/ For labels, distributors & partners

Run your own music
distribution service.
Without building the infrastructure

Your brand on the front. Our infrastructure behind it. Direct DSP contracts, Merlin Network access, DDEX-compliant delivery, and 20 years of operating experience — delivered as a fully branded platform under your own domain.

DomainYour own
Architecture3-tier sub-accounts
DeliveryDDEX 4.3 + Merlin
RoyaltiesIndependent · in-house
ComplianceGDPR + KYC
The math

The distribution stack,
without the 5-year build

Build it from scratch or rent it from a major distributor's reseller program. There's a third option: own the surface, rent the infrastructure. Here's what each route looks like in practice.

What you need
Build from scratch
White-label with limbo/
Direct DSP contracts
× 2–5 years of legal + BD work. Spotify and Apple won't return your email until you have catalog.
/ Live from day one. Direct contracts with Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, Beatport, plus Merlin Network access.
DDEX 4.3 + 3.8.2 delivery
× Engineering quarter to read the spec; a year to ship a compliant ingest pipeline.
/ Pre-built. Per-DSP protocol map maintained on our side. You don't have to know which DSP is on which version.
3-tier sub-account architecture
× Custom auth, custom permissions, custom audit trail. Months of work, easy to ship wrong.
/ USP. Admin → Client → Sub-client. No other platform at this price point offers this depth of multi-tenancy.
Royalty accounting
× Bolt on a third-party royalty platform (your royalty data ends up exposed to them). Or build it in-house — measured in years.
/ limbo/Royalties. Independent · in-house · private by design. Your data never touches a 3rd-party reporting platform.
YouTube CMS + Content ID
× Application process to become a YouTube partner takes 6–18 months. Approval not guaranteed.
/ Official YouTube Services Directory approved partner. OAC + Label Channels management. SoundCloud bundled.
Custom brand on every surface
× Build it. Custom domain, custom SMTP, custom favicon, branded YouTube credit — all DIY.
/ Hot-editable from a single config. Custom domain. Branded “Provided to YouTube by [your brand]”.
Who runs it

Built for teams ready to
run a distribution business

Three shapes of partner. The platform configures itself differently for each — the 3-tier architecture is what makes that possible.

/ AUDIENCE 01

Established labels moving off third-party distros

Tired of the metadata-minefield, opaque reporting and zero brand presence on YouTube. Take back the surface, keep the infrastructure.

Migration toolsStream history preservedYouTube CMS handover
/ AUDIENCE 02

Sub-distributors building a multi-tenant business

You sign labels, they sign artists. You need a permissioned UI for every tier, audit trails, approval workflows and a single contract with the DSPs that covers everyone.

3-tier sub-accountsPre-approval flowsSub-account validation
/ AUDIENCE 03

Catalog acquirers & rights holders going operational

You've bought a catalog. Now you need to actually deliver it, monitor it, defend it, and pay rightsholders. The platform plugs into an existing business — it isn't the business.

Bulk ingestion · SFTPCatalog migrationQA AI on every release
What's included

Everything you need,
running under your brand

Eight functional areas, all hot-configurable, all rebrandable. Mix and match: activate what you sell, hide what you don't.

/ FEATURE 01 · BRANDED FRONT-END

Your domain.
Your surface

Hot-editable white-label configuration. Custom domain, favicon, logo, color scheme. Branded SMTP for outbound notifications. Signup flow uses your wording, your terms, your privacy policy.

  • Custom domain + favicon + logo
  • Custom SMTP for branded notifications
  • Branded registration / signup flow
  • “Provided to YouTube by [your brand]” credit
  • Hot-editable white-label config
/ FEATURE 02 · 3-TIER SUB-ACCOUNT ARCHITECTURE

The technical
USP

Three layers of identity, each with their own UI, permissions, and audit trail. Your team is the admin. Your clients are tier 2. Their artists / sub-labels are tier 3. No other platform at this price point offers this depth of multi-tenancy.

  • Admin impersonation logged for every assist
  • Pre-approval flows on every release
  • Sub-account release validation before propagation
  • Manual admin approval before access
/ FEATURE 03 · CATALOG MANAGEMENT

Ingest, edit, deliver

Bulk ingestion via CSV and SFTP. DDEX catalog import/export. Full metadata lifecycle. UPC + ISRC auto-generation with bring-your-own support. Post-delivery metadata updates that survive across DSPs.

  • Bulk CSV + SFTP ingestion
  • Auto + BYO UPC / ISRC
  • Post-delivery metadata updates
  • Contributor roles + credits
  • Multi-language metadata
  • Catalog migration preserving historical streams
/ FEATURE 04 · ROYALTY ACCOUNTING — INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN

Your royalty data
stays private

limbo/Royalties is built in-house. No third-party reporting platform. Not exposed to major labels. Not exposed to venture capital that controls competing analytics. Line-by-line per DSP / territory / track. Splits, recoupment, advances. White-label optional under your domain.

  • Built in-house · zero third-party dependencies
  • Configurable royalty splits + publishing splits
  • Recoupment + advance tracking
  • Self-billing + auto-invoicing
  • Multi-method payouts (PayPal · Wise · bank)
  • Fiscal management + withholding
/ FEATURE 05 · ARTIST & OPERATIONS DASHBOARDS

Same data,
three views

The same dataset rendered for the artist (their releases, their payouts), for the label manager (their roster), and for the operator (everything). Dedicated sales dashboards. Per-DSP and per-territory revenue breakdown. Trend analysis. Fraud-management reports.

  • Dedicated sales dashboards per user
  • Per-DSP and per-territory breakdown
  • Trend analysis
  • Fraud-management reports
  • Configurable royalty splits inline
/ FEATURE 06 · YOUTUBE + VIDEO

YouTube monetization,
under your brand

Official YouTube Services Directory approved partner. CMS access. Official Artist Channel (OAC) management. Content ID + Claims management. Branded “Provided to YouTube by [your brand]” credit on every track. SoundCloud monetization bundled.

  • Official YouTube Services Directory approved
  • YouTube CMS + OAC management
  • Specialized team to manage assets and growth
  • Content ID + Claims management
  • YouTube + SoundCloud channel monetization
/ FEATURE 07 · QA AI

Every release vetted
before it ships

Every release runs through Merlin + every major DSP's content-integrity policy before propagation. Fraud, artificial streaming, illegal AI, metadata errors, broken audio, wrong cover art — caught at the door, not after the takedown.

  • Merlin + DSP integrity compliance
  • AI-powered fraud detection
  • Acoustic fingerprinting + AI content detection
  • Artificial-streaming prevention in dev
  • Two-factor authentication everywhere
  • Human QC team layered on top
/ FEATURE 08 · RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

UGC, AI, splits

UGC monetization (TikTok, Meta, SoundCloud). Whitelist + blocklist controls. Rights terms + publishing splits per track. AI-disclosure fields. Opt-in / opt-out controls for AI-DSPs. Configurable per-release, persists across metadata updates.

  • UGC monetization · TikTok · Meta · SoundCloud
  • UGC whitelisting + blocklist controls
  • Rights terms + publishing splits
  • AI content disclosure fields
  • Opt-in / opt-out controls for AI-DSPs
Branding

Your brand,
not ours

Five surfaces where your customers see you — never us. Every one of them hot-editable from a single White-Label configuration page.

LOGO
Custom logo

Header, login, sign-up, emails. SVG and raster. Light + dark variants.

.ico
Custom favicon

Replaces ours across the entire portal. Tabs, bookmarks, web-app icon.

URL
Custom domain

distro.your-label.com · portal.your-label.com · whatever you bring. HTTPS managed.

@
Custom email

notifications@your-label.com via your SMTP. We never send mail from a limbo domain to your users.

YT
YouTube credit

“Provided to YouTube by [your brand]” on every track. Your imprint, not ours.

Permissions

Granular roles,
clear permissions

Five roles, predefined, mappable to the way real distribution teams work. No “Admin or nothing” footgun. Admin impersonation logged for every assist session.

/ ROLE 01

Admin

Your team. Full platform control. Impersonation rights for any account, logged + audited. Approves Level-2 access.

/ ROLE 02

Manager

Day-to-day operations. Releases, deliveries, royalty disbursement. No platform-level config changes.

/ ROLE 03

Label

Tier-2 customer-facing role. Manages their own roster, approval queue and contract terms.

/ ROLE 04

User

Tier-3 sub-client. Submits releases, sees own statements + analytics. Constrained UI.

/ ROLE 05

Analyst

Read-only. Deep dive into trends, fraud flags, territory performance. Export-first.

Business flows

The business flows
built in

Real distribution operations need real workflows. Each one configurable, each one auditable, each one hot-editable.

/ REGISTRATION

Branded sign-up flow

Your terms, your privacy policy, your wording. KYC verification at the right step in the flow. Manual admin approval before access — gates spam, gates fraud, gates competitor reconnaissance.

/ APPROVAL

Pre-approval on every release

Sub-account submissions sit in a queue. Reason codes for rejection. Bulk actions for high-volume operations. Webhook-emit on state change so your moderation UI stays in sync.

/ HOT EDIT

Configuration without redeploy

White-label config is hot-editable. Brand changes, signup wording, role permissions — all from a single admin surface. No engineering ticket required for cosmetic or operational tweaks.

Infrastructure

20 years of distribution
infrastructure, ready
to be branded

The platform you're white-labeling has been distributing music since 2006. Direct deals. DDEX-native. QC-vetted. The receipts below are public and verifiable.

DSP
Direct DSP relationships

Spotify · Apple Music · YouTube Music · YouTube Content ID · TikTok · Meta · Amazon · Tidal · SoundCloud · Pandora · Deezer · Boomplay · Anghami · Tencent · Audiomack · 7digital · Audible Magic · Beatport int. · Qobuz int.

DDEX
DDEX-native

ERN 4.3 + 3.8.2 end-to-end. Per-DSP protocol selection. Spotify URI ID detection. CSV / XML metadata export. JSON:API spec compliant on the REST side.

SEC
Security & QC

AI-powered fraud detection. Acoustic fingerprinting. AI content detection. Copyright protection. Two-factor auth. Human QC team layered on top of every release.

Royalty accounting

Transparent royalty
accounting your
users can trust

Royalty data is rights-bearing financial data. Treated like one. Independent · in-house · private by design. Your data never leaves limbo/. Not exposed to major labels. Not exposed to venture capital that controls competing platforms.

/ REPORTING

Line-by-line, every cent

Per-DSP · per-territory · per-track. Configurable royalty splits and publishing splits. Recoupment + advance tracking. CSV / JSON / XML export. Audit-on-demand.

/ OPERATIONS

Self-billing + auto-invoicing

Automated payment processing. Multiple payout methods — PayPal, Wise, bank transfer. Fiscal data management + withholding handled. Multi-currency settle.

AI-native

Your catalog
responds to questions

limbo/Chat is the first MCP server in B2B music distribution. Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP-compatible client. Query catalog, deliveries, royalties and analytics in natural language. White-labelable. Your clients use their own LLM credentials — zero markup. Data stays in your infrastructure.

  • Built on Anthropic's Model Context Protocol
  • White-labelable: your brand, not ours
  • BYO LLM credentials — zero markup on AI calls
  • Data never leaves your infrastructure
  • Not used to train the model
Compliance

Regulated-grade
infrastructure

GDPR built-in. KYC on every entity. Fiscal data managed. EU and US regulatory standards. The platform was built for jurisdictions that audit — not for jurisdictions that don't.

GDPR
GDPR-compliant

Built under EU data-protection standards. Data residency declarations. Right-to-erasure flows. Cookie/consent surfaces hot-editable per partner.

FISCAL
Fiscal management

Tax-info collection, withholding rules, fiscal-data export. Multi-currency settle. Automated invoice generation per jurisdiction.

EU/US
EU + US standards

Operates under EU + US regulatory frames. KYC on every Level-2 entity before access. Manual admin approval gates. Sub-account validation built into the flow.

Modular activation

Nine Music Blocks.
Activate what fits

The white-label surface is just the front-end. Underneath, nine modular capabilities — activate the ones your business needs today, add the rest as you grow.

Independence

Independent.
Founder-owned.
Since 2006

You're plugging into a platform whose incentives are aligned with yours — not with a quarterly growth target imposed by a board. Twenty years bootstrapped. Zero outside capital. Same founders since day one.

Years building20

Established 2006. The longest-tenured B2B music-distribution platform in Latin America. Same founders, same mission, same code lineage.

Outside capital raised0

Self-funded since day one. No VC. No exit clock. No pressure to pivot away from independent labels and distributors.

Founder ownership100%

Fer Isella + Cinthia Novick. Bootstrapped from a one-PC CD-ripping operation to today. They both still read the support inbox.

Receipts

Receipts,
not claims

Six public, verifiable credentials. No anonymous testimonials, no aggregated “trusted by 10,000 labels” footers.

Merlin
Merlin Network

Active member. Direct access to the rights coalition that licenses on behalf of independent labels worldwide.

YT
YouTube Services Directory

Officially approved partner. Vetted by YouTube. Listed on the public directory of music-services partners.

CL
Cannes Lions

Sounds Right / NATURE — Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2024. We distribute it. Built with the UN and Brian Eno's EarthPercent.

MFA
Music Fights Fraud

Member of the Music Fights Fraud Alliance. Coordinated takedowns of artificial streaming and rights violations.

RWS
Real World Studios

Distributing Peter Gabriel's Real World Records catalog and Producer Camp compilations. Read the case.

UN
UN Live · EarthPercent

Global distribution of NATURE music in partnership with the UN and Brian Eno's EarthPercent. Royalties route to climate funding.

The stack

The full White Label
stack, end to end

What customers see (your brand). What you operate (the admin). What we deliver underneath (the rails). What runs across all three (compliance + AI).

Layer 04

Your customers' surface

Branded UI under your domain. Their releases, their statements, their analytics. The artist never sees a limbo logo or hears the name limbo. From their perspective, you are the distributor.

Layer 03

Your admin surface

Operations console, impersonation, audit trail, hot-editable white-label config, approval queues, payout batches. The thing your team logs into every morning.

Layer 02

limbo/ infrastructure

Direct DSP contracts. Merlin Network. DDEX 4.3 delivery. Royalty accounting in-house. YouTube CMS. The licensing and operational stack — 20 years deep.

Layer 01

Compliance + AI backbone

GDPR, KYC, fiscal, EU/US standards. QA AI before every release. MCP server for natural-language access. The boring parts that get a real distribution business off the ground without a 5-year legal review.

FAQ

The 10 questions partners
actually ask

What does the “white label” actually cover?

Five surfaces: logo, favicon, custom domain, branded SMTP for outbound email, and the “Provided to YouTube by [your brand]” credit. Plus signup wording, terms, privacy policy, color scheme. The platform you're configuring is the one your customers log into every day — they never see a limbo mark or domain.

What's the 3-tier sub-account architecture?

Three identity layers: Admin (you), Client (your labels), Sub-client (their artists). Each tier has its own UI, permissions, and audit trail. Approvals route up the tree. Impersonation is logged. No other platform at this price point offers this depth of multi-tenancy.

Can I migrate an existing catalog?

Yes. Catalog migration tools preserve historical streams across the move. Bulk ingest via CSV and SFTP. DDEX catalog import / export. You don't lose your numbers when you change platform.

Who pays the artists?

You do. The platform calculates per-DSP / per-territory royalties, applies your splits, your recoupment rules, your withholding. Self-billing + auto-invoicing. Multiple payout methods — PayPal, Wise, bank transfer. You can disburse from limbo's Wise rails or trigger payouts via the API into your own treasury.

Is royalty data shared with anyone?

No. limbo/Royalties is built in-house. Not exposed to major labels. Not exposed to venture capital that controls competing analytics platforms. Your royalty data stays in your infrastructure under your domain. Privacy by design is the entire point of building it in-house.

What about AI integration?

limbo/Chat is the first MCP server in B2B music distribution. White-labelable under your brand. Your clients connect Claude or ChatGPT with their own LLM credentials. Zero markup on AI calls. Data stays in your infrastructure; we don't train on it. Private beta — Q1 2026.

How does YouTube monetization work under our brand?

We're an Official YouTube Services Directory approved partner. Your labels get OAC + Label Channels management, Content ID + Claims management, all under your imprint. Every track ships with “Provided to YouTube by [your brand]” credit. SoundCloud monetization is bundled.

Are you GDPR compliant?

Yes, built under EU data-protection standards. Data residency declarations. Right-to-erasure flows. KYC on every Level-2 entity before access. Fiscal data + withholding handled per jurisdiction. EU + US regulatory frames.

What does setup actually look like?

A scoping call. We map your business model to a stack of Music Blocks. We provision a sandbox tenant with your branding so you can drive the platform with real data. Once the commercials are signed, we run the migration. Setup is scoped per stack — not a published timeline.

How does pricing work?

Custom commercial proposals built around your catalog, your stack, and your business model. There is no generic price page because there is no generic partner. Start the conversation and we'll scope an actual setup against your real numbers. A short application form kicks off the conversation.

Launch

Stop renting
distribution.
Launch your own

Book a video call with the operating team. We'll scope your stack against your real catalog and your real business model. A short application kicks off the conversation — the founder joins when it makes sense.

No generic price page. No demo gating. The application form is the start of the conversation, not a wall.