Three things, stated plainly.
Paste a SoundCloud link or upload your file, pick the steps, publish. Every download becomes a confirmed fan email you own and can export as CSV, with the full funnel behind it. Free, permanently. Nothing on Droploud changes; run both if you like.
A gate takes about two minutes. Bring as many as you want.
We run a SoundCloud repost network that reaches around 20 million. It is normally something we get paid for. Every gate that reaches fifteen downloads earns a free repost of that track, worth about 100k of that reach.
A counter on your dashboard, a button at 15. First 100 requests.
Thomas holds 25 artist passes for the Nexus Lounge at ADE 2026 in Amsterdam, 21 to 25 October: a Nexus Radio interview, an editorial photoshoot, open bar, a week of labels and press in one room. One pass goes into a draw among artists with a live gate here.
Live gate with 10 real fans by 25 September. One name drawn 28 September. Travel not included.
Producer to producer, not company to user.
Ōtocracy is a marketing agency. We run promotion for artists who ask us to, and that is the business. The gate is free because it puts us in the same room as artists we might work with one day. Your gates, your emails, your funnel and export stay free, permanently, and your own data is never the meter.
You run gates. He runs gates. His own thirteen moved here from Hypeddit in an afternoon, and he thinks the same move is worth your while. If you want him to look at yours once it is up, ask.
Fifty four seconds of Thomas building a gate: paste the SoundCloud URL, pick the steps, publish. Yours will look the same.
Create my free accountCreate your free account. The import wizard walks you through your first gate.
Add your track to each gate: upload the file or paste a link, per gate. Then publish.
One line in each SoundCloud description. From then on every download is a confirmed email you own, and the counter towards your repost starts.
Same gate idea. Different rest of the system.
Droploud column as seen on droploud.com in September 2026. Droploud is a different product in places, a discovery feed with charts, and nothing here is a complaint about it.
Straight answers
Want one of the other ADE passes instead of the draw? Message Thomas on WhatsApp.
No. We never touched your Droploud account, your files or your fans there, and nothing gets deleted. Run both if you like.
You upload it, or paste a link to it, per gate. We only ever use your own audio.
When a gate reaches 15 downloads, a button appears on your dashboard. Press it and we repost that track across our SoundCloud network, which reaches around 20 million. The repost you earn is worth about 100k of that, free, done within a few days by a person, not a bot. There are 100 slots.
Every account with at least one live gate holding 10 real fans (confirmed, downloaded, or completed a step) by 25 September 2026, 23:59 CEST, is in. One name is drawn on 28 September and emailed. The prize is one ŌTOCRACY Artist Pass for the Nexus Lounge at ADE 2026 (value €200). Travel and accommodation are not included. No purchase, nothing to buy. If you would rather not leave it to a draw, the remaining passes go to artists Thomas picks: message him on WhatsApp.
Gates, emails, analytics and export are free, permanently. Ōtocracy is a marketing agency; we earn by running promotion for artists who ask us to. The gate is free because it puts us in the same room as artists we might work with one day. That is the whole deal.