📱 Best Platforms
AudioJungle, Artlist, Pond5
📖 The Hustle
YouTubers, podcasters, and video creators need background music and pay $15-$50 per track license on AudioJungle and Pond5. Compose simple instrumental tracks in popular genres — corporate ambient, upbeat pop, epic cinematic, lo-fi chill. Use GarageBand or FL Studio to create tracks in 2-3 hours each. Upload 50 tracks, and even if each sells once per month at an average of $25 per license, that is $1,250 in monthly royalties. The same tracks sell for years with zero maintenance.
🚀 First Step
Download a free DAW (GarageBand or Cakewalk), compose a 2-minute corporate background track, and upload it to AudioJungle with 20 keyword tags.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Focus on corporate and background genres — these get licensed repeatedly for business videos, not one-hit viral content
- Create track bundles (5 similar tracks as a pack) so buyers spend more per transaction and your average sale value rises
- Tag every track with tempo, mood, instrumentation, and use-case so it appears in as many search results as possible
🛠 Tools & Resources: AudioJungle, Artlist, Pond5, GarageBand, FL Studio