The problem: free feedback is your most-requested product
Every producer with a following gets the same DMs: a SoundCloud link and "any feedback?" A real answer — listening properly, spotting the arrangement problem, explaining why the low end is muddy — takes 20 minutes minimum. Do it free and you are running an unpaid A&R desk. Ignore it and you feel like you are letting your community down.
The existing options all leak value. Feedback platforms take steep cuts and set the prices for you. Selling "mixing feedback" through a beat store means bolting a service onto a product checkout that was never built for calls. And the Calendly-plus-Zoom-plus-PayPal stack means chasing payments and eating no-shows from people who were never going to pay in the first place.
What to sell on Cheddify
Cheddify puts one link in your bio. Buyers pay as guests in their browser — no account — and you take the call on your phone. Formats that fit producers well:
- 20-minute demo teardown. They play the track (or send it ahead via DM), you break down arrangement, sound selection, and structure with the meter running.
- Mix listening session. A booked 30- or 45-minute call where you A/B their mix against a reference and give a prioritized fix list. Prepaid, so nobody ghosts a slot.
- Live-now feedback hours. Toggle available after a studio session; whoever's been waiting connects right then, per minute. The magic is now — no calendar required.
- Paid DMs for track submissions. A price on your inbox turns the demo flood into a filtered queue of artists who are serious. Reply with written or voice feedback on your own time. See how paid DMs work.
What to charge
Production feedback sits in the consulting band, which on Cheddify commonly runs $2 to $8 per minute — though most producers land in the lower half of it. Starting out, $2 per minute is defensible for a producer with real credits and an engaged audience. $3 to $4 per minute is typical once you have testimonials and repeat clients. Producers with major placements or a strong teaching reputation can push $5 to $6. Hedge accordingly: your audience's budget matters more than any benchmark, and rates take ten seconds to change. More guidance in how to charge for video calls as a creator.
The math on a real session
Say you run a 25-minute demo teardown at $4 per minute. The buyer pays $100 plus roughly 3 percent processing (about $3) on top. Cheddify takes 20 percent plus $2 per call: $20 + $2 = $22. You keep $78, paid out through Stripe. Two sessions a week is over $600 a month from listening you were doing free. Full details on the pricing page.
The honest part
Cheddify will not send you a single artist. There is no marketplace, no discovery, no feed — your link only converts people who already follow you on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or SoundCloud. If your audience is small and nobody is asking for feedback yet, a feedback marketplace or community will serve you better while you build. If your DMs are already full of demos, Cheddify is free to claim, and it turns the price of your attention into the filter your inbox has been missing. Here is how it works.