Every one of these moves a listener. None of them hands you a fan.

Honest write-ups of the tools artists actually use — what each is good at, and what you still don't own at the end of it.

• Songlink

  Songlink is a great router. It is not a fan list.

  Songlink turns one song into every streaming link. It's free and it works. But it hands you clicks, not fans — here's what that costs you, and how to keep the contact.

• Hypeddit

  Hypeddit, honestly.

  An honest look at Hypeddit — download gates, the free tier, and the pricing question. Plus the part nobody mentions: who actually owns the fan at the end.

• ToneDen

  Your ToneDen links broke. Nobody told you.

  In March 2024 the fanlink.to domain expired and every ToneDen smart link stopped working, with no warning. Here's the story, and the lesson that outlives it.

• HyperFollow

  HyperFollow is free because you're already paying for something else.

  HyperFollow is free for DistroKid members and generated for every upload. It does the smart-link job fine. Here's what it hands you at the end — and what it doesn't.

• Bandcamp

  The reason to leave Bandcamp isn't the storefront. It's the ownership.

  Bandcamp has changed hands twice in two years. If you're looking for a way out, the thing worth protecting isn't the storefront — it's the buyer list behind it.

• Linkfire

  Linkfire is built for labels. You're not a label.

  Linkfire is a serious smart-link platform built for labels. Here's how it fits an independent artist — and the gap it leaves whatever tier you're on.