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# 🎶 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**
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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**
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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**
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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**
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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.