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Plans start at $20 per year. $35 gets you more advanced features (ability to set release dates, customize pricing, and more).

We also have optional paid services, such as cover song licensing ($12/year per cover song), YouTube ContentID ($4.95 per single) and a few others.

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How does $12 cover the license of a cover song? Aren't those fees much higher/based on number of sales?

DistroKid is charging $12/year to handle the covered song fees for you - they automatically withdraw the required amount from your royalties and send it to the original author.

[0]: https://distrokid.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/2131024

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