Playlist adds not followed through
I have noticed a pattern with some of your playlist curators. I get a notification that that my submission has been approved, but the playlist curator never adds me to the playlist. This happens quite frequently. In fact, here are my stats so far:
I have been approved for 68 playlists total (including a few premium)
I have actually added to 49 playlists.
19 playlists never added me. This translates to roughly 28% have not added me. This is deceptive, but I think this occurs because the system allows it, and curators get away with it. Can you add a step to make sure that the curator adds to a playlist when they accept? If not then you should not display “Accepted”. Instead add a new display like “Accepted - waiting to be added” or add final stage “Added” after “Accepted”. The problem is I don’t want to waste my credits on curators that falsely accept songs but don’t add them - I want to avoid those and would like reporting on curators that abuse your system.
As an example this happened on this playlist recently:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1A9N8kBvBjpIBlWs5Y0A9r
Our song “High Waves” was accepted but not added.
Can I get those credits back for the missing accepted playlist so I can use them for other playlists?
-Zig
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DP Team
Dec 8, 2025
Hi Zig,
Thank you for flagging this. Although we monitor that curators keep the playlists for a good amount on time, is up to them to keep or remove. If you see that the same curators do this repeatedly, then please let us know, as we need to flag and contact the curator.
All the best,
DP Team