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DAOR-SIGNAL-20260827-005Confirmed

SoundCloud launches direct paid downloads from artist profiles

Source

SoundCloud

Verified

Aug 27, 2026

Jurisdiction

United States

Impact: MediumConfidence: High

Factual summary

SoundCloud launched a beta allowing approximately 200 US-based Artist Pro creators with Fan Support enabled to sell downloadable tracks directly from their profiles. SoundCloud says it takes no commission beyond payment fees and taxes.

Music-industry impact

The beta adds direct ownership-based sales to a streaming and discovery platform and creates a new direct-to-fan monetization route without redirecting buyers to another service.

DAOrecords analysis

DAOrecords should preserve sale price, fees, taxes, file format, buyer entitlement, licence terms, territory and settlement state separately from streaming royalties.