Getting started
How Davincii works, from signup to your first payment
The path from creating your account to withdrawing your first royalties: sign up, finish your profile, add songs, and get paid.
What you need before you sign up
A short checklist of the details to have ready so signing up, finishing your profile and adding your first songs goes quickly.
Do I still need ASCAP or BMI?
Yes. Your PRO pays your writer share directly. Davincii collects the publisher share and mechanicals, and needs your PRO details to do it.
How much Davincii costs
No signup fee and no subscription. We take a commission only from royalties we collect: 15% on performance, 20% on mechanicals.
Using Davincii outside the US
Songwriters anywhere can use Davincii. What changes when you live outside the US: your PRO, your tax form, currency and payouts.
What Davincii Blueprint is
Blueprint is our invitation-only service for Priority Accounts: we review your whole catalog and register what's missing for you.
Your songs
How to add a song
Add a song from your dashboard: find it on Spotify or type it in, list the songwriters and their splits, and submit it for registration.
Adding co-writers and splits
Save your co-writers once on the Songwriters page, then pick them on any song and give each one a share. Splits must total exactly 100%.
What each song status means
What Draft, Preparing, Filed, Under review, Registered, Action needed and Held mean on My Songs, and why each song has two statuses.
Why a song says Held
Held means another publisher already has the song registered, so we haven't filed it. Here is why, and what you can do.
How long registration takes
Registration moves in steps, and most of the wait is the societies' own processing. Here is what happens at each step and where to watch it.
Changing a song after you submit it
What you can change on a song at each stage: drafts, songs we haven't sent yet, and songs already filed or registered.
Songs we don't register
The few kinds of songs we leave out: covers of someone else's song, songs another publisher already holds, and your co-writers' shares.
Adding other names you release under
Add an alias or side project to your account so we find and register the songs released under it, all under your own legal name, PRO and IPI.
Adding songwriters you represent
Managers, labels and publishers can add the songwriters they represent. We register their songs under their name and pay royalties to you.
Royalties and statements
When royalties arrive
When royalties reach your Davincii balance, why the first payment takes longest, and when you can withdraw.
Reading your Royalties page
What each part of the Royalties page shows: totals, royalty types, periods, territories, societies, sources and songs.
Downloading your statements
How to download your monthly royalty statement as a PDF or CSV from the Royalties page, and what each statement shows.
Publisher share and writer share
Performance royalties are split into a writer share and a publisher share. Here's who pays each one and which one Davincii collects.
Payouts and taxes
How to withdraw your money
How to withdraw your royalties from the Payouts page by bank transfer or PayPal, and what you need first.
Tax forms: W-9 and W-8BEN
Which tax form to fill in before your first withdrawal, how to sign it through DocuSign, and when a W-8BEN needs renewing.
Changing where your money goes
How to set up or change your payout method, bank transfer through Stripe or PayPal, and why withdrawals pause for 48 hours after a change.
What to do when a withdrawal fails
What Failed and Reversed mean in your Payout History, what each withdrawal message means, and how to fix it.
Your account
Two-step sign-in and backup codes
Turn on two-factor authentication in Settings, choose an email code or an authenticator app, and save your backup codes.
Changing your email or password
Change your login email or password from Settings, reset a forgotten password, and sign out of every device at once.
Choosing your notifications
Where your notifications appear, and how to switch categories on or off from the Notifications section of Settings.
Leaving or switching
How to cancel
End your Davincii agreement with 30 days' written notice by email. What happens to your songs, registrations and royalties afterwards.
Switching to Davincii from another administrator
How to move your songs to Davincii from another publisher or administrator without freezing your royalties.
Can’t find your answer? Contact our team. If you’re signed in, use Help & Support in your dashboard.