Prepare the master
Export the final mix as an uncompressed WAV file — the standard is 24-bit / 48kHz. Listen to the file all the way through, from beginning to end, on headphones and on a phone speaker. Check the start and the end for clicks, and don't leave extra silence at either end.
Cover art that passes review
Your cover art travels with the release to every store. The spec is 3000×3000 pixels, RGB. Keep text minimal and readable at thumbnail size, and avoid platform logos, account handles, prices and links — stores reject cover art that carries them.
Metadata and codes
Metadata is how the world finds you: an artist name spelled the same way on every release, the real title with no decoration, and the correct language and genre tags. The codes — ISRC for the recording and UPC for the release — are assigned during preparation; you don't need to buy them anywhere.
Choose the release date
Give yourself room. A date several weeks out leaves space for review, delivery and pitching before day one. Line the date up with anything you control — a video, a show, a run of posts — so the release lands with support behind it rather than alone.
Request your invite
Mazufa works by invitation only. Completed applications enter a human review queue as capacity allows. Submitting does not create an account; those accepted may receive a dedicated preparation invite.
After acceptance
After preparation, your release is packaged to spec and delivered to every platform, and its data is pitched to the appropriate editorial and algorithmic surfaces. From there, watch your dashboard: streams, saves and playlist adds, per platform and per country.
The fingerprint code every recording carries — it tracks streams and earnings worldwide.
Your release barcode — one per single, EP or album.
Digital service provider: a streaming or download service such as Spotify, Apple Music or Anghami.
Why earnings can still be pending
Streaming services report and pay earnings with a delay, often one to three months after the streams happen. Your distributor then pays you on its own schedule, usually once your balance reaches a minimum. So when you cancel, part of your earnings may not have reached your account yet.
What to check in your plan's terms
- Your releases: whether they stay live, are taken down or can be kept for a fee when the plan ends. Some subscription services remove releases when a plan lapses; check the renewal and takedown terms of your service.
- Account access: whether you can still sign in and withdraw after cancelling, and for how long.
- Minimum payout: what happens to a balance below the minimum when the account closes.
- Late income: how earnings reported after cancellation, for example from YouTube Content ID, are paid.
Steps before you cancel
- Withdraw your available balance first.
- Keep the account open until the last statement you expect has arrived, if your plan allows it.
- Download your statements and keep a record of streams and earnings.
- Ask support in writing how remaining earnings will be paid, and keep the answer.
- Keep your ISRC and UPC codes in case you deliver the same releases elsewhere.
Our distributor comparison lists the renewal and takedown terms that individual companies publish, with a source link for each row.
How this works at Mazufa
Mazufa charges no upload fee, no subscription and no per-release fee, so there is no renewal to keep up. The revenue share and payment terms are set out in your written agreement, which you can read before you sign, and you keep ownership of your recordings. See how pricing works.
Summary
Cancel when you know where every pending payment stands, not before. Reading the cancellation and payout terms first is the simplest protection.