MUSIC & STREAMING PAYOUTS
Automate global royalty payments. 90% faster payouts.
4.7 (73 reviews)
4.7 (79 reviews)
Trusted to pay 1.5+ million musicians worldwide
How it works
Onboard recipients
Sync recipient data from your platform or let them self-register via online portal. Get preferred payment method, tax docs, etc. Verify identities.
Send payouts
Automatically pay via digital wallets, local & global bank transfers, check, Venmo, PayPal, etc. Enable batch payments. 210+ countries and territories.
Automate tax & compliance
Automate taxes and withholdings.
Review and approve all earnings at year-end. Ensure complete IRS and DAC7 compliance.
Features
Simplify artist onboarding
Import artist data directly from your royalties platform. Instantly invite new artists to self-register.
Collect tax docs, preferred payment methods, address, business registration number, and more. Verify identities. Auto-validate preferred payment methods.
Automate payouts
Auto-calculate royalties & pay artists across 210+ countries & territories. Send via digital wallets, local & international bank transfers, PayPal, Venmo & more.
Enable batch and recurring payments. Alert artists of upcoming payments and let them track the status. Get returned payments handled for you.
Streamline taxes & compliance
Automate withholdings required by local jurisdictions and treaties. Review and approve artist earnings at year end. Auto-validate tax forms. Collect signatures. Close tax season & e-file in minutes.
Stay compliant with IRS, OECD, DSA, and INFORM requirements.
Reduce risk & fraud
Track artist logins and account changes. Collect and verify name, age, address, IP, and geolocation. Automatically re-verify accounts at risk or during set time periods.
Get alerts to suspicious activity. Get built-in global watchlist screening. OFAC, EU, OSFI, and HMT. Increase transaction & account security.
Generate reports
Get reports on income, balances, transactions, withholdings, total earnings, batch payments, and more. Export in 1 click.
Identify top performing artists and labels. Forecast revenue.
Sync data
Automatically sync data between the platform and your tools. Xero, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Salesforce, Zendesk, Slack, and more.
Customize flows via SDKs & APIs. Automate reconciliation, reminders, comms, billing, etc.
Our success is measured in customer wins
countries & territories
Soundrop expanded its reach, including 100+ countries previously inaccessible to them.
reduction in fees
Crucial Music reduced the PayPal service fees by 75% after making the switch to Trolley.
Millions
of $
SoundCloud pays out millions of dollars to their community of 40 million music creators every month.
Learn why we’re trusted to pay 1.5 million+ artists
We pay out millions of dollars to artists every month and getting this right is a responsibility that we don’t take lightly. Trolley enables us to have confidence that artists’ royalties will be handled with the care that they deserve.
Stephen Shirley
Product Director, SoundCloud
Trolley enables SoundCloud to have confidence that royalties will be handled with the care they deserve.
Jon Baltz
CEO and Co-Founder, Distro Nation
Trolley understands our commitment to over 42,000 authors and to our business needs.
Al Person
Chief Financial Officer, Hopeless Records
Great value overall. Paying is seamless, processed quickly, and we don’t pay any fees on PayPal transactions.
Haakon Mathisen
CEO, Vier.live
Book time to talk with Trolley
- Get a tailored product demo designed to address the unique needs of your industry.
- Have all your questions answered and specific challenges addressed.
- Learn how Trolley streamlines your payouts process, handles end-of-year tax forms, and scales with you.
Get a royalty payouts demo
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For Trolley US Inc. customers, deposits held at Cross River Bank, Member FDIC, are insured up to $250,000. Trolley Payments UK Ltd, in the UK, is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) under the Payment Service Regulations 2017 (registered reference no. 771016) for the provision of payment services. In Australia, Trolley Payments UK Ltd is a designated remittance provider registered with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), remittance sector registration number: IND100571450-001. In New Zealand, Trolley Payments UK Ltd is registered as an overseas entity and is supervised by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). In the EU (EEA countries), payment services for Trolley Payments UK Ltd are provided by The Currency Cloud B.V., registered in the Netherlands No. 72186178. Registered office: Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 296-298, 1012RT Amsterdam. The Currency Cloud B.V. is an E-Money Institution authorised by the DNB (R142701) under the Regulations for the issuing of electronic money and the provision of payment services in the Netherlands (Term of Use). In Canada, Trolley CA Inc is authorized by the Bank of Canada as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) and is registered with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), with registration number M18487871. We are also regulated by Revenue Québec, with license number 904296. All testimonials, reviews, opinions or case studies presented on our website may not be indicative of all customers. Results may vary and customers agree to proceed at their own risk.