KEEPITIL doesn't run on venture money or a paywall — it runs on the scene. The event calendar, the artist profiles, the culture blog: all free, and we want to keep it that way. These four referral programs are how the lights stay on. Every link below pays KEEPITIL something, so we're listing exactly what each one pays, who it's actually for, and where it falls short. No fluff, no fake urgency — just the real numbers.
Disclosure (#ad): every program link in this article is a referral or affiliate link. If you sign up or buy through one, KEEPITIL earns a commission at no extra cost to you — in some cases you get a bonus or discount too. We only feature programs we actually use. Payout figures are as published by each program and can change.
How we picked these (and why we show the payouts)
There are hundreds of referral programs on the internet and most of them are noise. The four below made the cut for one reason: they map to people who are already in this community — artists releasing music, ravers buying gear, organizers throwing shows, and broke creatives trying to scrape together ticket money. If a program didn't fit one of those four people, it didn't make the list. And we publish the payout on every offer because the underground runs on trust; if we're earning off your click, you deserve to know how much.
1. DistroKid — for artists releasing music
If you're a producer or DJ sitting on finished tracks, DistroKid is the standard move: unlimited uploads to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, and the rest of the major stores for one flat annual fee, and you keep 100% of your royalties.[1] Most of the SoCal artists on our directory already distribute through it. Signing up through our link gets you 7% off your first year — and pays KEEPITIL $10 per referral.
Put your tracks on every major streaming platform and keep all your royalties.
2. Rave Essentials — the gear we'd actually bring to a warehouse
Our Amazon storefront is eight items deep on purpose. No 200-product junk drawer — just the stuff that survives a 10-hour warehouse night: Loop earplugs that let you hear the mix without frying your ears, Liquid I.V. for the morning after, a hydration pack, a 10K power bank, and a few glow pieces. Purchases through the shop pay KEEPITIL a standard Amazon Associates commission (roughly 3–4% on most gear).[2]
Eight curated festival-survival picks — earplugs, hydration, power, glow.
3. FreeCash — ticket money for doing tasks on your phone
FreeCash pays you to test apps and games and answer surveys, with cash-outs to PayPal, crypto, or gift cards.[3] It's not a job and it won't replace one — but knocking out offers during a slow week can genuinely cover a ticket to Friday's show. Signing up through our link pays KEEPITIL up to $12.50 per referral.
Earn cash testing apps, games, and surveys — cash out to PayPal, crypto, or gift cards.
4. Posh — for organizers listing their next event
If you're throwing a show, Posh is the ticketing platform we see the most across the OC/LA underground — clean event pages, built-in text-message marketing to your past attendees, and payouts organizers don't have to chase.[4] Creating your organizer group through our link supports KEEPITIL on qualifying signups, and costs you nothing.
List your event, sell tickets, and market to your crowd — the platform half the scene already uses.
Coming soon to this list
We're in the process of joining a few programs that fit this community even tighter — no links yet because we don't post links we don't have. On deck: TickPick (no-fee concert and festival tickets — a natural fit for our events pages), iHeartRaves (rave fashion, an obvious one), Splice (sample packs for the producers), and SoFi (banking referrals with an unusually high payout). When they go live, they'll show up here and on the KEEPITIL hub — with the same full payout disclosure.
Every dollar these links generate goes back into keeping KEEPITIL free for the scene — the calendar, the profiles, the blog. That's the whole model.
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