🎶 How to Switch Distributors and Redistribute Your Music with Wiseband? (in 3 Easy Steps)

If you wish to migrate your musical catalog to Wiseband, this is entirely possible by following a simple procedure. This guide explains the essential steps to change distributors and redistribute your products with Wiseband, while preserving your statistics and metadata for a smooth transition without interruption.

📢 Step 1: Retrieve Files and Metadata from Your Previous Distributor

To ensure your releases remain properly linked to their history and don't lose their statistics (streams, playlists, etc.), you must submit your products* for distribution identically to your original distribution.

Note: A product can be a Single, an EP, an Album, or a Compilation.

Before launching the redistribution process with Wiseband, gather all necessary information and files from your previous distributor. This includes:

• High-quality audio files (WAV, FLAC formats, etc.)
• The product artwork
• The product's UPC barcode
• The ISRC code(s) of the track(s) (and ISWC if you're affiliated with a collecting society)
• The product's original release date
• Exact metadata (titles, artists, collaborators, etc.)

This information helps maintain continuity of your statistics and prevents permanent duplicates on streaming platforms.

📢 Step 2: Redistribute Your Tracks with Wiseband

Once you have all these elements, manually create each product on your Wiseband account by using exactly the same information and files. Ensure each product is redistributed identically by preserving all original information mentioned in step 1.

Note: This step is crucial to guarantee tracks appear unchanged on platforms ⚠️. If you redistribute your releases without copying their original data, this may break the continuity of your statistics and cause tracks to disappear from your listeners' playlists.

Special case: If you want to redistribute a track outside its original product (e.g., a track originally in a compilation that you want to redistribute as a standalone single), you must always use the original files and data. Only the UPC barcode will change.

📢 Step 3: Wait for Online Publication and Remove Your Tracks from the Previous Distributor

After redistributing your tracks with Wiseband and verifying they're online (this may take a few days), wait 2 to 3 weeks so that the statistics and history of your original releases can match with your new ones. You'll notice your releases duplicated on platforms, and this is completely normal. This duplication stage is transitional.

Then, contact your previous distributor and request removal of your release(s) from all streaming platforms.

Note: Waiting for this transition period ensures tracks are properly in place before removing them from your previous distributor ⚠️.

📢 Conclusion

Migrating your catalog to Wiseband is a simple process if you scrupulously follow these steps and ensure data continuity. Our team remains available at digital@wiseband.com to assist you in this transition, so your music remains available without interruption.

Updated on: 09/09/2025