Worst service on the internet, I wish I looked to this reviews before i submitted my work with Identifyy. I started submitting my music on the beginning of january I was waiting to get paid in... See more
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This company doesn’t seem real. After couple of email exchange we concluded that we are better off their services. Also they don’t seem very trustworthy with royalties. There’s a big chance they will... See more
They don't want to delete your account even after the 3 year contract is expired, and tracks have been removed from YouTube's Content ID. Also, the songs still seem active when you look into Identifyy... See more
This company is a scam. They blocked my account after I generated approximately 10k, which they never paid me. I sent them documents proving I own the rights to the music, but they never responded or... See more
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Worst service on the internet
Worst service on the internet, I wish I looked to this reviews before i submitted my work with Identifyy.
I started submitting my music on the beginning of january I was waiting to get paid in this July 30th, I didn’t receive a dime.
I was managing multiple artists they asked me multiple times to upload a video soloing the songs and I did, they asked me for contracts and i provided everything even my Distrokid dashboard. They said everything was resolved the day of the payment they sent me an email saying please let the artists send us an email they gathered a random email from the internet and throw it to me, they said the email should be sent from this email.
I would say stay away from Identifyy use any other company other than this trash service. I lost over 6 months of revenue because of this company.
Misleading advertising (hidden $1k threshold for Meta) & refusal to release assets
I signed up for Identifyy specifically for their advertised Facebook/Instagram (Meta) monetization. Their main landing page clearly promises monetization across YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram without mentioning any eligibility restrictions.
Only after submitting my tracks was I informed by support that Meta monetization requires a hidden threshold of $1,000/month in earnings—a condition omitted from their public onboarding materials.
Because the core service I signed up for was denied, I formally requested the release of my assets and account closure. Support refused, claiming a mandatory 3-year term, despite failing to deliver the advertised service. I have since formally revoked all copyright administration rights due to breach of contract, but support has gone completely unresponsive.
Prospective users beware: If you are an independent creator looking for Meta monetization, be aware of hidden earning thresholds and locked assets before uploading your catalog.
Scam artists
Scam artists. They have no idea how Content ID actually works. Predatory scumbags. Living in the 20-years ago music industry.
This is a warning to every independent…
This is a warning to every independent artist and music creator considering using Identifyy.
I had my music with Identifyy for several years. My account was protected with two-factor authentication, and I was the only person who should have had access to it. Despite that, I suddenly lost access to my account. It appears to have been removed or become inaccessible, and I can no longer log in.
What makes this even worse is that all of my earnings have become inaccessible, and despite multiple attempts to contact their support, I have received absolutely no response. No explanation. No assistance. Nothing.
As a customer, I feel completely abandoned. I trusted this company with my music and my royalties, and now I have no access to either my account or my money. Whether this is due to a security failure, an internal error, or something else, I simply don't know—because Identifyy refuses to communicate.
If this can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.
My advice is simple: think very carefully before trusting Identifyy with your music. If something goes wrong, based on my experience, you may be left without answers, without support, and without access to your earnings.
I am still waiting for Identifyy to restore my account, explain what happened, and release the royalties that belong to me. Until that happens, I cannot recommend this company to any artist.
RATS, SCAMMERS
This company is a scam. They blocked my account after I generated approximately 10k, which they never paid me. I sent them documents proving I own the rights to the music, but they never responded or offered a solution.
This company doesn’t seem real
This company doesn’t seem real. After couple of email exchange we concluded that we are better off their services. Also they don’t seem very trustworthy with royalties. There’s a big chance they will not pay your royalties when its due. We are talking about Identifyy the company that offers YouTube content id services.
Banned me for an unknown reason
Banned me for an unknown reason in february and I never received payment which last time I checked was around 600+ usd. Messaged them in the dashboard and emailed them aswell and no response. I don't recommend using this crooked platform
Read this before signing up with Identifyy / HAAWK
After years as one of Identifyy's largest and earliest clients, I never expected leaving them to be this bad. I was actively recruited, trusted them with my entire catalog, and even recommended them to colleagues. The moment I decided to move to another provider, everything changed.
When I informed them I was leaving, they immediately offered a better revenue split to convince me to stay. I declined. What followed felt like a deliberate attempt to make my departure as difficult as possible.
First, their support gave me the wrong contract end date. I only got the correct one after following up a second time. Worth noting: Identifyy never provides clients with a copy of their contract. They refer you to a general page with no indication of when your specific contract started.
When I requested my YouTube asset IDs, I was told YouTube does not allow sharing them externally. This is false. Providing asset IDs upon offboarding is standard practice across the industry, confirmed in writing by multiple other providers.
Instead of following the standard Content ID transfer procedure, Identifyy simply deactivated all references, making it impossible for my new provider to take ownership normally. I am now forced to manually re-upload thousands of tracks from scratch. Months of work that should have taken days.
My assets were removed the very next day after I notified them I was leaving, breaking the entire transfer process and leaving my catalog unmonetized for weeks. Days later, their representative wrote confirming they would be removed on the originally agreed date. The assets were already gone.
After all this, all my tracks still show as active in the dashboard. When I asked, I was told to check the dashboard. This directly contradicts everything they told me.
They also contacted me after our contract had already ended to offer Meta monetization. Either they had no idea the contract was over, or they were making one last attempt to retain me.
When they needed my business, responses were fast and friendly. The moment I raised legitimate concerns, the tone shifted to short, passive aggressive replies, then complete silence, despite clear deadlines and plenty of time to deal with everything in a professional manner.
I am not alone. There are plenty of reviews online describing the exact same pattern. The contract term is three years. Miss your exit window by even one day and you are locked in for another three. Do not take that risk lightly.
If they are willing to mislead and obstruct during offboarding, ask yourself: can they really be trusted with something as important as your royalties?
Document everything and think very carefully before signing up.
Are they scammers? This review nailed it perfectly
This review nailed it perfectly - I really wish I had checked for these reviews before WASTING my time with these unprofessional yahoos who just seemed more intent on stealing my time and content than in helping as they kept saying they would.
"This platform operates on revenue share (they get paid when you get paid), but my experience with their review/support was disappointing. My release was rejected for “insufficient online presence,” yet I couldn’t locate any clear documentation of this requirement in their public Terms/FAQ.
I contacted support asking for one simple thing: a link to the policy/criteria used, or a list of what evidence they need to approve/reconsider. No clarification—just silence after follow-ups."
Someone stole my content and registered it for their own - Identifyy said they would help. Then they said I'm not visible enough - just like this reviewer, I asked them the same thing - where does it say anywhere about "sufficient online presence"? And what is your majestic threshold now that you are claiming such a thing? They can't answer suddenly, for some reason!
This platform operateLack of Transparency: Rejected Without Clear Published Criterias on revenue share…
This platform operates on revenue share (they get paid when you get paid), but my experience with their review/support was disappointing. My release was rejected for “insufficient online presence,” yet I couldn’t locate any clear documentation of this requirement in their public Terms/FAQ.
I contacted support asking for one simple thing: a link to the policy/criteria used, or a list of what evidence they need to approve/reconsider. No clarification—just silence after follow-ups.
Artists need transparency, especially when a release is rejected. If criteria are internal, they should still be clearly communicated. Based on my experience, I can’t recommend Identifyy.
Absolute scam company.
When you first register with this company, you are required to upload proof that you created the music distributed through their service, along with the necessary licensing documentation. After investing dozens of hours compiling and submitting proof of ownership for a catalogue of over 50 tracks, they ingest your material into their system—only to terminate your account a month or two later without providing any explanation.
Despite the fact that your catalogue is fully compliant and properly documented, they retain all of your data indefinitely unless you explicitly request its removal—something made extremely difficult by their unresponsive customer support. As a result, they continue to hold your original master recordings, legal copyright documentation, and signed agreements authorizing them to monetize your work, potentially indefinitely.
Tried signing up twice
Tried signing up twice. Never received any emails from them. Customer services were terrible. I ended up having well over 1 million streams on just one of my YouTube videos in a month. They had zero interest in customer relations. We both lost out.
I almost got caught up in the middle,,
I almost got caught up in the middle,,, I did open an account and uploaded some tracks which I did not confirm,just one to see what happened,(( luckily I did not leave my personal credentials,,)) BUT thank god I Remembered to first read the reviews...thank you all...
I wonder why there is no law against these people trying to cash in on others works,,,,
ah,I almost forgot,, do not open an accont 'cus there is not even a botton to delete the account...
TO TELL the truth I never bothered or never was interested in these things,, really do not know why I WAS trying to team up with these people,,
as I said in an other review about MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS,,they all want to manage our creativety solely to their adVANTAGES,, and we all almost let them do that....
I really got jammed up for a moment ,,it happens doesn't it??? peace y'all. sleeyo
... well all I can say is... all of these so called MUSIC SITES should pay us for our Music,(( as it was in the old days of MusicBusiness...)) but we let them fool ourselves because you long for FAme, but let me tell you.... if you give money to these folk or frutless music web sites: you deserve to be fooled... 'cus this means you're so Naive... got it...cold fact. no offence meant to anybody. peace y'all. Sleeyo.
Rejected all original tracks, no reason given, no help on site, no links on rejection, no faq
Signed up, uploaded a whole pile of original tracks I had the rights to, the next day, all 'admin rejected', no explanation why, no info or links when i tapped on the admin rejected logo, no help links on the site, no faq, nothing. For all i know they are selling my songs.
If you are going to reject them then fine but at least explain why, what criteria they failed or give me an option to remove from your site. Suspect this is an automated site run by sub-par code where there is no interest in resolving any problems if the automation incorrectly rejects a track. Or it just wants the rights to your music without paying you.
So far so good
So far so good. Submission process was quick and approval was easy.
My experience is from a few years ago.
My experience is from a few years ago.
They blocked my account, stole tens of thousands of dollars.
STAY AWAY!
Delayed payment
Latest update: I have received the due payment.
Previous experience:
I have been using the services of identifyy. They have stopped paying payouts. I have not received the payout which I was supposed to get on jan 2025. I contacted the customer support team. But they don't respond to my query.
Identifyy Withholds Payments and Ignores Creators
I used Identifyy to register my music with ContentID, but my experience was extremely disappointing. When I asked a legitimate question about their policies, they deflected and then refused to communicate with me entirely. They still owe me royalties, but because I am no longer registered with them, I have no way to reach their payment threshold—which means they are effectively withholding money that I have already earned.
I reached out for a resolution, but they ignored my emails after telling me they were stopping all communication with me. This company’s lack of transparency and poor treatment of creators make them unreliable. If you’re considering using Identifyy for ContentID, think twice.
In my 15 years of selling music online, I never had an interaction that was as bad and unprofessional as with this company.
Stay away
Never, ever consider sending your music to these SCAMMERS. They will hold it hostage, you will not be able to do anything with it unless you bring at least $100 to them.
Horrible Service and with an Attitude
Horrible Service and with an Attitude! They hold your music hostage for 3 years. If your putting your music on youtube and want to Live Stream... You Can't unless you have make $100 in 3 or 4 months... One person says they will white list you music... then another person says you need to me the $100 requirement. I will be posting my music with CD Baby from now on.
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