How to Use Tags On BeatStars To Help You Sell More Beats

Properly entering your metadata into BeatStars’ platform is a powerful tool in your arsenal. This is where you can significantly enhance your potential for success. By filling out these fields properly, especially tags, you increase your chances of achieving organic success on the BeatStars platform significantly. 

In BeatStars Studio, you can add up to three tags to your beat. Keep in that just because a tag may have a lot of search volume (like “Drake” or “Future”), doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the tag you should stick to. This section of your uploading is all about finding your niche tags that have longevity.

PRO TIP 1: You can (and should) use Spotify to help you find relevant tags. 

Step 1) Start by searching for the most popular artist whose style your beat resembles and use their name as a tag. For instance, you could use "Gunna" as the first tag.

Step 2) Next, scroll down to the “Fans Also Like” section. Identify an artist with a smaller following and use their name as another tag. In this example, we’ll use “Young Nudy,” who has a smaller monthly listenership.

‍Step 3) Finally, explore the “Fans Also Like” section of the second artist to find another relevant artist for your third tag. For this example, "SahBabii" will be the third tag.

‍By following these steps, you not only tag a highly relevant and popular artist but also position yourself to invest early in the area of an artist who hasn't yet gained widespread recognition.

PRO TIP 2: Single-word searches have higher search volumes on BeatStars than multiple-word searches. For example, there are more searches for “Drake” than “Drake Type Beat.” We’ve listed below the top 20 most-searched terms of the last three months (as of August 2024) across Marketplace and Pro Pages:

1. Trap

2. Drill

3. Free

4. Boom bap

5. Afrobeat

6. Pop

7. RnB

8. Juice Wrld

9. Drake

10. Hip-hop

11. Rap

12. Gunna

13. Sad

14. Future

15. Travis Scott

16. Lil Baby

17. BoomBap

18. Reggaeton

19. Country

20. Guitar 

Now that you’ve got the tools, take advantage of these insights and make your uploads work harder for you. Keep experimenting, but most importantly, stay consistent!