Can you sell the same beat twice?

Short answer: yes — non-exclusive usage types (Basic Lease, Premium Lease, Unlimited) can be sold to as many buyers as you want. Exclusive usage is different and needs one manual step after the sale closes. Here's how each path works.

Important: Fairbeat does not currently auto-disable other tiers when an exclusive sells. After an exclusive sale you must manually move the beat to drafts — otherwise the remaining tiers stay purchasable.

1. Non-exclusive usage types — sell as many times as you want#

Three of the four tiers are non-exclusive:

• Basic Lease — 2-year term, MP3, 100K audio streams, 2,500 distribution copies
• Premium Lease — 3-year term, MP3 + WAV, 250K audio streams, 5,000 distribution copies
• Unlimited — 10-year term, MP3 + WAV + Stems, unlimited streams and distribution

Every buyer at these tiers gets their own license document. You keep selling. There's no per-beat cap.

2. Exclusive usage — what it actually transfers#

The Exclusive tier (10-year term, all file formats, full distribution rights) is meant as a buyout. When a buyer purchases the exclusive, they receive:

• All stems and the untagged master
• A PDF license contract listing the rights they bought
• The exclusive flag on their license record

Existing non-exclusive leaseholders keep the usage rights they already paid for — exclusive usage is forward-looking only. Their downloads and rights remain valid for the term in their contract.

3. After an exclusive sale, archive the beat#

Right now, Fairbeat does not automatically remove the beat from the marketplace or disable the lease tiers after an exclusive sale. You have to do it yourself:

1. Go to My beats
2. Click the ⋯ menu on the beat
3. Choose Move to drafts
4. Confirm: "Move this beat to drafts? It will be hidden from the store. You can permanently delete it later from the Drafts tab."

The beat disappears from search and browse immediately. Past buyers — including the new exclusive owner — keep their download access.

4. Pricing strategy: how to size your exclusive#

Fairbeat doesn't suggest a price for you — it's freeform per tier. Most sellers price exclusives at 50–100× their Basic Lease price, because once the exclusive sells you should no longer take new lease income from that beat. The exact multiple depends on how often you expect the beat to lease.

You can also offer the Make offer only option on exclusive tiers (toggle it on in the Monetization section at upload or edit). When offer-only is on, buyers cannot purchase the exclusive at a fixed price — they have to contact you to negotiate. Note: there isn't a built-in offer-submission form yet, so buyers reach out via direct message.

5. Selling exclusives without losing future income#

If you don't want to retire a beat after one exclusive, simply don't enable the Exclusive tier — leave it disabled in the monetization section. You can keep selling unlimited leases forever, which gives buyers very broad rights without transferring ownership.

For details on edits, see Can I edit a published beat?.