Selling beats online is a formula. You need to study the steps one by one and master each thoroughly. The level of dedication is high and it won't be easy. there are numerous things you need to do in order to establish yourself and be successful at selling beats. Here are the 5 most important steps. #1. Tag Your Beats Take the time to get a tag for your beats even if it is from FL Studio voice generator. Tag your beats well enough that people will need to come back to buy either an untagged or lightly tagged beat. If you want to make it legit you will need to either record your own or pay someone to create a quality voice tag. This will help you out if you are planning on leaving one in the beginning of the beat. Artists don't usually mind if you leave one tag on the beat if it sounds nice. #2. Free Downloads Offer free downloads. You don't have to give them all away but handing out some tagged beats gives artists the opportunity to record and make a song. It also gives more people reason to come to your website often. If you followed step #1 and they wind up making a song you will have your tag throughout the song. There is no way they can go anywhere in the industry and get a deal with that beat all tagged up. It is also a means of free promotion. There are plenty of artists who need practice as well as hobbyist rappers who only do it for the fun. If they release the music they are giving you free promotion via everyone who winds up listening to the song. If they do make a song with the tagged beat 50% of the time they wind up coming back to buy a license or exclusive rights. #3. Understand Licensing Read all the information you can on licensing music. Understand your rights. Learn about the way the industry works for your specific field, beat making and licensing. There are plenty of books on the subject. Knowing your rights helps keep you protected and can help you understand how to set up your licensing terms. #4. Have Your Beats Online Have your files ready. Find a service that offers instant delivery like Beat Brokerz or MFS .Put them on a website like Soundclick. You can also upload them to a file hosting website like sendspace and have links ready if also using Paypal Buy Now buttons. Having access to your files at the push of a button is a powerful tool and can help with step #5 #5. Be available. If people contact you inquiring sales you need to answer them ASAP. Making your email and possibly a phone number available online can give people direct access to you. Another place to be where people can find you is popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Having those links readily available on your website can also give people a way to reach you.