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Streaming Comes to Digital Albums on Shopify

Fans can now stream the music they buy right from your store, alongside the download.

Single's streaming player on a digital album page

What's New

Streaming is now built into every digital release and pre-order powered by Single. Until now, a fan had to check out, open a confirmation email and leave your store to press play. Now they can listen the moment they buy, and the high-quality download files are still theirs to keep.

How It Works

It all happens right where the purchase does, and it adds no work on your end:

Checkout to first play: As soon as a fan checks out, they can stream the release from your Shopify store.
Downloads included: The high-quality files they paid for are still theirs to keep.
Same setup: Setting up a digital release still takes under five minutes on Single.

Single's streaming player playing a purchased release right after checkout

Why It Matters

When a fan buys your music direct, they're backing you, and now they get an instant return: the release plays the moment they check out, and the files are theirs to keep. That purchase does more for you too. Every sale reports to the charts, and digital releases bring an average 5% lift in reportable chart units, so the same support that grows your store also moves you up the ranks. And because unlimited digital releases come with every Single plan, you can do it again with every release.

How to Get Started

Getting there is simple. For new music there's nothing to do, because every digital release you publish through Single has streaming on by default. And if you already have releases on the preview player, you can upgrade your back catalog to full streaming in two steps.