How Publishers Embed Their Catalogue on Their Own Website
A drop-in script tag puts your full licensing catalogue on your own marketing site — with live availability, deep links, and producer signup.
Your marketing website is where producers discover you. The licensing platform is where they transact. With an embeddable catalogue widget, both happen in the same place — and producers never feel like they're being handed off to a third party.
How it works
From your rights-holder dashboard you generate a domain-bound embed key, paste a single <script> tag into your website's HTML, and your full published catalogue renders inline. Producers see your covers, genres, cast sizes, durations, and availability for their territory — and clicking any title deep-links straight into the licence request flow, pre-filled with the title they were looking at.
Why publishers and estates use it
- No back-end work and no developer needed — it works on WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, and any plain HTML site
- Your catalogue auto-updates the moment you publish a new title — no syncing, no exports
- Producers click through to your branded storefront URL, not a generic marketplace
- Domain-bound keys mean a stolen key only works on the website you registered it for
- The widget is responsive — it looks right on phones, tablets, and 4K monitors
Three setups we see most
Heritage estates embed the widget on their existing About-the-author site so visitors can move from biography to licensing in one click. Independent publishers replace their old static "Available works" page entirely — the widget keeps itself current. Agents embed it on a private client area so client authors can see exactly which of their titles have been requested and licensed.
What it doesn't do
The widget does not process payments inside your website — payments still happen on Independent Theatre Licensing, where Stripe Connect, watermarking, and contract signing live. This is deliberate: handling card data on your own site would force you into PCI compliance scope. Sending producers to the platform for the secure parts keeps your site simple.
Step-by-step setup is in our Embed Widget guide, including the snippet you can copy straight into your site.
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