Alongside selling beats, a staple revenue source for beatmakers is selling Sound Kits (drum kits and sample packs). Unlike a beat, a kit is less dependent on "taste for a single song" and sells to the broad market of fellow producers. You can sell them from the same account as your beats on BeatStars.
That said, Sound Kits carry rights pitfalls on a scale that selling beats does not. In this article we first lay out the principles around rights, then cover everything from production to packaging and the BeatStars listing process (steps confirmed against the official help), as of July 7, 2026.
"Sound Kit" is a catch-all term for "a package of audio material used in production." The main types are as follows.
Your buyers are beatmakers around the world. In other words, thinking about "what I'm looking for when I search for material on Splice" gives you a direct hint for designing your product.
The principle you must never break when selling Sound Kits is simple: "don't sell someone else's material as material." Concretely, it breaks down like this.
Royalty-free material from services like Splice and Loopmasters is licensed on the premise that it will be used as part of a piece of music combined with other sounds. As we confirmed in our explainer on royalty-free material, the terms of the major services commonly prohibit the following.
In short, putting a snare you downloaded from Splice into your own Drum Kit and selling it is, in principle, not allowed—whether or not you edited it. Whether "heavy editing makes it OK" is handled differently by each service, so don't interpret it yourself; you need to check with official support.
Turning drums or phrases lifted from commercial records into a kit is copyright infringement unless you have the rights holder's permission. BeatStars' copyright infringement policy also clearly prohibits using others' intellectual property without the rights holder's written permission, and repeat violations can lead to account termination under the three-strikes policy. For more, see our intro to sample clearance.
In conclusion, the material that's safe to include in a Sound Kit is the following.
If your kit is made up of "100% your own work," redistribution rights issues basically don't arise. It takes effort to produce, but consider this the entry requirement for the Sound Kit business.
Our editorial team's recommended production flow is the following five steps.
The steps for uploading a Sound Kit on BeatStars are described in the official help article "How Do I Upload A Sound Kit?" as follows (as of July 7, 2026).
You can also follow the flow in the official tutorial video (English, BeatStars official channel).
▶ Official tutorial video (BeatStars)
Buyers decide almost entirely from the preview audio. Prepare several demo beats made only with the kit's sounds, and structure them so the kit's "sweet spots" come across. BeatStars supports multiple preview files, so lining up demos in different genres is also effective.
As with beats, YouTube is the main battleground for Sound Kit traffic. Post demo videos with searchable titles like "(genre) Drum Kit 2026" and put your BeatStars link in the description. You can save time on video-making with Beat Lab: Video Maker + YouTube Upload.
Distributing a free version with a limited number of sounds to build awareness and then guiding people to the full version is a staple strategy internationally too. Even for the free version, the principle of "your own material only, with license terms stated" is the same. Check the thinking on rights for distributed material in our explainer on royalty-free material.
A. We don't recommend it. The terms of major services such as Splice and Loopmasters prohibit redistributing samples on their own or making another sample pack out of them. How much editing changes this varies by service, so don't decide on your own—check with official support. The safe approach is to build your kit only from sounds you created from scratch with synths or your own recordings.
A. The BeatStars official help article on uploading a Sound Kit lists the Growth and Professional plans as the eligible plans (as of July 7, 2026). If you want to sell Sound Kits seriously, consider a Growth plan or higher. Check the official site for the latest per-plan features.
A. According to the official help, the Sound Kit itself is uploaded as a ZIP or RAR file (from your computer, a URL link, Google Drive or Dropbox). You can also add multiple MP3 or WAV preview files for buyers to audition before purchase. Up to three tags are allowed, and you must enter the number of sounds included.
A. Yes. According to the official help, the Sound Kit listing flow also has a step to add collaborators, where you can search by username or email and set the Profit Share and Publishing percentages. See our intro to collaborative revenue splits (Splits) for details.
Here are the key points of selling Sound Kits.
For how to think about the price of the beats themselves, see how to set prices that sell, and for choosing where to sell, see our comparison of beat-selling platforms.