- Bandcamp is a direct-to-fan music store and community focused on fair pay for artists.
- Fans buy digital downloads, vinyl, and merch, usually sending around 80% of the money to artists.
- For independent musicians, Bandcamp is still one of the most sustainable platforms to sell music and build a fanbase.
Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where fans buy music directly from artists as downloads, vinyl records and cassettes. Unlike most streaming platforms, you actually own the files you buy and can download formats like FLAC and WAV for offline listening.
Artists upload their releases, set their own prices, and can let fans “pay more” to support them beyond the minimum. Bandcamp takes roughly a 15% revenue share that drops to 10% after an artist passes about 5,000 USD in sales, plus payment processing fees, which is far more generous than typical streaming payouts. On average, artists keep about 82% of each sale, and collectively they have received over $1.5 billion through the platform.
On selected Fridays, Bandcamp waives its revenue share entirely so artists and labels receive 100% of sales for that day. Since 2020 this program has paid out over 154 million USD to artists, with 19 million in 2025 alone.
