Ingesting your Rights

Ingesting Client Accounts and Royalty Splits

To generate statements and manage royalty reporting for your rights holders, add them as Payees via Contracts in Revelator.

3.1 Adding Payees

• You can add Payees manually in the Revelator dashboard or in bulk by filling out our Contracts Worksheet.

3.2 Understanding Contracts

Contracts define how DSP revenue is split between your company and your Payees. A Contract contains:

1. Terms

   • Defines the payout rate(s) for DSPs, territories, channels, and formats.

   • You can have multiple terms (e.g., different rates for YouTube ContentID vs. other services).

2. Payees

   • Once the Payout Revenue is determined by the Terms, distribute the shares among Payees.

   • Specify each Payee’s email, PayPal email (optional), share percentage, and initial balance (positive or negative).

   • Depending on your account setup (Parent-Child vs. Standalone), Payees might be able to create releases (Distribution Payees) or only view data (Payee Portals).

   • Commission Payees: A commission payee’s share is deducted from the distribution fee (your cut), not from the licensor’s royalties.

3. Assets

   • Define which assets the Contract Terms and Splits apply to.

   • This can be at the Account, Label, Artist, Release, or Track level.

3.2.1 For Parent-Child Accounts

• An Account-Level Contract for each Child Account covers all catalog under that Child Account by default.

• By default, non-Enterprise plans have 100% payout to the Child Account. Adjust case by case if needed.

• Label/Artist/Release/Track-Level Contracts override the default Account-Level Contract for the specified assets (see the Sample Data in the Contracts Worksheet).

3.2.2 For Standalone Accounts

• Only you (the Account Owner) and Team Members can create and distribute releases.

• Payees are invited to Payee Portals to view assets, statements, analytics, and distribution status but cannot edit or distribute unless otherwise specified.