To sign up as an artist, click on the Sign Up | Login button that gives you the two options of signing up or logging in. Choose sign up and fill your credentials as requested then submit. It will setup the account and now you can login and upload your music and photographs for your shop. All the best!

How To UPLOAD MUSIC:

1. Go to add Music or Merch (Merchandise)
2. On the Drop down choose whether it is a single, EP or Album; Merchandise or External/Affiliate Link Product
3. Choose Virtual and Downloadable options
4. Put the Price of the product/song or merchandise
5. On your right hand corner upload the Artwork
6. You can put a short description of the song or merchandise
7. Categories Double click for more options and choose the appropriate all that apply
8. Description isn’t a must but you can put any info e.g. your YouTube link for the song you would like
9. Tags: select or write any tags for your song or merchandise e.g. hip hop etc.
10. Inventory if you have merchandise that is limited you can set that on what you have in stock
11. DOWNLOADABLE (This is where you UPLOAD YOUR MUSIC/MERCHANDISE)
12. Write the name of the song or merchandise, click on the BUTTON UPLOAD it has an arrow pointing UPWARDS it will take you to the place to upload the songs.
13. Choose the limit you would like for downloads e.g. 5-10 you can set the link to expire after a period of time and set that there.
14. Music Player if you would like to include a player for your song for people to preview click include. Choose Player layout if you would like.
15. Choose PROTECT SONG Put the percentage of what you would like to be PREVIEWED the song will only play that amount of percentage and the buyer can then choose to BUY the song.
16. Under links; recommendations or promote any additional product
17. Music Policies is how you do your deliveries on the physical products e.g. Cds, or merchandise
18. The CLICK SUBMIT TO PUBLISH THE SONG on to Gospo Central

Gospo Central; earns it’s fees from the sales of the uploaded music, merchandise & event tickets through commission basis when there’s a sale of these on its platform.

Gospo Central Earns Its Fees Through The Sales Of:

• MUSIC: Sale of a Single, EP, or Album in which it takes up 15% of the of the amount of the sale and the Artist takes up 85% of the earned sale.
• MERCHANDISE: Gospo Central earns through the sale of Music Merchandise e.g. Hoodies, T-shirts, Wrist bands, Caps etc. On 8% of the sale of the merchandise and the Artist takes up 92% of the earnings. 
• Event TICKETS: Gospo Central earns 8% of sale of the Event Tickets on the platform and the Artist takes up 92% of the sales of the earned.

Give at least a maximum of 3 working days to receive your earnings on your requested means of withdrawal (We normally take less than that).

To withdraw your earnings through M-pesa:

• Send an email to info@gospocentral.com or helpdesk@gospocentral.com. With the request to WITHDRAW EARNINGS.
• You may also go to your Gospo Central dashboard and click one Payments
• Click Show all under the drop down, then select the invoice and click withdraw then click
• Here your withdraw settings would be what you had chosen to be earlier i.e. M-pesa
• On our end we will receive the request and approve it.
• The funds are then sent to your M-pesa number
• You may also

To withdraw your earnings through PayPal to your Mpesa:

• Create a PayPal account https://www.paypal-mobilemoney.com/m-pesa/withdraw
• Quick YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/4l0ZUKBhY7o
• On the link click Get Started https://www.paypal-mobilemoney.com/m-pesa/getting-started
• Choose Personal or Business account preferably choose Personal
• Put in your mobile number click next a code will be sent, key it in and finish. The account is created.
• To withdraw the funds login and click withdraw and put in the amount you want to withdraw into text box and click continue to withdraw the funds are transferred into your Mpesa mobile line.

Please note that the maximum amount per transaction is 150,000 KES and you can only hold up to 300,000 KES in your M-PESA account. Make sure your M-PESA account can hold your withdrawal balance.

To Withdrawal Money From Skrill To M-pesa:

1. Create a Skrill account you can use the link: https://account.skrill.com/signup?rid=97709181
2. Mobile phone with a Safaricom line
3. Under your Skrill account, Click send money to Kenya tab (From choosing the country), fill in the form, means of payment choose M-pesa and put your M-pesa account details. The funds will be deposited into your M-pesa account.
4. Quick tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CONRovEVrA

NB:

Give at least a maximum of 3 working days to receive your earnings on your requested means of withdrawal (We normally take less than that).

Yes, it is free to sign up, upload, monitor and manage your music shop/portal on Gospo Central and the music remains the artist and can opt out of the account or website as their wish. Gospo Central; earns it’s fees from the sales of the uploaded music through commission basis when there’s a sale of music on the platform either a Single, EP, or Album which 15% of the of the amount of the sale and the artist remains or takes up 85% of the earned sale.

Gospo Central also earns its fees through the sales of Merchandise, and Tickets on the platform which is also commission based of the sales these at of 8% and the artist takes up 92% of the earn funds. Within their shop management portal they can monitor each sale and traffic to their profile and withdraw their earnings to their Mpesa, Bank account, or Paypal account for payment.

Yes, all rights of the music that is uploaded on Gospo Central sorely remains the artist and they have the right to remove, edit, or add/upload it any time they will and not for Gospo Central but for the artists.

Gospo Central is a platform artists can use to sell their music and reach their fans and gets it’s earning only through commission of the sales.

Only the owner or one who owns the rights of the music can sign up to sell their music on the platform. When this is verified through identification then the artist can upload their music and sell it on the platform.

Where there is false implication of a signed up account fraudulently the person who opened the account will be liable and prosecuted by the law of Kenya as this is piracy in disguise, fraud coupled with a other charges stipulated in the Kenya Copyright Board laws https://www.copyright.go.ke/

NB

There is an Artist account and a Customer account that is used to facilitate checkout or purchase of music from the platform

Gospo Central does not sell secular music on it’s platform; but sells not only Gospel music but also Conscious, Inspirational, Patriotic, Positive Activism music as well as Producers Instrumentals.

It also sells Artist’s Merchandise and Event tickets.

Gospo Central does not price music, merchandise or event tickets (It’s a SELF SERVICE STORE; Artist’s Shop) everything is under the artist’s prerogative to upload, edit, price, monitor and manage their content as this is their own online music shop and Gospo Central does not infringe in any way unless it goes against our Terms & Conditions

Digital distribution is the online or electronic delivery or distribution of content which may be streamed or downloaded via digital stores or streaming services as opposed to the more traditional method of physical distribution i.e. CDs, paper or any physical stock.

With the growth and advancement of internet bandwidths, digital distribution capabilities have increased with more choice and improved quality of products offered to consumers.

It can be an additional source of income for popular artists and is one of the leading ways for up-and-coming artists to gain exposure.

Gospo Central does not collect performance royalties; Gospo Central is an online platform facilitating the sale of Gospel music, Merchandise & Event tickets to fans and market online. Gospo Cenral is not a CMO!