Free
$0 — every week
- 3 free pitches a week, to curators who take them
- A quick yes or no, a note if the curator has one
- No card needed
Pricing
Two sides, two prices. One of them is zero.
Artists can pitch free, or buy credits for a guaranteed written review. Curators are paid $0.50 per credit and never pay anything, ever. Nothing is charged while this is in early access.
For artists
Credits buy the guarantee: a real 60-second listen, at least 20 words, inside 72 hours, or the credit back. A credit is one pitch to one curator. Bigger playlists cost more credits, because reach is the only thing price follows — never how often a curator says yes.
Indie
$19.00/month
- 25 credits a month
- 25% of unused credits roll over
- Genre and reach filters
- Written review on every pitch
Pro
$45.00/month
- 60 credits a month
- 25% of unused credits roll over
- Genre and reach filters
- Written review on every pitch
Or buy credits outright
No subscription. Credits you have bought stay until you spend them.
10 credits
$10.00
- $1.00 a credit
- One payment, no renewal
- Yours until you spend them
30 credits
$27.00
- $0.90 a credit
- One payment, no renewal
- Yours until you spend them
75 credits
$60.00
- $0.80 a credit
- One payment, no renewal
- Yours until you spend them
On a subscription a credit works out from $0.75.
For curators
Free — always
And you are the one getting paid. No subscription, no card, no fee taken out of anything.
- $0.50 for every credit a review cost, on a pass exactly as on an add — bigger playlists cost more credits
- Take free pitches too if you like: every 20 you clear earns you a credit
- Pitches filtered to the genres you picked
- Paid out from $20.00, whenever you ask
- You decide what goes on your playlist. Always. We never touch it.
How this differs from the usual model
Not a table of competitors' prices — those change weekly and we would get them wrong. This is what the common model does, and what we do instead.
| The usual model | KoalaQueue | |
|---|---|---|
| Curator's fee | Often higher for an add, or tied to acceptance rate | Identical on a pass and an add |
| If nobody answers | Credit sometimes held, sometimes lost | Returned automatically at 72 hours |
| Proof they listened | Trust the review | 60s before the verdict unlocks |
| Length of feedback | Whatever arrives, sometimes one line | 20 words minimum |
| Operator's own playlists | Rarely disclosed | Labelled as ours, paid the same, ranked no higher |
| After the add | Chased by email | The add and the review stay in your history |
| Cost to curate | Free, unpaid | Free, and paid per review |
Pricing questions
What is a credit?
One pitch to one curator. A curator with a bigger playlist costs more credits — reach is the only input to price.
What happens to credits I do not use?
A quarter of them roll over at renewal. The rest lapse, and both the lapse and the new month show as entries in your ledger so you can see exactly what happened.
What if a curator never answers?
At 72 hours the credit comes back to you automatically and the curator is paid nothing. You do not have to ask.
Do curators pay anything?
No. Not a subscription, not a fee, not a cut. They are paid.
Can I pay without subscribing?
Yes — credit packs are one payment and the credits stay until you spend them.
Is a placement guaranteed?
No, and anyone promising one is selling you something that breaks Spotify's rules. You are buying a listen and a written opinion.