Subscription Music for Retail Stores

Legal, PRS PPL-Free Background Music for Retail Stores

As a retailer, you know the importance of creating a welcoming and engaging atmosphere for your customers. Background music can help you achieve this goal by creating a pleasant and relaxing environment.

One that encourages customers to stay longer and explore your products. But, choosing the right music, managing licenses and curating playlists can be time-consuming. Even a challenge sometimes. This is where a subscription music service for retail stores can help.

Subscription Music for Retail Stores – Background Sounds

Background Sounds is a background music subscription service designed for retail stores. You will have access to a fantastic selection of playlists when you subscribe to our service. The playlists cover all the most popular genres of music for retail stores. Including but not limited to …

Royalty-Free Music = No PRS PPL Music Licence Required

Our music is royalty-free which means you do not need a PRS PPL licence to play our music. Making our music subscription for retail stores a very cost-effective solution.

Unsure about royalty-free music? It’s a superb legal alternative to paying PRS and PPL for a music licence. You can find out more about playing royalty-free music here.

How The Service Works

Music streaming subscription service

Stream our playlists in your retail store using your PC, laptop, mobile or tablet device.

We will add new music every month and new playlists throughout the year. Keeping them fresh for you.

All you need to do is press play!

5 Benefits of Using Background Sounds

Subscription Music Service for Retail Stores

1. Convenience

You’re going to save time and effort with a subscription to Background Sounds. Not only will you have access to an array of superb playlists. You won’t have to worry about managing your yearly PRS PPL licenses. All our music is royalty-free so these are not needed to play our music.

2. Choice

You will find it easy to match your store’s brand and target audience with the wide range of playlists we offer. We’ll also work hard to keep your music fresh. We add new music to the library on a monthly basis and new playlists throughout the year.

🎄 We also have a fantastic array of festive playlists released in late October.

3. Cost-Effective Music Subscription

You will find our subscription music service offers a cost-effective solution. All our music is royalty-free, so you do not need a PRS PPL music licence to play it.

We have two subscription packages available…

4. Enhanced Shopping Experience

Background music can create a welcoming atmosphere, boost customer mood, increase their time spent in-store, and ultimately lead to more sales. 

To help you choose the best playlist for your retail store, we have a retail tab in our playlist library. This gives you are top playlist picks for retail stores.

Each playlist comes with a tempo indicator, description and playtime in hours.

5. Legal Compliance

You can be confident when you use Background Sounds that you are playing royalty-free music legally in your store.

A certificate can be supplied to confirm your subscription to our service which you can pass on to PRS PPL. Giving you peace of mind and taking away the worry of licensing music for your store.

Subscription Music for Retail Stores – Pricing

You can choose between two subscription packages. A monthly subscription will give you the option to cancel anytime. Whilst an annual subscription will save you the equivalent of two months of service!

✅ PRS/PPL licence not required

✅ 100% legal for business use

✅ Regularly updated playlists

✅ UK-based support

*Prices subject to VAT

Frequently Asked Questions – Subscription Music for Retail Stores

1. What is royalty-free subscription music, and how does it differ from a PRS/PPL licensed music service?

Royalty-free subscription music means that once you pay for the service (via your subscription to Background Sounds), you can play the tracks in your business without needing additional licensing from PRS and PPL.

In contrast, traditional licensed services such as TheMusicLicence operated by PRS/PPL allow a business to play any music legally via a CD, radio, TV or streaming service. They do not, however, provide a music service. In many cases, this is then purchased in addition.

Using a royalty-free subscription simplifies legal compliance, reduces overhead, and avoids licensing fees beyond the subscription itself.

Can I use subscription music legally in any size retail store (small, medium, large)?

Yes, you can use Background Sounds’ royalty-free subscription music in any size retail store; the price is the same. So, the larger your store, the more you save by switching from PRS and PPL to Background Sounds’ royalty-free service.

3. How do I pick the right playlist style or genre for my retail store?

Test different styles and measure customer behaviour (dwell time, sales) to see what resonates.

Consider your target audience (age, tastes, shopping purpose).

Match your store’s brand (e.g. fun and cheerful may opt for pop and R&B, whereas upscale boutiques may want to play jazz, lounge or classical.

Think about playing music at a tempo to match foot traffic (slower for relaxed browsing, more upbeat during busy hours).

Use seasonal or promotional playlists (festive, sale events).

4. What equipment do I need to stream Background Sounds’ music in my shop?

To play our music in your retail store, you need:

• A stable internet connection

• A PC, tablet, laptop or mobile device that is up to date with the latest software version.

• A sound system or speakers (Amazon Alexa’s are fine!) See our speaker guide here.

👋 We’re on hand to help with any technical or audio queries.

Summary 

Using a subscription music service for your retail store is a fantastic way to access high-quality ready-made playlists in a flexible, manageable payment.  

Background Sounds specialises in providing retail stores with high-quality royalty-free playlists on a subscription basis. Enabling you to enhance the shopping experience of your customers in a cost-effective way.

Try us for free today and make playing music in your retail store easy with a straightforward royalty-free music subscription. Free trial sign up here.

Background Sounds is a specialist provider of royalty-free music. We work with small businesses looking to play music without the need to buy a PRS PPL Music Licence.

The service is offered via online streaming and can be accessed when you take a subscription. You can find out all you need to know on our home page here.