Ayahuapu decided to remove their music from Spotify after discovering that the CEO of Spotify invested over €600 million in a military drone company. If you, too, want to take control and offer your music directly to your fans, follow this guide to do it on Wix*.
Outline of steps to configure your Wix site:
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Upgrade to Wix Premium and connect your own domain (e.g. ayahuapu.com)
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Add Wix Music: Upload your tracks, set prices, and enable downloads with expiring links (1–2 uses).
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Use Wix Stores to sell physical merchandise (t-shirts, posters, mugs).
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Create subscription plans with Wix Pricing Plans: monthly and annual.
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Activate the Wix Members Area and protect your album page so it's only visible to Membership subscribers.
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Add Wix Donations to receive direct contributions from your fans.
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Set up Wix Events & Tickets to sell tickets to concerts and workshops/retreats.
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Enhance your viewing experience with Wix Pro Gallery images & videos.
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Enable Wix Multilingual if you need your site automatically translated into multiple languages.
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If you are a medicine music artist and would like advice or help on getting your music off of the Spotify platform and using Wix to take control of your music, you can reach me at @erick.rivas.kaji
* Many of these workflows can also be done in Squarespace or WordPress, or by hand with HTML, etc. Here we outline a comprehensive method based on Wix without having to integrate multiple commerce platforms. We're not Wix shareholders; we just like their platform :)