LANDR verifies your identity to confirm you’re the rightful owner of your music and royalties, and to keep fraud off the platform. We may ask at any time — most often when something on your account needs review. Verification is handled by our partner iDenfy and takes just a few minutes.
Why LANDR might require identity verification
By enforcing KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements, LANDR works in line with the rest of the music industry to prevent streaming fraud — fake streams, copyright infringements, impersonation, and bot-driven royalty manipulation — which takes money out of legitimate artists’ pockets. Streaming services and stores hold distributors responsible for the identities behind every release, and LANDR is responsible for confirming that the artists on the platform are who they say they are.
Verifying your identity:
- Confirms you’re the rightful owner of your LANDR account, the music you distribute and the royalties tied to it.
- Helps prevent impersonation and account takeovers.
- Protects the broader royalty pool from activity that dilutes payouts for legitimate artists.
When you’ll be asked to verify
LANDR can request verification at any time. In practice, most requests are triggered by a specific event on your account that our team needs to review. Verification can apply to new accounts at signup or to existing accounts at any point afterward.
While a verification request is open on your account, you’ll be blocked from:
- Submitting new releases for distribution.
- Withdrawing royalties from your balance.
Other LANDR products and services are not affected.
What verification looks like
When you start the process, you’ll be asked to:
- Upload a photo of a standard government-issued ID — for example a passport, national ID card, or driver’s license.
- Complete a short liveness check (a selfie or short video) so iDenfy can match the document to you.
- Submit. iDenfy reviews the submission and returns a result to LANDR.
Note: LANDR receives only the verification result — pass, fail, or expired. Your ID document and biometric data are handled by iDenfy on its own secure infrastructure and are not stored by LANDR.
If your verification expires or fails
- Failed/Expired request. Failed/expired verifications are reviewed case by case. Contact LANDR Support and our team will walk you through next steps.
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