DayOne.fan vs Hypeddit
Gate a download. Keep the fan.
Every fan who unlocks a track becomes a numbered fan on a page that is yours - and that part is free.
Try DayOne.fan freeWhat actually happens when someone clicks your link
Hypeddit is a download gate, and an established one - the fan gets the file, you get the campaign.
The fan gets the file and becomes Fan #23 on your page: an email, a number, and a relationship that is still there for the next release. Capturing them is part of the free tier.
Campaign links do their work in the moment they are clicked.
Your page is still at the same address, with the new track on it. Nothing in your bio needs changing between releases.
Hypeddit is focused on the campaign - gates, smart links and pre-saves, built per release.
Bio, photo, streaming links, events and your gated downloads sit at one address, so one link answers the whole question.
Hypeddit offers ad campaigns for Spotify, YouTube and TikTok, and it is a strong part of what they do.
Your track page carries your Meta pixel on the free tier, so it is already an ad landing page with nothing extra to set up. Building the track campaign inside DayOne.fan is a Pro feature.
A download gate is worth more when the fan it captures has somewhere to land. On DayOne.fan that somewhere is your own artist page, the fan arrives with a number rather than as a line in an export, and capturing them is part of the free tier. Emailing and exporting your fan list is what Pro is for.
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