Everything, answered
Answers to the questions artists ask most often about how Mazufa works: what it costs, what you keep, how invitations work, and what happens to your music after you deliver it.
How to use this page
The questions below cover the things artists ask before and just after joining: what the platform is, what it costs, who owns what, and how the invite process works. Read the section that matches where you are. If you have not applied yet, the questions on cost, ownership and applications matter most. If you are already distributing, the questions on delivery, reporting and payouts will be more relevant. Anything not answered here can go to contact@mazufa.com, where a person will read it, though applications themselves go through /apply/ rather than email.
The short version
Mazufa is an independent label and music distribution platform. Distribution and the platform tools are free to the artist. Mazufa takes 0% commission, so you keep all of your royalties. You keep full ownership of your masters and your rights: nothing about using the platform transfers them. Access is invite-only, and anyone can submit a public application at /apply/, which enters a human-review queue. Submitting an application does not create an account and does not guarantee acceptance. Everything below expands on those points.
What we do not claim
Some things are outside anyone's control and we will not pretend otherwise. Nobody can guarantee streams, playlist placements, editorial support or press coverage. Availability on any given streaming service is subject to that platform's current rules and eligibility, and services occasionally change what they accept. Timings for review, delivery and reporting vary because real people and third-party systems are involved. Where we cannot promise something, the answers below say so plainly rather than hedging. That is more useful to you than a confident number that turns out to be wrong.
Questions and answers
What is Mazufa?
Mazufa is an independent music label and a distribution platform. It takes finished recordings and delivers them to digital music services, and it provides the tools around that: metadata, release scheduling, splits, reporting and payouts. It works with a selected roster rather than accepting open sign-ups, which is why access runs through an application and human review rather than an instant account.
What does it cost to use?
Distribution and all the platform tools are free to the artist. There is no upload fee, no annual subscription and no per-release charge for distribution. The company takes 0% commission — no share of your royalties. Costs you choose to take on separately, such as marketing or mastering, are your own and are not billed through the platform.
What does 0% commission mean?
There is no revenue share and no fee. Mazufa takes 0% of the royalties a release generates, so you keep all of it. Because there is nothing to apply, it never creates a charge you have to pay separately, whatever a release earns.
Who owns my masters?
You do. You keep 100 percent ownership of your masters and your rights, and using the platform to distribute does not transfer them, assign them or place any claim on them. That ownership is what lets you licence your music, use it elsewhere, or move your catalogue if you decide to. Splits you agree with collaborators are a separate matter and are yours to arrange.
How does the invite-only application work?
Anyone can submit a public application at /apply/. It goes into a queue and is reviewed by a person rather than scored automatically. Submitting an application does not create an account and does not guarantee acceptance. If you are accepted, you will be contacted with next steps. Applying through the form is the only route in; emailing music to the contact address does not enter you into the queue.
How long does review take?
It varies. Applications are read by people, so timing depends on how many are in the queue and how much context each one needs. There is no published turnaround and no queue position to check. Applying repeatedly does not move you up. If your circumstances change materially while you are waiting, such as a new release or a significant change in your work, you can write in with an update.
Where is my music delivered?
To digital music services and stores. Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Anghami are examples of the kind of destination, and availability on any of them is subject to current eligibility and that platform's own rules. Services also change their own requirements from time to time. The destination list applying to your release is confirmed when you set the release up rather than promised in advance here.
How far ahead should I schedule a release?
Give yourself several weeks between delivery and release date. Stores need lead time to ingest, process and schedule a release, and pitching windows on most services close well before release day. Booking early also leaves room to fix a metadata or artwork problem without moving the date. Delivering close to your intended date narrows your options and makes a delay much more likely.
What happens if there is a rights problem or a takedown?
Rights matters are handled by a person, not automatically. Write to contact@mazufa.com with the release involved, links to where the material appears, your connection to it and the right you are asserting, plus any documentation you can share. These enquiries usually take longer than general questions because records need checking and other parties may need to be contacted. Complete detail in your first message avoids rounds of delay.
How do reporting and payouts work?
Streaming services report usage and revenue to distributors on their own schedules, which run behind the month in which the listening happened. Your reporting reflects what has been received and processed from each service, so recent weeks will always be incomplete. Payouts follow from that reporting. Because the timing depends on third parties, it varies by platform and territory rather than following one fixed date.
Can I move an existing catalogue across?
Yes, and it is a normal thing to do, but plan it rather than rushing it. Because you own your masters, you control where they are distributed. Keep your existing release identifiers and metadata consistent so history and links are not broken, and be careful about the order of taking down and redelivering. Write in before you start, with a list of what you want to move, so the sequencing can be worked out.
What happens if my application is declined?
A decline is a decision about fit at that moment, not a permanent judgement on your music. It does not create a record that follows you, and it does not stop you applying again later when your work or your situation has developed. There is no appeals process and reviewers do not generally give individual feedback, simply because of the volume involved.