How to get paid for a feature when the other artist is in another country
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To get paid for a feature in another country, set one flat rate, collect the full payment up front through a service that holds the money until you deliver, and let the platform handle the cross-border transfer so you are not chasing a bank wire. On iKonX you set the price, the buyer pays before you record, and you keep 100 percent of it: iKonX takes 0 percent platform commission and the buyer pays a flat 10 percent on top.
Getting paid for a feature is hard enough in your own city. Add a border and it gets worse. The other artist is in a different country, on a different bank, sometimes in a different time zone you only talk to at midnight, and the moment money has to cross that border the simple deal turns into a mess of wire fees, currency questions, and a payment you cannot easily chase if it never lands.
The deeper problem is that informal cross-border payment puts every risk on you. You record the verse, you send it, and then the wire is delayed, or it arrives short after intermediary-bank fees, or it simply does not come and you have no recourse in a country whose system you do not know. The work was real. Collecting it became a second job in a foreign language.
So the question is not whether you can get paid for an international feature. You can. It is how to price it, collect it before you record, and run the transfer through one channel that handles the border for you, so distance stops being leverage against you.
List it. Price it. Keep it.
The fix is to remove the border from the equation. Set a flat rate, collect the full payment up front through a service that holds the money until you deliver, and let that platform move the funds across the border so you never touch a manual wire. When the money is collected before you record, distance and currency stop being a way for the deal to fall apart.
iKonX is built so a cross-border feature pays the same as a local one. You list your feature service, set your price, and the buyer anywhere pays through the app, with the money held until you deliver the stems. On iKonX the artist keeps 100 percent of the price they set and iKonX takes 0 percent platform commission. The buyer pays a flat 10 percent on top, and downloading and viewing on the app is free. You are not waiting on a foreign wire or eating intermediary-bank fees out of your rate. The platform handles the transfer; you keep the full price you set.
Run it the same way every time: agree the scope, set the rate, collect up front through held payment, deliver, and let the money release. The other artist being in another country becomes a detail, not a risk to your pay.
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How to get paid for an international feature, step by step
- Set one flat rate in your own terms. Quote a single number for a standard verse so there is no currency haggling. A flat rate is easy to collect and protects you when a session runs long.
- Agree the scope in writing. Pin down the verse length, revisions, delivery date, and format before any money moves, so a border cannot become an excuse to renegotiate.
- Collect 100 percent up front through held payment. Take the full payment before you record, through a channel that holds the money until you deliver, so a delayed or missing foreign wire is never your problem.
- Let the platform handle the cross-border transfer. Use one place that moves the funds across the border for you, instead of a manual wire that loses value to intermediary fees and can stall for days.
- Deliver, then let the money release. Send clean stems on the agreed date and let the held payment release to you, so the deal closes cleanly no matter where the buyer is.
Where an international feature payment actually goes: the honest comparison
| How you collect | Who handles the border | What it costs you |
|---|---|---|
| Held payment on iKonX | Built in, collected up front and moved for you | You keep 100% · 0% platform commission · buyer pays a flat 10% on top |
| International bank wire | You and two banks | Wire and intermediary fees out of your rate · days of delay |
| Cross-border app to a stranger | You, on trust | Currency spread · little recourse if it never arrives |
| Pay after the song releases | Nobody, no protection | High risk the payment never crosses the border at all |
International bank wires commonly carry sending, receiving, and intermediary-bank fees and can take several business days to settle, which is why up-front held payment matters for cross-border deals; exact fees vary by bank and country. The only fixed claim is the iKonX fee model: the artist keeps 100% of the price they set, iKonX takes 0% platform commission, the buyer pays a flat 10% on top, and the payment is held until the work is delivered. iKonX is free to download and view.
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International feature payment FAQ
How do I get paid for a feature if the artist is in another country?
Set a flat rate, collect the full payment up front through a service that holds the money until you deliver, and let that platform move the funds across the border. That removes the manual wire, the intermediary fees, and the risk of chasing a payment in a foreign banking system.
Is it safe to do a feature for an overseas artist I have not met?
It is safe when the money is collected before you record and held until you deliver, so the deal does not depend on trust or on a wire arriving later. Agree the scope in writing first and treat any push toward an unprotected direct transfer as a warning sign.
Who pays the cross-border fees on iKonX?
On iKonX you keep 100 percent of the price you set and iKonX takes 0 percent platform commission. The buyer pays a flat 10 percent on top, so you are not losing your rate to wire and intermediary-bank fees the way a manual international transfer would cost you.
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