When Your Beat Sells (Exclusive)

What happens when someone purchases your beat exclusively on BeatPass.

When someone buys your beat exclusively, BeatPass updates the beat, issues the certificate, records the sale, and prepares the payout flow. This page explains what the current product does automatically and what stays your responsibility as the producer.

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Sale Lifecycle

1. Buyer completes the exclusive purchase

   The buyer pays your listed price plus the BeatPass platform fee.

2. BeatPass creates the exclusive certificate

   The system issues an exclusive license certificate using the exact terms saved on the beat.

3. The beat is marked Sold

   BeatPass marks the beat as Sold and stops future standard licensing for that beat.

4. Notifications are sent

   BeatPass can send the producer a license-purchased notification by the user’s enabled channels, including email and in-app style notifications.

5. The sale appears in producer finances

   BeatPass records the sale in your producer finances and payout flow.

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What Changes on the Beat

Area	After the Exclusive Sale
Exclusive status	Changes to Sold
Exclusive terms	Locked to the sold version
New standard licenses	No longer available
Existing standard licenses	Stay valid
Beat availability	No longer available for future licensing

Existing BeatPass non-exclusive licenses remain valid if they were issued before the exclusive sale. Exclusive sales stop future licensing; they do not erase earlier certificates.

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What the Buyer Receives

The buyer receives:

• An exclusive license certificate
• The beat files configured in your exclusive deliverables

The current default exclusive deliverables are usually:

• WAV
• WAV Tagged
• MP3 320
• Stems

But the actual buyer package depends on the exact exclusive configuration saved on the beat when it sold.

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What You Receive

From the producer side, BeatPass currently gives you:

• A sale notification
• A sale record in finances
• A locked sold beat state
• Payout routing through Stripe Connect once your Stripe setup is ready

Payout Notes

BeatPass records the sale immediately, but bank payout timing still depends on:

• Your Stripe Connect status
• Stripe settlement timing
• Your bank and country

If Stripe is not connected or still incomplete, fix that first in your finances area.

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Can You Change the Beat After It Sells?

You can still edit some metadata on sold beats, but the exclusive sale itself locks the sold state and sold terms. BeatPass does this so the buyer keeps a permanent certificate tied to the exact purchased agreement.

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Common Questions

Can I sell the same beat exclusively again?

No. Once BeatPass marks a beat as sold, it is no longer available for another exclusive purchase unless the underlying sale is reversed by platform/admin action.

Do older standard licenses stay valid?

Yes. If the certificate was issued before the exclusive sale, it remains valid under its original terms.

Can I change the sold license terms afterward?

No. Sold terms are locked because the buyer’s certificate has already been issued against that version of the configuration.

Will the buyer always get stems?

Only if stems were part of the beat’s exclusive deliverables at the time of sale.

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Related

Exclusive Licenses

Review how exclusive-capable beats are configured before they sell.

Viewing Finances

Check how BeatPass displays producer earnings and payout readiness.