OpenPlay & Trolley: Faster Royalty Payments
- OpenPlay, a music catalog management platform, is partnering with Trolley, a payouts platform, to streamline royalty payments for artists.
- Trolley processes billions in payments annually for more than 5 million payees across 210 countries.
- Through this integration, OpenPlay will use Trolley as its financial compliance royalty payments provider, enabling secure transactions.
OpenPlay and Trolley are revolutionizing artist royalty payments. This strategic partnership streamlines the payment process, ensuring faster, more secure, and clear transactions for music creators and rights holders. Trolley’s integration into OpenPlay Reach provides access to advanced features like tax form management and fraud prevention, directly benefiting artists and labels. This collaboration simplifies the complexities of global royalty payments, supporting the autonomous music sector by reducing intermediaries and empowering creators with financial autonomy. Through this partnership, OpenPlay and Trolley are committed to fostering a more efficient and transparent royalty ecosystem. stay informed with News Directory 3 for more developments in the music industry. Discover what’s next as OpenPlay Reach expands.
OpenPlay, Trolley Team Up to Simplify Artist Royalty Payments
Updated June 17, 2025
OpenPlay, a music catalog management platform, is partnering with Trolley, a payouts platform, to streamline royalty payments for artists. Teh integration will incorporate Trolley into OpenPlay Reach, a service designed to support royalty management and payouts for music and video assets.
Trolley processes billions in payments annually for more than 5 million payees across 210 countries. Its infrastructure aims to simplify global royalty payments,ensuring accurate and timely payouts to rights holders.
Through this integration, OpenPlay will use Trolley as its financial compliance royalty payments provider, enabling secure transactions. OpenPlay Reach clients will also gain access to features such as tax form management, risk mitigation, and fraud prevention.
Both companies emphasize their commitment to supporting the music ecosystem, especially the independent sector. They aim to reduce intermediaries in the royalty process, providing access to payout tools and promoting financial transparency for distributors, labels, and artists.
“We are proud to bring Trolley into the OpenPlay Reach suite, providing music companies with trusted, flexible tools to manage payouts with precision and autonomy, nonetheless of their size or type of ownership,” said Edward Ginis, co-founder and chief client officer of OpenPlay.
“Together, we’re empowering music labels and artists with financial transparency and seamless, artist-level payouts so that creators everywhere can thrive,” said Tim Nixon, CEO and founder of Trolley.
OpenPlay Reach, launched in Febuary, aims to provide labels and publishers with a comprehensive music business engine. It offers a flexible approach to distributing, tracking, and monetizing music and videos, giving rights owners control over their asset management.
What’s next
The partnership seeks to further expand OpenPlay Reach’s capabilities, offering more efficient and transparent royalty payment solutions for the music industry.