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Royalty Leak Checker
Ten yes/no questions that diagnose your catalog's metadata and collection infrastructure. Find out exactly which failure points are costing you royalties — and how urgent the problem is.
Ten yes/no questions. Two minutes. You will see exactly which metadata and collection failures are costing you royalties — and a severity rating that tells you how urgent the problem is.
10 questions
One per screen
~2 minutes
No account needed
Instant results
All client-side
What is a royalty leak?
A royalty leak is any gap in your metadata, registration, or collection infrastructure that causes earned income to go unmatched or uncollected. Unlike unpaid invoices, leaks are invisible — you will not receive a notification that £600 of PRS performance royalties went into the unmatched pool because your ISRC was not embedded. The money just disappears into a fund you may never be able to claim.
The 10 failure modes this tool checks
- ISRC embedding — codes assigned but not embedded in audio files cause unmatched streams
- ISWC registration — compositions without ISWCs cannot receive publishing royalties internationally
- DSP metadata consistency — mismatched spelling creates ghost artist profiles that split your streams
- Songwriter split registration — unregistered co-writer shares go uncollected by the PRO
- UPC coverage — missing release-level codes break platform reporting
- Artist profile claiming — unclaimed profiles lose editorial pitch access and fan analytics
- MusicBrainz listing — unlisted catalogs are invisible to metadata-dependent identification systems
- Duplicate distributor entries — ghost copies of releases accumulate royalties you cannot access
- CCLI registration — worship music performed in churches generates royalties only if you are registered
- Master asset folders — incomplete assets slow corrections and close off sync opportunities
How is this different from the Royalty Gap Estimator?
The Royalty Gap Estimator answers the question “how much am I missing?” — it calculates an annual £ estimate across six collection-society income sources based on your catalog size and reach.
This tool answers “where is my catalog broken?” — it diagnoses the specific infrastructure failures behind those gaps. Use both together for the full picture.