How Royalty Splits Work on ORB Entertainment — Complete Guide | ORB Entertainment News
Learn how to set up royalty splits on ORB Entertainment to share earnings with producers, songwriters, and collaborators on your releases.
When you collaborate on a song, everyone deserves their fair share. ORB Entertainment's Royalty Splits feature makes it easy to divide streaming earnings among all contributors — producers, songwriters, featured artists, and anyone else who helped create the music.
## What Are Royalty Splits?
Royalty splits let you assign a percentage of a release's earnings to each contributor. When your music generates revenue, ORB automatically calculates each person's share based on the percentages you set.
For example, if a song earns ₦100,000 and you've set a 70/30 split with your producer, you receive ₦70,000 and your producer receives ₦30,000.
## Who Can Use Royalty Splits?
Royalty Splits are available on the **Label Plan**. This feature is designed for labels and artist managers who need to manage revenue sharing across multiple collaborators and releases.
## How to Set Up Royalty Splits
### Step 1: Go to Royalty Splits
From your ORB Artist Dashboard, navigate to **Royalty Splits** in the sidebar menu.
### Step 2: Select a Release
Choose the release you want to set up splits for. You can add splits to any release in your catalog.
### Step 3: Add Contributors
For each contributor, enter:
- **Name** — The contributor's name
- **Email** — Their email address (used for invitations)
- **Role** — Their role on the release (Artist, Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, or Engineer)
- **Percentage** — Their share of the earnings
The total of all splits for a release must equal 100%.
### Step 4: Invite Collaborators
When you add a collaborator's email, ORB checks if they already have an ORB account:
- **If they're already on ORB**: Their split is automatically linked to their account
- **If they're not on ORB**: They receive an email invitation to create an account and claim their royalty share
## How the Invite System Works
When you add a collaborator who isn't on ORB yet, here's what happens:
1. **Invitation sent** — They receive an email explaining that you've assigned them a royalty share on your release
2. **They create an account** — The email includes a link to sign up on ORB Entertainment
3. **They claim their split** — After creating an account, they use the claim link to connect the split to their profile
4. **Earnings are tracked** — Once claimed, their share of future earnings is automatically credited to their ORB Wallet
You can check the status of each collaborator's invitation from the Royalty Splits page:
- **Invited** — The invitation has been sent but not yet claimed
- **Claimed** — The collaborator has created an account and claimed their share
If a collaborator hasn't responded, you can **resend the invitation** from the split's menu.
## Managing Your Splits
You can edit or delete splits at any time:
- **Edit** — Change the percentage, role, or contact details for any contributor
- **Delete** — Remove a contributor from the split
- **Resend Invite** — Send another invitation email to collaborators who haven't cl
