Beatport acquires ampsuite to expand artist, label services

Beatport has acquired ampsuite to power a new suite professional services that help creators and labels grow revenue and audience on its electronic music centered platform.

ampsuite currently provides indie labels with DIY software tools including asset management, accounting and promotion.

Beatport has been growing the services end of its business for several years including the launch of Beatport Hype, which provides emerging electronic labels with access to dedicated promotional space and LabelBase, an information resource and support hub for its label users.

ampsuite will now power Beatport’s professional tools and services while continuing to provide services to other digital retailers. The effort will be managed by Beatport’s Music Services division led by Alex Branson.

“We admire the SaaS products that ampsuite has built and believe that our entire community of artists, labels and distributors can benefit from a more seamless integration with the Beatport ecosystem,” commented Robb McDaniels, Beatport’s CEO. “We have a very unique relationship with our content partners and DJs of all types around the world, and this expanding set of tools and services will only help to accelerate growth for our entire community over the next few years.”

“ampsuite has been building tools that help independent labels more effectively run their businesses for the last ten years,” said Keith McDonnell, Co-founder and Director of ampsuite. “Becoming part of Beatport’s extensive ecosystem will enable us to develop & bring software solutions to an even bigger audience. We’re excited to get started.”

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.