Getting your resale royalties payment

Getting your resale royalties payment

The timeline for getting your resale royalty:

  • The AMP reporting the resale has 60 business days to do so.
  • Once the report has been reviewed by our research team, the royalty will be either approved or declined.
  • Any approved resales will then be invoiced for the royalty amount.
  • Once the royalties have been paid, RRA will hold the payment until our next quarterly distribution.
  • Artists or the successors are then notified by email to log into the RRA Portal to review and claim their royalty payment.

Why didn’t I get my royalty?

  • AMP’s have 60 business days to report resales, so it’s possible we haven’t received a report for your works resale yet.
  • After the report has been approved, the AMP is invoiced, and only once this is paid, are we ready to put the royalties into the next distribution.
  • RRA runs royalty distributions quarterly throughout the year.
  • This means the time between the resale of your work, and getting notified and receiving royalty payments can be 3-6 months.
  • The best way to ensure timely payment is to make sure you are registered with RRA, have set up your RRA user and ensure your bank details have been verified.

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