How to sign up for Rightstune

New here? Follow these steps from start to finish: create your account, verify your identity, then finish portal onboarding. We’ll ask whether you’re already registered with a PRO (Performing Rights Organization). If you aren’t, you can affiliate with AllTrack for free, or we’ll help you find a PRO to join.

  1. 1. Create your Rightstune account
  2. 2. Verify your identity
  3. 3. Welcome into the client portal
  4. 4. Add your artist / writer name
  5. 5. Are you registered with a PRO?
  6. 6. Yes: we look up your IPI
  7. 7. No - join a PRO?
  8. 8. Tell us about a prior publishing admin
  9. 9. Choose your societies
  10. 10. Add a publishing entity (optional)
  11. 11. Self-registered works at your PRO
  12. 12. Sign your Letter of Direction (when required)
  13. 13. Profile match request
Step 1

Create your Rightstune account

Go to Sign Up. Enter your phone number (optional), email, and password, then accept the Terms of Service and submit.

Rightstune signup form with phone, email, password, and terms checkbox
Fill in the signup form and agree to the Terms of Service.
Step 2

Verify your identity

After signup you’ll complete identity verification (usually with Stripe Identity). Have a government-issued photo ID ready. Most people finish in a few minutes.

If verification is still reviewing: you’ll see a “Verification In Progress” screen. Keep an eye on your email - we’ll notify you when you’re ready to continue. There’s also a manual verification option if automatic verification isn’t available.
Verification in progress screen while identity documents are reviewed
While documents are reviewed, you’ll see this status screen.
Step 3

Welcome into the client portal

Once verified, sign in and you’ll land on the welcome page. Click Let’s get started to begin onboarding.

Client portal welcome screen with Let’s get started button
Click “Let’s get started” to open the onboarding steps.
Step 4

Add your artist / writer name

Enter the name you perform or write under so our team can match your credits. When Muso search is available, you can search and select a profile instead - either way you can continue and refine this later.

Onboarding step to search your artist, producer, or songwriter name
Search or skip - you can always refine this later.
Step 5

Are you registered with a PRO?

Next you’ll see: Are you registered with a PRO (Performing Rights Organization)? Choose Yes if you already have a writer PRO and an IPI number. Choose No if you don’t have one yet - or if you aren’t sure.

A PRO (AllTrack, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, PRS, and others) collects public-performance royalties and assigns your IPI. You need one to work with Rightstune, but a PRO alone does not collect copies of your songs worldwide. See what else has to be registered. If you don’t have a PRO, the next step lets you affiliate with AllTrack inside Rightstune.

Onboarding question asking if you are registered with a PRO, with Yes and No
Yes if you already have a PRO / IPI. No if you don’t know or haven’t joined one yet.
Step 6

Yes: we look up your IPI

If you chose Yes, we search for your songwriter record using the legal name and date of birth from identity verification. If we find a match, you’ll see a card with your name, IPI, and PRO. Click your name if it’s you, or choose This is not me.

Automatic IPI search result asking Is this you, with an example match card showing name, IPI number, and PRO, plus a This is not me option
The usual Yes path: we look you up automatically. Click your name if it’s you.

If that isn’t you, or nothing comes back automatically, you’ll get a few options: search by the name on your PRO record, enter your IPI number, or (if we still can’t find you) affiliate with AllTrack for free, the same as the No path.

Fallback after no IPI match, with Search by name, Enter IPI number, and Affiliate with AllTrack options
If we don’t find you, search by name, enter your IPI, or affiliate with AllTrack.

Search by name uses the spelling on your PRO registration. We match that to your date of birth so only your IPI is shown.

Form to enter first and last name exactly as they appear on the PRO registration
Enter the name exactly as it appears on your PRO record.

Still no match? Enter your IPI number yourself (last resort), then select your PRO and submit. If you don’t have it handy, use the I don’t know my IPI number. link under the field.

Onboarding form with an example IPI number filled in, a link that says I don’t know my IPI number, and ASCAP selected as PRO
Last resort: enter your IPI number, then select your PRO. The link under the field is for if you don’t know it.
Don’t know your IPI? Click I don’t know my IPI number. You can look it up at your PRO, or tell us you haven’t been assigned one yet and we’ll keep going.
Help options for users who don’t know their IPI number yet
Haven’t been assigned an IPI, or can’t find it? Pick the option that fits.
Step 7

No - join a PRO?

If you chose No, we’ll ask: Would you like to join a PRO? AllTrack is a performing rights organization like ASCAP or BMI. You can affiliate here for free so you can start collecting your royalties.

AllTrack - Yes

Affiliate in the portal

We’ll create your AllTrack songwriter account from your verified identity. Accept the AllTrack Writer Terms of Service and continue. Approval can take a few minutes to a few days - check the email AllTrack sends you to confirm your account and set a password.

Onboarding question asking if you would like to join a PRO, with Yes and No
Choose Yes to affiliate with AllTrack without leaving Rightstune.
AllTrack affiliation form with terms checkbox and Continue with AllTrack button
Accept the AllTrack Writer Terms, then continue.

If your identity was approved manually (no ID scan on file), we’ll show We need more information to complete your AllTrack affiliation and ask you to enter name, date of birth, country, and phone before you can continue.

AllTrack affiliation form asking for more identity information when none is on file
Manual approval with no identity on file - fill in the missing details, then accept the terms.
Dashboard waiting for an AllTrack IPI while the registration is under review
After you continue, the dashboard shows that AllTrack is reviewing your registration.
AllTrack - No

Join a PRO in your territory

If you decline AllTrack, we recommend a PRO for the country on your verified identity. Join as a songwriter (not as a publisher) so you get an IPI number. Then come back, choose Yes on the PRO question, and enter your IPI.

Recommended PROs for the United States, with AllTrack, ASCAP, and BMI
Decline AllTrack and we recommend a PRO for your country.
Recommended PROs for the United Kingdom, AllTrack and PRS for Music
The list matches the country on your verified identity. In the United Kingdom that includes AllTrack and PRS for Music.
Nearest recommended PROs when there is no Anglo-American PRO in Germany
If your country has no Anglo-American PRO, we show the nearest recommended list.
Nearest recommended PRO when AllTrack is not listed, showing APRA AMCOS
Some countries are matched to the nearest recommended PRO, without AllTrack on the list.

Need a directory? Browse PROs by territory (reference list only - not Rightstune’s direct affiliations). Anglo-American writer PROs (including AllTrack) are the ones we can represent you through today.

Rightstune PRO directory listing Anglo-American performing rights organizations
Use the PRO directory if you’re choosing a society outside the AllTrack path.
Dashboard asking you to add an IPI because AllTrack is not available in your territory
If AllTrack is not available in your territory, the dashboard asks you to add an IPI after you join a recommended PRO.
Step 8

Tell us about a prior publishing admin

We’ll ask if you’ve collected publishing through another company (any major publisher, or an admin such as Songtrust, Kosign, or TuneCore Publishing).

Yes: upload a Letter of Termination / relinquishment if you have one (you can skip the upload for now, but you’ll need it before we can collect on works still registered elsewhere).
No: continue to the next step.
Skip: you can also skip this question entirely and continue.

Question asking whether you collected publishing through another company, with Yes, No, and Skip
Answer whether you had a previous publishing administrator - or skip.
Step 9

Choose your societies

Next you can choose which collection societies Rightstune should register your songs with. Each option shows a short description of what it covers (for example IMPEL for digital royalties in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, CIS, and the Indian subcontinent via SACEM, France’s collection society). All societies are selected by default - you can leave them as-is, turn some off, or skip to keep the defaults. You can change this later in Preferences.

Tip: if you’re unsure, choose Skip - use defaults. That opts you into every supported society.
Onboarding society preferences with toggles for collection societies
Choose which societies Rightstune should register your songs with.
Step 10

Add a publishing entity (optional)

We’ll ask if you have your own publisher account. People who join ASCAP often get a free publishing entity - it’s helpful for us to know. Rightstune is still your default original publisher. You can skip and add this later in Preferences.

Note: adding your own publishing entity means you’ll need to sign a Letter of Direction before registering tracks.
Onboarding question asking if you have your own publisher account
Optionally add your own publishing entity, or skip.
Step 11

Self-registered works at your PRO

We’ll ask whether you’ve already registered songs at your writer PRO, and if so, whether you plan to transfer those works to Rightstune.

Transferring lets Rightstune collect the publisher’s share (including publisher performance share) that often stays uncollected when you only register as a writer. Your writer share still pays through your PRO account.

Prefer to keep those works at your PRO? You can turn off your PRO under Preferences → Society Configuration. Rightstune will keep collecting everywhere else while you continue registering works at your PRO yourself.
Onboarding question asking if you registered songs at your writer PRO
Tell us if you’ve self-registered works and whether you’ll transfer them.
Step 12

Sign your Letter of Direction (when required)

You’ll only be asked to sign a Letter of Direction (LOD) when it’s needed - for example if you added a publishing entity, uploaded a prior-admin termination letter, or plan to transfer self-registered works to Rightstune.

The LOD tells your PRO to route royalties to Rightstune when there’s a conflict on a work we claim. Your name and IPI are filled in - review and sign in the signing window.

Creators then sign the Publishing Administration Agreement. That signing step is last. If a letter of direction is not required, the agreement is still the last step. Managers do not sign it.

If none of those apply: you are not asked for a letter of direction. Creators still sign the Publishing Administration Agreement before the dashboard. You can sign an LOD later if your situation changes (for example after adding a publishing entity in Preferences).
Letter of Direction signing step with Open signing window button
When required, open the signing window and complete your Letter of Direction.
Step 13

Profile match request

After onboarding, the dashboard can show a profile match request while our team links your writer profile. You’ll get an email when it’s processed. Until then the request stays pending, usually within 24 hours.

Dashboard showing a pending profile match request for Jordan Lee
Your profile match request stays on the dashboard while it is under review.

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