Kickstarter / Bandcamp / etc - C or D?

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does anyone else have a bad feeling that bandcamp is just going to die by a thousand cuts and be left in the ether like myspace? i have a few albums i want to put out next year, and the thought of uploading them there just feels like dumping into a void to me. am i too pessimistic about this? i'd rather just make CDs and ship them out, but i also don't want to limit access or be awkward about it...

maelin, Sunday, 5 November 2023 11:44 (five months ago) link

I wouldn't stop uploading to Bandcamp (all my stuff is on there) but I'd start looking at similar alternative sites as well.

you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 5 November 2023 14:34 (five months ago) link

two months pass...

Gotta love the new Bandcamp:

Subtotal: 2.00
Additional fan contribution: 3.00
Revenue share (15%): -0.75
Applied to your revenue share balance*: -3.94
Payment processor fee (PayPal): -0.31
Your share: $0.00 USD

How can we have a 'revenue share balance' if they take their cut right off the top anway? Bullshit

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 29 January 2024 19:02 (three months ago) link

that is not a new bandcamp thing though, i see it in payments as early as 2015

na (NA), Monday, 29 January 2024 19:07 (three months ago) link

i dont understand why, but for physical sales they dont take the revenue share cut on the actual transaction, they bill it against future digital sales

waste of compute (One Eye Open), Monday, 29 January 2024 19:11 (three months ago) link

Maybe because they're not involved in fulfillment? Whereas with digital they're in charge of everything

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 29 January 2024 19:15 (three months ago) link


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