Beatport

Beatport is one of the leading online music stores for electronic music, especially for genres such as Techno, House, Drum & Bass, Dubstep and Trance. It is mainly used by DJs and labels and is especially relevant for download sales in the electronic music scene. On Beatport, artists and labels can manage profile information, submit charts, request playlist support and report copyright issues.

You can use the following Beatport tools and support pages:

Artist profile

Beatport Artists

Chart submission

Beatport Chart Submission

Playlist submission

Beatport Link Playlist Submission

Copyright claim

Beatport Copyright Claim

Artist page update

Beatport Profile Update

Label page update

Beatport Label Page

General Beatport support

Label Support

Beatport exclusivity

If Beatport exclusivity is part of your release strategy, make sure your release setup supports it correctly.

If the same version of a track is delivered to Beatport and to other shops at the same time, Beatport will usually no longer treat it as exclusive. This is especially important for Extended Mixes.

A common setup is to deliver the Extended Mix only to Beatport as a pre-release exclusive, while delivering another version, such as the radio edit, to streaming platforms at the same time.

The Beatport exclusivity tag will only appear if Beatport is the only shop receiving that version, or the only shop receiving it as a pre-release.

Additional Beatport topics

For more detailed information, please also see our separate articles on Beatport Hype, Beatport Features & Banners and Beatport DJ Charts.



Beatport Submission (Artists, Labels, Charts)

Labels and Artists are now able to access their profiles on Beatport where they can create label charts and request a feature for their charts & artists.


  • Artist profile: https://www.beatport.com/account/signup
  • Chart Submission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQwwpPL9lltf9CdhkD8GIXYGmU8h2XzZm6Z10eN5hBRl48Jw/viewform
  • Playlist: https://btprt.dj/LINKPlaylistSubmissions/#https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdz1RRdR3-epjL5rBcGmsr1HjuliP05XNkY-R9MzAF10VjsTQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1
  • Copyright Claim: http://forms.beatport.com/form/51386983261968

Due to the high volume of requests that Beatport receives every day, it may take up to 7 weeks for updates to go online. 

For further questions feel free to check out the FAQ section of Beatport: Label Support: https://labelsupport.beatport.com/hc/en-us/sections/4411779599892-Label-FAQ

Here are more helpful links where you can update the bio / picture of an artist / label.



Features & Banners

Features/Banners on Beatport are very sought-after by all labels! In order to assist us and Beatport in developing convincing arguments for your benefit, we recommend that you e-mail us the following information by Wednesday morning at the latest (four weeks before the release date) after sending us your product normally via konnekt!.

  • Catalog Number / Release title
  • Which amount did you spend in promotion/ marketing (in EURO/ Dollar)
  • 3-5 of the strongest DJ Feedbacks (Artist Name + Feedback)
  • Which media support does your release have (e.g. magazines, music blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & SoundCloud Channels) + links

Please make sure that your info consists of 600 characters - not more!


Best practices:

  • Utilize pre-release dates and set Beatport exclusivity. You have the choice of 2 or 4 week exclusive periods for Beatport. 
  • Set (pre-)release date on Friday
    • In general, features on Beatport are updated on Friday evenings - except for the hype features that are updated on Tuesdays. If you have your release day on Friday and have been featured by Beatport, you may not see it until Sunday / Monday
  • Set a pre-order date of one week for your release. Be sure to use only powerful releases, as a feature depends on the sale of pre-order.
  • A solid promotion is paramount in getting your releases known to more customers beforehand resulting in more sales when the release goes live. You can use our in-built kontact! tool for that!
  • SoundCloud's impact on Beatport is huge.This means promoting your upcoming release there and putting a "buy option" and a link to Beatport in the description is super useful
  • Build up social media and connect to your fanbase.
    • growing audience leads to more potential customers
    • advertising releases with (paid) posts increases reach and conversion
  • Release strong tracks as a single
    • focus release on few genres and maintain coherence among tracks to make Beatports feature decision easier

Following these tips won't guarantee you an instant feature, but in our experience, continuously building up on those will definitely give you an edge and increase your chances of getting featured.

Some of these tips are not only important for a Beatport feature as cultivating a healthy social media network and / or promoting your releases are both essential these days!



Beatport Hype

The HYPE pool offers more promotional power & visibility to emerging labels, helping them to grow and establish themselves in the music market. With the HYPE chart, Beatport is also adding an additional chart segment, providing an extra chance for these labels to hit a Beatport sales chart without having to compete with the "big" labels.

In order to be considered for a spot in the HYPE pool and to learn more about it, make sure to register your Label here.

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Beatport CREATE Labelplaylists: https://bit.ly/beatport-CREATE-labelplaylists

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