NO! you can sign up for a FREE Bronze artist account. This allows you to upload up to 5 full songs. You can also have fans / friends link to your artist or band. A Band or Artist MAY ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE FREE ACCOUNT. Multiple accounts will result in the Artist/Band being banned from the site and/or invoiced for the additional accounts. Also in the free plan, the facility does not exist to upload videos or have podcasts. See the comparison chart on the subscription page.

See the comparison chart on the subscription page.

Yes! you can upgrade from the Free Bronze Artist's Plan to the Silver or Gold subscription plans, with a Gold Plan you can create up to 5 additional artists, ideal for small labels. You must first, at least have a Free Bronze Artist's account in order to upgrade. On expiry of your subscription, your account will revert to a Free Bronze Plan.

Yes, you can subscribe annually, six-monthly, quarterly or monthly depending on the Plan. There is a cost saving on annual subscriptions.

No, a free trial is not available, however you can sign up for a non-expiring account as a Bronze Plan artist or band.

You can sell any type of digital item - The Urbangospel.net Vault is not restricted to selling only songs (.mp3s) or videos (.wmv)- you can use it to sell zip files, documents, lyric sheets, PDF's, images, etc. - if it is a digital file, the Urbangospel.net Vault can sell it.

You can sell pretty much anything related to your band - eg. T-Shirts, CDs, posters, promotional merchandise, tickets etc.

It depends on the Plan that you are subscribed to.
90% of the sales are paid to the Artists/Labels subscribed to the Gold Plan.
75% is paid to Silver Plan subscriptions
50% paid to bands on the free Bronze Plan.
All percentages are calculated AFTER Paypal transaction fees have been deducted.

All payments are collected by the artist through Paypal, you will need to apply for a Paypal account in order to receive payments for your products. Payments are made once your account balance reaches £10, and are made on the last day of each month.

Most music generes are permitted, the comprehensive list is viewable from within your account. Media (not limited to music and video) with objectionable material, images, language, and teachings or lyrics contrary to Christianity will be removed at the sole discretion of Urbangospel.net without notice. The Artist or Band will forfeit any fees paid and will not be permitted to participate further on the website. Urbangospel.net reserves the right to deny and remove any listing, upload or posting for any reason at our sole discretion.

The following format audio files are supported.
GIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, JPE

The following format audio files are supported.
MP3. The higher the bit rate, the longer the song will take to upload and to play back also, the more bandwidth will be used per play.
LOFI bitrate: 8-192 kbps
HIFI bitrate: 32-320 kbps

The following format audio files are supported.
WMV

NO! membership is free. As a member you can create your own blog, upload your pictures, rate artist's songs and become a fan/friend of an artist or band. Members cannot upload any media files, in order to upload audio or video files you need to register for an Artist's Plan. A Member MAY ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE FREE ACCOUNT. Multiple accounts will result in the Member being banned and/or invoiced for the additional accounts.