What happens after I complete the Pro Publishing Admin section of my account?

*A note regarding CD Baby Pro Publishing

Once you submit Performance Rights Organization (PRO) affiliation details for a songwriter you will see their status go from "Requires Affiliation" to "Under Review" under the Royalty Collecting Songwriters section. It can take up to 4 weeks for a songwriter's affiliation details to reach the "Approved" status. Please continue reading for a description of each status. 

• Under Review
• Pending
• Approved

Under Review

This status means the songwriter's PRO affiliation details have been submitted and are in the queue to be sent to their PRO. In this stage, we'll do some initial verification to see if we notice any issues with the information provided. If we find any issues, the songwriter's PRO affiliation details will be reset and you will receive an email notification prompting you to try again.

Pending

This status means the songwriter's PRO affiliation details have been delivered to their PRO. We'll notify the PRO that we are now claiming the publishing for any works signed up for CD Baby Pro Publishing. 

If the PRO finds any issues with the information provided, the songwriter's PRO affiliation details will be reset and you will receive an email notification prompting you to try again.

Approved

This status means that the songwriter's PRO affiliation details have been received and approved by their PRO. Once all songwriters for any given release are approved, we will begin registering the works.

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*The CD Baby Pro Publishing service was discontinued as of August 8th, 2023. Any paid release which was signed up for CD Baby Pro Publishing prior to August 8th, 2023 is considered a legacy Pro release and will continue to receive Pro Publishing services. CD Baby now offers a new expanded suite of revenue amplifiers called “CDB Boost” instead.