How it works

Sellers confirm PRO membership (ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, PRS and equivalents) and distributor or ISRC ownership for the recordings involved. Verification is checked once per account and re-checked per listing where the rights differ.

The guided intake asks what is actually being transferred: composition, master, or both; the whole catalog, a percentage, a bundle of three or more compositions, or named songs; permanent sale, time-limited licence or swap; and any strings that survive the deal — royalty splits, approval rights, credit, no AI training.

Every co-writer and producer named on the work is invited by email to confirm their share and consent to the listing. A listing cannot go live until confirmed shares total 100%.

Buyers submit a cash offer, or on a swap listing, one of their own verified catalog tracks. Offers are sealed: buyers never see each other's terms. The seller sees everything and accepts one.

Accepting an offer generates a deal memo — parties, rights transferred, territory, release window, credit obligations, price or swap terms, close date. Both sides sign in-app, with a timestamp. The memo is written to be handed to your own counsel; Coda Exchange is a marketplace, not a law firm.

Funds settle through the platform or, if both parties prefer, under a counsel-held instruction. The listing moves to Closed, and the seller chooses whether the final price is published or shown as undisclosed.