Frequently Asked Questions

TimbrGate is a free music promotion platform that gives independent musicians professional-grade tools including smart links, download gates, and detailed analytics. Share your music across every streaming platform with one link, grow your audience by gating downloads behind social actions, and track every click and conversion with a real-time dashboard.

Yes. TimbrGate is free to start, and creating an account takes under a minute. Smart links, download gates, pre-save pages, tracking pixels and analytics are all available to you from the moment you sign up.

TimbrGate is built for independent musicians, producers, DJs, beatmakers, and small labels - anyone who makes music and wants to promote it effectively. Whether you're uploading your first beat or managing releases for a growing roster, TimbrGate gives you the same tools that major labels use.

TimbrGate is a mission-driven project developed and supported by TimbrDesign, a development studio passionate about making the music industry more accessible. A single sponsored banner on a handful of pages helps cover the server bill, and our goal is to keep the barrier to entry as low as we can.

Smart Links (we call them MusicBridgeLinks) are single, shareable URLs that automatically detect which streaming platform your listener prefers and redirect them there. Instead of posting five separate links for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, etc., you share one clean link that works for every fan on every platform.

TimbrGate smart links support all major streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, and Bandcamp. We continuously add new platforms as they become available.

Absolutely. You can set a custom URL slug (e.g. timbrgate.com/s/your-track-name), upload your own artwork, and choose color themes to match your brand. Your smart link page is fully branded to you - it doesn't look like a generic third-party tool.

It takes under a minute. Sign up for a free account, paste a link to your track from any supported platform, and TimbrGate will automatically find your music across all other services. Customize the appearance, hit publish, and you're ready to share. No technical knowledge needed.

A Download Gate lets you offer free downloads of your music in exchange for specific fan actions - like following you on Spotify, subscribing on YouTube, or following on Instagram. Fans get a free track, and you grow your following. It's one of the most effective growth tools for independent artists.

You can require fans to complete a variety of actions: follow you on Spotify, follow on Instagram, subscribe on YouTube, follow on SoundCloud, repost a track, and more. You can combine multiple actions into a single gate to grow across several platforms at once.

TimbrGate offers generous file size limits for audio uploads. You can upload high-quality WAV, MP3, FLAC, and other common audio formats so your fans always receive the best possible audio quality. Files are stored securely on our cloud infrastructure.

When a fan visits your download gate link, they see the required actions listed on the page (e.g. "Follow on Spotify"). After going through the required actions, a download button unlocks and they can instantly grab the file. The process is fast, intuitive, and works perfectly on mobile devices.

TimbrGate provides a comprehensive analytics dashboard with total views, downloads, platform clicks, conversion rates, geographic data (country and city-level), platform breakdown charts, daily activity graphs, and referral source tracking. You get a complete picture of how your links are performing.

TimbrGate analytics are near real-time - your dashboard updates within minutes of any fan interaction. Whether someone visits your link, completes a gate action, or downloads your track, you'll see it reflected in your stats almost instantly.

Yes! TimbrGate has built-in support for both Facebook Pixel and TikTok Pixel. Simply add your pixel IDs in your link settings, and TimbrGate will fire the appropriate tracking events automatically. This lets you retarget link visitors with ads and track conversions directly in your ad dashboards.

Signing up takes under a minute and is free to start. Head to the sign-up page and create an account with your email address, or sign in instantly with Google, and you can start creating links right away.

Yes. You can delete your account at any time from your account settings page. When you delete your account, all your data - including links, uploaded files, and analytics - are permanently removed from our servers.

Absolutely. We take data security seriously. Your data is stored securely, encrypted in transit, and we never sell or share your personal information with third parties. For full details on how we handle your data, please read our Privacy Policy.