Headliner vs Beacons
More than a Beacons page — a real music site.
Beacons is a creator link-in-bio with a store. Headliner gives you a full website and a self-updating link-in-bio on your own domain, built around your music instead of a generic creator toolkit.
Founding beta — founding pricing locked in for life.
Beacons is a capable creator link-in-bio — a bio page, a simple store, email and media-kit tools. For a general creator it covers the basics.
But it's a page on a shared platform, not a music website, and it's built for creators broadly rather than artists specifically. Headliner is a real site — homepage, discography, videos, shows and a press kit — plus a Smart Bio, all on your own domain and all keeping themselves current from Spotify and YouTube.
Headliner vs Beacons
| Feature | Headliner | Beacons |
|---|---|---|
| Link-in-bio | ✓ | ✓ |
| A full website (not just a bio page) | ✓ | — |
| Your own domain | ✓ | Paid add-on |
| Built specifically for musicians | ✓ | — |
| Auto-updates releases, videos & shows | Automatic (Spotify / YouTube / Bandsintown) | Manual |
| Electronic press kit | ✓ | Media kit |
| Fan mailing list | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales fees on your storefront | Bring your Shopify — no added fee | Free tier takes a % |
Comparison based on publicly available features; Beacons is a trademark of its owner. Last reviewed 2026.
It's a website, not a page
A real homepage, music, videos, shows and a press kit — with the bio as one part of it, not the whole thing.
Music-native + self-updating
Your latest release and video appear automatically, pulled from Spotify and YouTube — no editing a generic creator page.
You own the address
On your own domain, so the traffic, emails and SEO are yours.
Questions
- Can Headliner replace my Beacons page?
- Yes — the Smart Bio covers your link-in-bio, and you also get a full music website behind it, on your own domain.
- Does it have a store?
- You can connect your existing Shopify store (no added platform fee); native storefronts are on the roadmap.
- Is it made for musicians?
- Yes — discography, a video theatre, tour dates and a press kit come standard, versus Beacons' general-creator toolkit.
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