Streaming services keep appearing.

That creates a problem for artists.

If you released a song five years ago, how do you make sure it automatically reaches platforms that didn’t exist when the song was originally distributed?

That’s the problem DistroKid’s Store Maximizer is intended to solve.

What does Store Maximizer do?

The idea is straightforward.

When DistroKid adds support for new eligible music services, Store Maximizer can automatically deliver opted-in releases to them.

That saves artists from manually revisiting old catalogue.

Why is that useful?

Artists increasingly distribute to far more than Spotify and Apple Music.

There are:

regional DSPs

fitness platforms

social networks

new streaming services

specialist stores

The wider your catalogue becomes, the harder manual distribution maintenance gets.

But should this cost extra?

That’s the question artists should ask.

Some competing distributors include automatic delivery to new stores as part of their core distribution proposition.

If your distributor introduces a new major DSP, automatic catalogue delivery arguably feels like something that could be standard infrastructure.

Does Store Maximizer make sense?

If you have a small number of important releases and want completely hands-off expansion, potentially.

For a very large catalogue, evaluate the total cost.

Per-release extras that seem cheap can become expensive once multiplied across hundreds of products.

Bottom line

Store Maximizer solves a genuine problem.

But the existence of the feature also shows why artists shouldn’t compare distributors on base subscription alone.

The more your catalogue grows, the more important seemingly minor operational charges become.