Update 10/01: After first being flagged by freecords , supposing defame them, and after proving my statements to Trustpilot and being un-flagged, I am glad freecords took the time to fully react, which is much appreciated.My review was not meant to be defaming whatsoever, I even gave 5/5 for being free and having a good backend. The 2/5 was an average of my experiences on their platform.I will increase my rating to 3/5 after reading what freecords had to say.Furthermore I will remove following topics : 1. "GX code IRSC standing for Galeria, which is a fake country" and therefor raised a reasonable question: why being used?Following freecords statement, I went to ppluk.com/ :" The first two characters identify the country where the member is based (e.g., ‘UK’ represents ‘United Kingdom’). Please note, as each country code has a limited number of possible registrant codes, this may vary. We may allocate you a stem with a GB, GX or alternative prefix". Why ppluk uses GX as a code is still a mistery, but i understand now Freecords has nothing to do with it. Thank you for clearing this out, being removed. 2. Payments: my 3/5 rating was based on reviews here on Trustpilot. So I will remove this.3. All other statements; the 7 days upload time (still mentioned on your front and backend where the songs are being in pending status) and Support delay: I am willing to update my score once I noticed positive change, hopefully very quick.4. A musician can use their own IRSC codes: ... but only by contacting support. You stated yourself that at the moment support cannot react quickly enough, meaning that it is quite possible that in the meantime songs can be on Spotify before you even have read the request, and so leaving a song with 2 codes. Against irsc rules, and has repercusion on tracking and royalty payments. In my humble opinion, giving the musician the option to add the existing code during the upload process to your platform would be a much more secure way of working. Just my 2 cents. 5/ And yes, there are other full free out there. I did not mention their names in my review, because otherwise it would look like i am promoting them.Also, all my warmest regards. My original review: 2/5 is my rating, an average of my experiences on freecords: 5/5: free and platform is clear and easy to use0/5: Their promise to release within 7 days is just marketing talk and is clearly a lie. They manage to repeat this x times: both on their website and also explicitly in the artist backend: "can take up to 7 days. It is usually done much sooner, but delays can happen sometimes"-- meaning If you read this: "delays can happen up till 7 days"Well spoiler: they don't upload in that period, and this is not just my experience: also read other Trustpilot reviews regarding this topic. Can so many customers being wrong when they all have the same experience? I do not think so. 0/5: non-existent support: no response is received to tickets/emails, apparently only standard replies are posted here on Trustpilot. Once again: Also experienced by other reviewers here on trustpilot and not only by me.0/5: no option to enter your existing irsc, a new one is default created automatically, which is against IRSC code rules. A music distributor should give you the option to use your own.So If you are a hobbyist made a song in your bedroom and have all the time in the world to get your songs streamed, if you have no airplay or digital sales yet (so no previously registered IRSC codes), then Freecords might be an option for you: after all it is free ( Although there are others out there: also free, 100 %royalty keeping but uploading within 72 hours. The only minus : they do not upload to all major channels like freecords).However, if you are serious about your music, want support, need the option to enter your own IRSC codes and cannot wait weeks for release: then go to another music distributor. If all the short comings should be stated clearly on your website: perfect and you could get receiving 5/5 all the time! As in this way a musician will know what to expect upfront and will not waist time on your platform and have to rate you poorly.
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