Paid jukebox for bars & restaurants

The music in your room, paid for by the room.

Guests scan the QR on the table, pick a song, pay a dollar. It plays next. You keep the takings — and you still decide what's allowed to play.

No hardware to buy. No app for your guests to download. Runs on any tablet, laptop, or mini PC plugged into the sound system you already own.

How it works

Three things, then it runs itself

01

Plug in the player

Open the player page on any device wired to your speakers and sign in once. It stays signed in through power cuts and keeps background music going when nobody's paying.

02

Put the QR on the tables

Selecta prints you a QR code. Guests scan it, browse what you allow, and pay by card. No app, no account, no waiting for the bartender.

03

Get paid

Once your venue is approved and Stripe is connected, paid songs jump the queue and play next, and your share lands in your own account — the manager page shows tonight's takings as they come in.

Two logins, one venue

The box on the wall, and the office

🔊 Player login

For the device on your sound system. Long-lived so it survives a reboot with nobody around. It plays paid songs first, background rotation the rest of the time, and goes quiet when you're closed.

📊 Manager login

For whoever runs the floor. Separate password, separate device — staff can restart the music without ever seeing your money.

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Pick the styles Tick the genres that suit the room. Everything else disappears from the guest menu.
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Explicit switch One toggle. Off means no swearing gets bought during the family dinner rush.
Block a track or an artist Ban the song someone plays eleven times a night — permanently, in two taps.
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Opening hours Set them once, including after-midnight closes. Guests can't buy for a dark room.
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Comp a song Put a regular's request in the queue on the house. It never touches your takings.
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Tonight's money Songs sold, gross, your share — tonight, this week, and a report you can export.
We watch it for you

If the music stops, we already know

Selecta checks every venue continuously — player offline, audio failing, nothing playing during opening hours, a box that's been stuck on the same track for an hour. An outage opens a ticket on our side and alerts us before a manager has to notice the room went silent. Every play is logged too, background rotation included, so your performance reporting is a download rather than a guess.

Pricing

No monthly fee. We earn when you do.

$1per song — you set the price, $0.50 to $20
  • Nothing to pay up front, no contract, no hardware
  • Selecta keeps 40% of each song; the rest is yours
  • Paid straight into your own Stripe account
  • Guests can buy a 5-song pack and keep the balance for later
  • Turn requests off any time and it's just your background music

What you need

  • Speakers, and any device that can open a web page
  • Wi-fi that reaches it
  • A Stripe account for payouts — set up once we've approved your venue
  • The music licence your venue already needs to play music in public

Set up my venue

Questions

The things every landlord asks

Can a guest play something awful?

Only from the menu you allow. You choose the genres, flip explicit content off, and block any track or artist outright — blocked artists stay blocked even when new music is added later. Anything in the queue that stops being allowed is dropped and refunded automatically.

What happens when nobody is paying?

The player keeps your background rotation going. Paid requests simply jump ahead of it, and when the queue empties the room goes back to normal music without anyone touching it.

Do my staff need training?

No. The player signs in once and is never touched again. The manager page is four tabs — tonight, money, music, settings — and everything on it is one tap.

How do I get paid?

Through Stripe, into your own account, on Stripe's normal payout schedule. Selecta's share is taken at the point of sale, so there's no invoice and nothing to chase.

What about music licensing?

Playing music in a venue needs a public performance licence in your country — that's between you and your collecting society, exactly as it is with a radio or a Spotify playlist today. Selecta gives you the play report to file with it.

How soon can I take money?

Your music runs the moment you sign up. Charging guests needs two things: a quick approval from us (we check every venue before it can take a card — usually same day) and your Stripe account for payouts. Until then the room plays your background mix and the guest page says the jukebox is still being set up.

Can I try it without taking payments?

Yes — that's how every venue starts. Sign up, put the player on, let the background rotation run. Paid requests switch on once we've approved the venue and you've connected Stripe.