make a request to receive your revenue. We can deposit your funds to your pre-registered bank account or Paypal account.
Continue selling on Qrates
Selling on Qrates
By storing your inventory in the Qrates warehouse, you can continue to sell your work on Qrates. You can manufacture the exact number of copies as your project collected at the end of the crowdfunding campaign, or you can make more copies and continue to sell them on Qrates.
Repress
Repressing records is always easy. Master stampers can be stored at the factory for 18 months at no charge, so there is no need to make new stampers within that time frame. Use the repress requests from fans as a signal on when to repress more records.
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Start a new project
ARTIST TOOLKIT
Take you and your works to next level.
We have a lot of information and tips about music production, physical formats, and music business for you.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Here to help, whenever you need it.
Whether you’re an artist in the middle of production or a fan with questions about your order, our team is here to help.
Community
Join a growing community.
We're building a home for the next generation of vinyl lovers and cassette junkies. Get in front of fans, connect with artists, labels, and stores.
