DistroKid can help you secure earnings for the use of your music in TikTok and other Bytedance services. To do so, you can deliver your music to the Bytedance audio library, and also purchase the Social Media Pack album extra for your music.

By adding your music to the Bytedance audio library, TikTok users can easily use your music for their videos within the app. If their video had no music in it, and then your music is added to the video this way, TikTok will send earnings for its use.

If someone uploads a TikTok video that already has music in it (without use of the Bytedance audio library), it is classified as user-generated content (UGC). You won't earn from UGC videos unless you opt your music into the Social Media Pack album extra. This helps TikTok track your music usage in UGC videos and send earnings to DistroKid for that usage.

Bytedance Audio Library Monetization

To add your music to TikTok's audio library, use the DistroKid upload form to select "TikTok & other Bytedance stores" during upload, or choose "Add to more stores" from your release dashboard if it's already uploaded.

100% of revenue we receive for the use of your music through the Bytedance audio library goes to you and can be tracked in your DistroKid Bank Tab.

User-Generated Content Monetization

User-Generated Content (UGC) is that in which a creator uses your music in a video, but did not select your specific song clip from the audio library. Typically, this occurs if your music is included in the audio of an uploaded video, and not added to the video afterwards within TikTok.

Simply delivering your audio to be included in the TikTok audio library will not allow this type of content to be monetized on your behalf. To monetize this UGC content on TikTok, purchase the Social Media Pack Album Extra for your tracks. This will add the selected tracks to TikTok's music identification service, and you'll receive 80% of all future UGC-generated revenue.

For more information on the Social Media pack album extra, check out this article: https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/30785369645843.