DistroKid gives you free DistroKid ISRC codes. They're automatically generated by DistroKid and displayed to you when a release gets delivered to services.
It's not possible to get an ISRC before uploading a release. However, if you need to have your DistroKid ISRC codes before your music goes live, you can follow these steps (this only works if you have Musician Plus or Ultimate accounts):
- Upload your music. Set the release date for sometime in the future (we recommend at least 4 weeks for most releases).
- ISRCs are assigned in the final steps before sending a release to streaming services. Once ISRCs have been assigned and your release is delivered, you can see the codes to the right of track titles on the album pages of your DistroKid dashboard. Write them down or save them somewhere.
- Once you have the codes, you may delete your release if you don't want it to go live. As long as the release does not pass the release date you initially set before it is deleted, the release will still be eligible for playlist pitching in the future if you decide to re-upload it.
- If you delete your release and want to upload it again in the future, you can click "already got an ISRC code?" next to the track on the upload form. From there, you can enter the codes that you saved from step #2.
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