No – you can set any price you like for your scores and instrumental parts. The only restriction is that buyers can only pay for amounts less than $1.50 USD using Score Exchange credits. Small value purchases are...
FAQs for sellers
Do I have to sell my music in US dollars?
All the financial calculations that Score Exchange makes are calculated using US Dollars. You must set the price of your music in US Dollars, but buyers can choose to buy content in currencies other than US Dollars...
How do I tell how much money I’m making from my music?
From the My account section of Score Exchange, the My financial statement page shows details of your sales that month, you can choose to see sales records for any other month. More details are...
How and when do I get paid when I sell music to Score Exchange?
Payments to publishers are calculated bi-monthly on the 15th day of the month. Automated payouts will be sent as soon as possible after this date for publishers that have reached our minimum payment threshold of 20 USD...
How do I change a score that I have previously uploaded?
From the My scores and in the options column you will find the first button enables you to replace a score with an updated version.
Does Score Exchange get copyright on scores I upload?
No, copyright remains yours or with the copyright owner if you are publishing with their permission.
What am I allowed to upload to ScoreExchange.com?
We only accept: music composed entirely by you; orout-of-copyright music arranged by you; ormusic that you have written permission from the copyright holder to publish here. You must be able to produce the written...
What we offer publishers
Become a publisher and share your music with the worldSubmit your music (in PDF or Sibelius format) to Score Exchange and set the selling price. When your music is purchased, you will receive at least 45% of the sale...
How do I publish / sell my music on Score Exchange?
Firstly, you need to create a seller account – click on My account and then enter your email address in the New Users, Please Register Here box and click on Register. This takes you to the Registration page...
Are there any fees for selling my music?
No, there are no fees to pay unless you choose to upgrade your account to become a Platinum Publisher. As a standard seller on Score Exchange, you can upload and publicise all your music at no cost. When a visitor to...
16th November 2020 – PDF preview
All sellers on Score Exchange can now download their work as a PDF file, to see the same thing that a customer would, after making a purchase. The primary reason for this change is so that you can verify that your music...
6th May 2020 – VAT changes
For buyers and sellers in Europe: Score Exchange has been updated to take account of the reduced rate of VAT that some EU countries apply to sales of some digital publications such as sheet music. For example, in the UK...
12th July 2018 – Search improvements
The keyword search function has been improved to provide more accurate and relevant results, especially for search keywords that include punctuation such as apostrophes (‘). This change should help visitors to...
28th March 2018 – New licensing options for your works on Score Exchange
Following requests from many publishers, we have introduced new licensing options for your scores on Score Exchange. Visit your My scores page to edit the details for your scores. The biggest change is that...
21st February 2018 – Advertising on Score Exchange
Advertising on Score Exchange is now available. You can sponsor any category page or the home page or any combination of pages, by placing an advert for your product or service. Your My account pages has a new...
21th November 2017 – Improvements to the ‘preview’ watermark
You can now configure the darkness of the preview watermark displayed on your music on Score Exchange. The setting is accessed from your My Account page. It’s located in the ‘Options for your...
23rd October 2017 – No more minimum pricing
You can now choose any price when selling your scores and parts. Previously the minimum price for each item was $1.50 USD. We are able to make this change because Score Exchange credits are now available. For sales...
23rd October 2017 – New pricing options available for scores and parts
New options are available for selling your music. You can now choose to sell a score and its parts as a set with a different price to buying them individually. You can also choose to only sell the parts as a complete...
24th July 2017 – New social sharing options are now available
Score Exchange now has a variety of social sharing options available for scores parts profiles and other pages. We have updated all the pages on the site to make sure that they will include relevant titles, descriptions...
10th July 2017 – Every page on Score Exchange now uses https
As of today, every page (not just some pages) on Score Exchange is fully https. This means that the entire site is protected by full encryption. We’re also pleased to have gained an ‘A’ rating...
7th July 2017 – Additional columns available for the My Scores page
Score Exchange sellers can now choose to show additional columns on the My Scores page. For each score, the composer’s name and the subtitle are now available. You can choose to see these extra columns...
7th July 2017 – My Scores page gets pagination and filter function
For sometime, we have been aware that the My Scores page has been slow to load for sellers with a large amount of scores. The performance of this page has now been improved by adding server-side pagination...
4th July 2017 – New data import / bulk edit / bulk PDF upload function
This is a new and advanced function that allows sellers to make bulk edits to their content on Score Exchange. Publishers who are just getting started on Score Exchange can also quickly upload a large catalogue of music...
22th June 2017 – New ‘Mp3’ & ‘SKU’ columns available on the My Scores page
Following requests from multiple Score Exchange sellers, there are now two new options for your My Scores page: You can now choose to display an Mp3 column on your My Scores page. This column makes it easy to...
20th June 2017 – New responsive website design
Score Exchange underwent a major update. The whole site has been redesigned with a fresh new look. The new design is a responsive design so that it works well on large and small screens such as mobile devices and modern...
