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Bandcamp

An artist-first music platform

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Overview

What Bandcamp does

Bandcamp is a platform that allows independent musicians to sell their music directly to fans, offering streaming, downloads, and merchandise sales.

What people use it for

  • Artist discovery
  • Music support

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Bandcamp.

  • The vendor's own About page as captured by the Internet Archive on 20 November 2021 stated that when a fan buys something on Bandcamp, an average of 82 percent of the money goes to the artist or label, with the remainder covering Bandcamp's revenue share and payment processor fees; this is an average figure rather than a fixed per-sale rate and the capture is several years old

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What people choose instead of Bandcamp

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Pricing

What Bandcamp costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Free

Free

  • Unlimited listening
  • Artist support

Capabilities

Features

  • Music streaming

    Music streaming capability

  • Downloads

    Downloads capability

  • Artist support

    Artist support capability

  • Merchandise

    Merchandise capability

  • Community

    Community capability

  • Social media

    Integration with Social media

  • Payment processing

    Integration with Payment processing

  • Artist tools

    Artist tools security feature

  • Secure payments

    Secure payments security feature

  • Web support

    Available on web

  • Ios support

    Available on ios

  • Android support

    Available on android

Behind it

Who makes Bandcamp

Company
Bandcamp Inc
Based in
Oakland, CA
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