Guide
Where to sell AI music now
The September 2026 map for AI-assisted musicians: Suno download caps, the Udio walled garden, the Bandcamp ban, the Songtradr closure, and an honest look at where finished AI music can actually be sold.
The short of it: Suno caps downloads on September 3, Songtradr has pushed its closure to early fall, Udio never reopened, and Bandcamp said no to substantially-AI work back in January. Finished AI-assisted music still has homes, and this page maps them honestly, ours included.
What changed, dated
Late 2025
Udio keeps your music inside
Downloads went off after the Universal settlement and never came back. Music made there plays there.
January 14, 2026
Bandcamp bans substantially-AI music
Music made wholly or in substantial part by AI is out, along with AI impersonation. Human-led hybrids may still qualify, and that line is theirs to draw.
September 3, 2026
Suno caps downloads
Caps on every plan, retroactive, and paid downloads keep their commercial rights. A finished track now costs a download credit to leave the platform.
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Songtradr closes its marketplace
The shutdown was set for September 1, then Songtradr pushed it to early fall 2026 without naming a date. The destination is unchanged: everyone is pointed to Bandcamp, its sister company, and the AI-assisted part of a catalogue cannot follow.
Put together: the walls went up one after another for ten months, and the first week of September closes the last doors. If you make music with AI in the chain and want to sell finished work, the map just got redrawn.
Your real options
Memberships and tip pages (Patreon, Ko-fi)
Best for: A fanbase that already wants to support you monthly.
The catch: Patronage tools, not music stores. No catalogue, no discovery, no streaming licence.
Your own store (Shopify, Wix, Bandzoogle)
Best for: Total control. Nobody can ban your catalogue from your own site.
The catch: You bring all the traffic and carry the rights and tax questions alone.
Streaming DSPs through a distributor
Best for: Maximum reach, and several distributors take AI-assisted work with disclosure.
The catch: Fractions of a cent per stream, and AI policies still in motion.
SynthCamp
Best for: Selling finished releases with the AI question answered up front. Credits declared and signed into the audio, watermark kept, buyers pay your own Stripe, 85% stays with you.
The catch: Streaming access rather than downloads, releases start at three tracks, and getting paid needs a Stripe-supported country.
Disclosure is becoming the norm
In the EU, transparency for AI content became law in August 2026 (AI Act Article 50). SynthCamp was built ready for that world: the declaration is part of the release, signed, verifiable by anyone, and presented as a positive signal rather than a warning label.
Sitting on a folder of hurried exports? The free rescue scan reads it in your browser, nothing uploaded, and tells you what your tracks still carry.
Exports arriving loud and glassy is the other half of the problem. Mastering is free here too, in the browser and with no account, and the WAV it gives you is yours to sell anywhere on this page.
If your finished releases deserve a commercial home where the AI question is answered up front, set up your artist profile or read the step-by-step release guide first. Selling needs a payment account in a Stripe-supported country.