What is Bandcamp? According to
bandcamp it is “a rock-solid platform for artists to sell their music
and merchandise to their fans, and
a thriving community of enlightened listeners who get that the best
way to support the artists they love
is by directly giving them money.”
Sounds pretty good but you are still
not sure how bandcamp will assist
you in your dreams of super stardom. Here are a few advantages of
bandcamp:
* Sell your music via the platform,
give it away for free or focus on
streaming (this gives you an online
presence outside of social media).
* With free downloads, you have
the option to insist on an email
address from users, which you can
use for your newsletter (this allows
you to build an email tree so that
you can keep your fans and supporters up to date about new music,
shows, etc.).
* Sell and manage merchandise
directly from you page (this will allow you to create a revenue stream
and track inventory).
* Automatic taxing is included on
purchases, depending on the location of you and the buyer (this
makes sure Uncle Sam gets his cut
of the pie).
* Bandcamp pricing is quite fair.
They retain 15% commission of
purchases up to $100, dropping to
10% after $5000 sales in 12 months
(let us do the math for you 15% of
$10 is a $1.50).
How to sign up for a FREE account:
Step 1: Create a user name and
password, provide an email address
dress and you are now official
signed up with bandcamp.
Step 4: Upload your music. (Bandcamp requires WAV formatt the
easiest way to convert is to use
iTunes to create a WAV version).
There are many advantages to
using bandcamp these listed above
are just a few intended to peek
your interest. If you are interested
and artist/band name, check the
box “I have read and agree to the
Terms of Use and click sign up.
Step 2: Select a genre and provide
a location. Genre tags are optional
yet highly advised.
in learning more about bandcamp
visit www.bandcamp.com.
Step 3: Select your bandcamp ad-
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